Switching from Chrome to Safari...

#1 Well if you go into System Preferences > Trackpad, you will see a setting for Tap to zoom, this zooms in the text to fit the edge of the Window, pretty handy, I use it a lot, do the gesture again to restore the view.

#2 I think you can just hit tab after cmd + T and it will highlight the field for you.

Last note, Safari does not have Flash, Chrome has it embedded which is probably why you had low battery life. You might try installing a click to flash extension in chrome to help with that if you find yourself going back to it. I'd stay away from installing Flash Player as a stand alone app on my Mac though. Chrome has a better implementation of it anyways.

Takeaway: If you have to use flash go to chrome, don't try to install it natively or you'll be seeing the same battery life problems even using Safari.

 

Yeah but it's built into the OS, can't really complain about not having to find and install another extension. Yes I know you have to zoom back in but at the same time what you are wanting to zoom in to on the next page could in a different place. It also works with content as it zooms in on the placeholders for the content not the actual content itself.

It's not a sin to use chrome either , just some tips I've learned from doing and trying on my own for the past 10 years. I know it's not what you wanted to hear but just the same I hope it helps.

 

@navaira
Hello m8. The only perfectly working method for the "zoom-problem" is to use an extension called ZoomBySite.
I tried everything some years ago. Nothing worked the way I liked, except the above mentioned extension. It does all what you have asked in your post (remembers the set size for all the sites for good etc.).

P.S.: pm me, if you have any questions concerning the extension. Good luck!

 

I am glad you like it.

 

Can this zoom text only?

 

It zooms whole pages.

 

Thanks guys. This was one of the stumbling blocks for me to using Safari. So far, the extension is working for me.

 

Same here. If I exit the rich text editor (click wrench in upper right hand corner at reply box heading) the text equalizes to the page content size. Actually it's bigger. You can go back and forth between the editors, as needed.

 

When I type cmd-T in Safari, I get a new tab with the cursor in the search/address field. I have new tabs set to open to a blank page in preferences.

 

I set the Preferences - Advanced - Never use smaller font sizes than - to 14. It is tried and works - at least in my case.
(Maybe it needs some experimenting to find the close to ideal solution).