Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Safari Seriously Annoys Me

bursty

bursty

macrumors 65816
Original poster
Jan 31, 2004
1,002
5
I've used Shiira for the past couple years and absolutely LOVE it, except it has some reliability problems. It got to the point where it would crash every time I tried to print something, so I decided to ditch it for Safari. Man, I just cannot get used to this. Now some of these might be fixable, so help me out if they are. I want to like Safari, but I just cannot get past these few issues.

-I HATE how I have to do a :apple: + click to open a link in a new tab
-The new tab button should be in the tab bar
-When you close a tab, it defaults to the next one in line, not the most recently opened tab
-I miss being able to double click a tab and have it reload
-I miss shiira's sidebar for downloads and bookmarks


I'm sure there are more. I dont know, just ranting. I want Apple to develop Shiira. :rolleyes:
 
bursty said:
lol, no thanks....
Click to expand...

I mentioned firefox because the first item in your list about clicking a link and it opening in a tab is configurable in the firefox preferences.

Any reason you don't want to use firefox? GUI integration with OS X?
 
I just cant dig the whole bloated feel of Camino/FF. My dad loves Camino. Its a decent browser, just ugly. :p
 
Taylor C said:
How can you configure links to always open in a new tab with Stand?
Click to expand...

We're talking about links that otherwise open in a new window, right? Check the item: Stand Menu -> SafariStand Setting... -> General -> Open '_blank' Link in New Tab.

In order to do "intelligent" tab diversion, it ignores requests that pass the pop-up blocker but originate from javascript actions. This means that, typically, file requesters and the like successfully still pop up in windows, which is what most of us want. So it's more "intelligent" but less complete in comparison to Firefox's similar feature.
 
bump.....is there any way to get Safari 3 to open a new link in a new tab, not a new window. I just cannot get used to this. I constantly have like 14 windows open and dont even realize it. :mad:
 
bursty said:
bump.....is there any way to get Safari 3 to open a new link in a new tab, not a new window. I just cannot get used to this. I constantly have like 14 windows open and dont even realize it. :mad:
Click to expand...

I have a feeling you're not going to be happy with anything other than Shiira. Why can't you just stick with that?
 
bursty said:
-I HATE how I have to do a :apple: + click to open a link in a new tab
-The new tab button should be in the tab bar
-When you close a tab, it defaults to the next one in line, not the most recently opened tab
-I miss being able to double click a tab and have it reload
-I miss shiira's sidebar for downloads and bookmarks
Click to expand...

Try pimpmysafari.com and look for plugins that will give you the features that you want. I do agree that out of the box Safari really is lacking features when comparing to something like Opera or Shiira.

When you close a tab, it defaults to the next one in line, not the most recently opened tab
Click to expand...

You can use Saft, it does cost money but it adds tons of features to Safari. I'm currently using a free "demo" of it which gives me all the features but has a popup every now and again telling me to purchase it.

-I HATE how I have to do a :apple: + click to open a link in a new tab
Click to expand...

Download something like SafariStand or Safari Enhancer.
 
bursty said:
-I HATE how I have to do a :apple: + click to open a link in a new tab
-The new tab button should be in the tab bar
-When you close a tab, it defaults to the next one in line, not the most recently opened tab
-I miss being able to double click a tab and have it reload
-I miss shiira's sidebar for downloads and bookmarks


I'm sure there are more. I dont know, just ranting. I want Apple to develop Shiira. :rolleyes:
Click to expand...
Since I needed steer mouse to get my mouse to work. I have it set up for the middle button to open links in a new tab. Works for bookmarks also.

For the bookmarks on the side I goto show all bookmarks and just drag it out so its in its own window.
 
brasscat said:
I have a feeling you're not going to be happy with anything other than Shiira. Why can't you just stick with that?
Click to expand...

Like I said, I would if they would fix the bugs. It crashed 5-6 times a day on me and everytime I tried to print something. :eek:
 
bursty said:
I've used Shiira for the past couple years and absolutely LOVE it, except it has some reliability problems. It got to the point where it would crash every time I tried to print something, so I decided to ditch it for Safari. Man, I just cannot get used to this. Now some of these might be fixable, so help me out if they are. I want to like Safari, but I just cannot get past these few issues.

-I HATE how I have to do a :apple: + click to open a link in a new tab
-The new tab button should be in the tab bar
-When you close a tab, it defaults to the next one in line, not the most recently opened tab
-I miss being able to double click a tab and have it reload
-I miss shiira's sidebar for downloads and bookmarks


I'm sure there are more. I dont know, just ranting. I want Apple to develop Shiira. :rolleyes:
Click to expand...

Camino.... try it ! I love it :apple:
 
the only complaint i have is the lack of restoring session after a crash, (which i found a plugin for) and also the stupid addressbar bookmark autocomplete feature.

for example, i have a lot of youtube links, and everytime i typed in youtube.com and pressed enter i found out that safari modified my address to a video page in my bookmarks collection. it will change youtube.com to www.youtube.com/watch?(some letters)

i haven't found a solution to this. these two are my main complaints for safari.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back