Safari 4 (beta)

http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

Be the first on your block. There's a Bash 4 out too. No? Oh well.

 

It's working here. Seems to be faster with Java-heavy pages. Note that it
takes a while to start up the first time, as it sorts through your stuff to
generate the 'Top Sites' page. After that it seems to be faster than Safari
3, at least on Intel hardware. I'm going to test it on PPC hardware and see
what happens.

 

Opera have had something like the "top sites" for a while. They call it
"Speed Dial."

I like the CoverFlow thing in the new Safari, I think. I don't know
about speed, FF 3 works pretty fast these days.

 

Sounds like too many downloads at once. It seems to be up again (3:15
EST).

 

It's back up again.

In addition to the advertised changes, it moved the reload button to
where the snapback button used to be, but eliminated the snapback button
and the stop button (which used to toggle with the reload button). The
snapback menu and keyboard shortcut are also gone.

The search-results snapback button is still there, though.

 

The stop button still is there; I typed too hastily. While a page is
loading the reload button turns into a spinning gear; putting the mouse
pointer over that spinning gear changes the gear into the X that
represents the stop button.

 

If you want to experiment with the new and old tab placements, run this
Applescript.

set oldtabs to "defaults write com.apple.Safari
DebugSafari4TabBarIsOnTop -bool NO"
set newtabs to "defaults write com.apple.Safari
DebugSafari4TabBarIsOnTop -bool YES"

set option to (button returned of (display dialog ¬
"Set Safari 4 tabs to old or new." buttons ¬
{"Old Style", "New Style", "Cancel"} ¬
default button "Cancel"))
if option is "Old Style" then
set tabs to oldtabs
else if option is "New Style" then
set tabs to newtabs
end if
do shell script of tabs

You will have to quit and relaunch Safari to make the changes, though.

 

- Quit Safari
- Locate 1Password in your /Applications folder
- Ctrl-click > Show Package Contents
- Contents > Resources > SupportedBrowsers.plist
- Root > Safari > MaxBundleVersion > Change 5525.9 to 5526.12 (Safari 4
Developer Preview's bundle version is 5526.11.2)
- Start Safari

Note: Because you are modifying the application bundle itself, you will
need to do this every time 1Password is updated (until Safari 4 support
is "officially" built in, that is). As for the MaxBundleVersion, just
make sure it's greater than Safari's (you can check by clicking Safari >
About Safari; it's the number in parentheses after the version number)
and you should be fine.

 

You can customize the toolbar and drag the 1Password button to it.

 

Thank you! My Safari world is complete again. [/QUOTE]

So what does 1Password do that keychain doesn't do?

-- Michelle

 

Thanks. Looks like something that I don't need.

-- Michelle

 

So what does 1Password do that keychain doesn't do?
[/QUOTE]

Features, according the the help page:
Rock Solid Security
True Integration in Web Browsers
Support for all Popular Web Browsers
Securely Organize Your Life With Wallet
Automatically Fill Credit Cards While Shopping Online
Automatically Fill Address and Contact Information
Automatic Saving of Website Logins
Strong Password Generator
Password History
Secure Notes
Access Your Data Anywhere
Automatically Keeping Your Data in Sync

 

Just curious, are there any issues between Safari 4 and Source Forge's
'Safari Ad Block' software?

Erik

 

I haven't seen any so far. Fingers crossed.

 

It doesn't work with Hotmail either as direction connection or via MSN
you go to your inbox click on message doesn't load, click to selected
all messages does't work the rest of it is pretty naff so had on for
all of 10 mins...

OK a beta but can't connect to hotmail???

Mike

 

"Top Sites" is idiotic. I accidentally clicked the wrong link on a list
of tightly-spaced links. Suddenly it's a top site. C'mon, Apple, anyone
there old enough to remember when the Mac was about me doing it _my_
way? I want absolute control what appears in "Top Sites--" the option
to make it completely manual if I wish (and I do wish). I'll keep it
disabled for now.

I also want absolute control over the toolbar. I want the back and
forward buttons, the reload/stop button, and the URL window, and
_nothing_ else. That means I don't want the "add bookmark" icon
permanently attached to the URL windows, because I don't want that icon
at all. As for the Google search space, what good is that to me when I
always use Google's advanced search?

Moving the tab bar is a solution in search of a problem, but it's one
bit of nonsense that a person will get used to and accept.

The problem is that each piece of idiocy one accepts in life knocks a
point or two off one's IQ. It's bad enough that I'll soon be 65 years
old and my IQ has already dropped into the lower 150's--I don't need
Apple pushing it further down. And I take no comfort from knowing that
I could lose 100 points and still be ahead of the average Republican.

Davoud

 

I have tried Safari 4 and also found Topsites very weird. There were
sites I never ever visited, so I guess these were sites like
doubleclick who have no business with me. The Develop menu showed that
many Apple sites had mistakes in them (yellow triangle and red circle
with cross) and mention was made of doubleclick too. Also Apple sites
took very long to load. Other sites were very fast.
So all in all it's no improvement for me. I removed Safari 4. It's not
better than Firefox yet. Even removing it seemed to be a bit of a
problem, as at restart my system kept freewheeling, so I had to do a
hard shut down.
What I know for sure is that Snow Leopard will not be for me either.
Apple is losing it.

 

Easy, but a bit complex, to do.
1. Open two windows in Safari.
2. In window 1, open Top Sites and click the Edit button.
3. In window 2, navigate to the site you want.
4. Drag the URL icon/button from window 2 to Window 1.

That URL will remain in Top Sites, in the location you put it, until you
move or remove it.

-- Michelle

 

Unless your hardware can't run it, how do you know that?

 

I find it to be a worthwhile upgrade. It has features that I don't need
or want (e.g., coverflow on bookmarks, top sites), and some that are
nice, but not necessary (tabs on top), but the improved speed makes it
worthwhile.

Don't forget that this is a public beta, and Apple can make changes
based on user feedback. If enough users suggest a particular change,
I'm fairly sure that Apple will incorporate that change if it's
possible. However, complaining here or on news/rumor web sites isn't
going to do a thing; you need to make the request or report directly to
Apple.

I already submitted a request to restore the snapback button.

-- Michelle