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Safari 5.0.2 available via Software Update
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Really? I was hoping it would be back in this release. I have been requesting this for a long time by filling in the bug/request tracker and by mailing Steve Jobs.
How hard can it be to add this as a option in the preferences window?
Agreed about the Chrome thing. I've had nothing but trouble with it (at least in OS X). Honestly, I don't see why everyone gets a hard-on over it. I mean it's a fine browser, but it's hardly any slower/faster than Firefox or Safari (I mean we're talking milliseconds here people).
Did they stop it locking up and showing the spinning wheel so often when opening pages? Did they fix the fact that using Street View in Safari is slow to the point of being unusable slow and uses over a gigabyte of RAM?
I'm running out of browsers to try, they all have dumb faults.
I'm running out of browsers to try, they all have dumb faults.
Adobe Flash 10,1,53,64
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/000/2dda3d81.html
ADOBE FLASH AND 64 BIT SYSTEMS:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/000/6b3af6c9.html
The comments about Adobe's pathetic 64 bit view are quite in-depth.
I too am sticking with Firefox. The problem with Safari on my Mac is that it won't let me scroll over any Flash element. It's really annoying on a site like MacRumors with embedded videos. Firefox has no problem with that, so it has to be a Safari glitch.
Change "My Processes" to "All Processes" then post another screenshot. You have any non-extensions plug-ins installed on Safari(such as Saft) / have you ever used a Safari plug-in and never removed it completely? Have you tried uninstall Flash completely, re-installing it, then repairing disk permissions in Disk Utility?
To all the "it feels snappier" posters... it won't beat the latest Firefox Beta [with top tabs] in terms of speed. Just do a side-by-side comparison and note say the blazingly fast load, back and forward control speed. Just awesome.
Safari 5.0.2 still doesn't play 4 on Demand video. Maybe it's a Flash issue, but I'll continue having to use Chrome instead.
It seems to me that Firefox is just smoother.
I had the adblock extension installed. I unchecked the block ads on youtube button, so I'll see if that helps.
If it doesn't help i will uninstall and reinstall flash like you suggest.
My friend one of the 15% of mac users stuck on Tiger. He tried Leopard but his ibook G4 and late 2006 mac mini core duo are so much more usable and responsive with Tiger that he see no reason to play into the upgrade cascade. After twenty years of being on the bleeding edge of mac tech he is comfortable where he is, being stuck at the end of 2007. He also finally figured out that Moores Law is directly and inversely related to Jobs Law.
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You really should've mentioned that before you were using a plug-in based adblocker. All plug-in based adblockers for Safari slow it down considerably. If you want to use adblock on Safari I suggest GlimmerBlocker.
I thought I had turned it off. I double checked and it was on. Adblocker actually speeds up all of my other sites without those stupid flash ads.
If you want to block flash related content then use the aforementioned ClickToFlash. If you want to block just ads then use the aforementioned GlimmerBlocker.