Safari User Interface RE-improvement Ping!
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Posted on 02/28/2009 3:41:57 PM PST by Swordmaker
I also disliked the resizing of the tabs as you added tabs... returning to the previous method solved that as well.
Seeking out the rotating activity circle at the end of the URL address space to indicate loading time was also a problem... it is hard to find. So I returned to the blue barometer bar as well. Much better. I still get the phenomenal speed of Safari 4 but the better, not new and improved, User Interface of Safari 3.
One thing that is still lacking, though is the reload, stop loading button that had been moved to the URL address field... it is not available to be added to the Tool Bar. RATS.
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I like the new tabs feature with them on top. I hope they keep it in the release
Mandriva or bust.
openSuSE 11.1 :) (former Mandrake user)
I love it!!! On my MacBook.
i agree... and had already implemented the Terminal commands necessary to return to a more coherent Tab system where the tabs are not divorced from the Window they are related to be such a distance as when they are put on the title bar. The quarter inch of screen acreage is not as important as maintaining that immediate connection.
I also disliked the resizing of the tabs as you added tabs... returning to the previous method solved that as well.
Seeking out the rotating activity circle at the end of the URL address space to indicate loading time was also a problem... it is hard to find. So I returned to the blue barometer bar as well. Much better. I still get the phenomenal speed of Safari 4 but the better, not new and improved, User Interface of Safari 3.
I also think that the relocation of the tabs is not an improvement.I seem to have gotten used to the fact that the spell, preview, and post buttons grow with zoom, tho - and wouldn't change it. Even if you did tell me how to do so . . .
I think that at some point it would be good to revert back to Safari 3.x and remind myself exactly what the differences are, and how the speed is affected by the switch.
Ok Sword, how do I make the necessary changes from a Windows machine? I know that Macs have Terminal.app but what can I use to fix things with Windows?
You should try FireFox on XP. More friendly and customizable, far more so than Internet Explorer.
I will never touch a beta.
I think it needs to be a choice. It is actually easily selectable via a "tweaks" menu that can be added to your Safari 4...
Do you know of a means to block ads in Safari on a windows box?
You should try FireFox on XP. More friendly and customizable, far more so than Internet Explorer.
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Uses less memory too. One time it was using one third the memory of IE7
I use Firefox on both my Mac at home and my PC in the office. When I get the Windows Harddisk set up for my Mac (it’s a requirement from the office to connect with their FTP, I will have Firefox there as well.
I tried using Safari when I got this Mac two months ago, but it didn’t seem to be much of an improvement and I had gotten used to Firefox, so I just switched back.
I like it just as it is.Apple produces a beta with less bugs
than Microsoft has with a final product.The only change, I found was the default
of left and not center on web pages.fixed with {center} & {/center}
I have heard mixed comments on Safari 4. Some really like it, while others hate it. This is the norm when any major interface change comes down the pike.
I don’t have the guts to install it yet... When I did the Safari 3 beta, it hosed a couple of programs - including one pretty important one. That cost me. It’s the whole updated rootkit that causes the problem.
I like the rendering speed of Safari 4It makes my 1Ghz PowerBook running Leopard, Blaze !
I do however miss the blue thermometer.
I’d like to use Safari more, but now only do so on my Ipod Touch 32g. Reason: Bookmarks bar location. I’d rather use a side-bar, and with folders. Maybe I’m missing the process for how to use that option, but without it I’ll continue to use Firefox on my MacBook Pro. The speed and other features of Safari would, without that glitch, move me in that direction.
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