Comments on: Apple’s Safari 4 Beta Is Blindingly Fast!

By: jeremy Burlingame

jeremy Burlingame — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:58:00 +0000

i agree about the opening in a new window. I have it set to open in a new tab, and when i click a link from gmail a new window pops up. The speed is pretty crazy compared to FF, but these little things annoy me. Plus, I love my Google Bookmarks plug in on FF.

By: Johan H. W. Basberg

Johan H. W. Basberg — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:39:06 +0000

Hm, for me, the “reopen with all windows from last session” (under History) works perfectly to restore the tabs. I also prefer it to be manual, as most often I do not need the tabs from the previous session.

The only thing I miss with the new tab placement, is OPT+ to manipulate the tabs. Currently the user has to hit the tiny drag area in the top right side of the tab, which at least I find annoying.

By: Xenos

Xenos — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:08:14 +0000

I agree with everything you have said. Safari 4 Beta is really that fast. I hope all our qualms will be addressed in the final version. With regards to the tabs, well, at the very least, you can open all the windows and tabs from your last session in the History menu. (History -> Reopen All Windows From Last Session)

By: YorickPeterse

YorickPeterse — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:56:58 +0000

Tried the BETA as well, indeed the most annoying things are that you can't save tabs and that the titlebar screws up when using a custom windows xp theme.

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:45:39 +0000

I love it for the speed but despise it for the items mentioned above. Some things I just can't live without. :-P

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:50:04 +0000

Yes! I'm using it right now and I love it almost more than FF so far.

By: pritthish

pritthish — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:58:39 +0000

delicious plugin --> DeliciousSafari http://delicioussafari.com/

aint free tho

[although you can just use serial seeker ;)]

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:39:59 +0000

Thanks for the link John. I had contemplated adding that in to the article but decided not to. Those terminal hacks are great ways to get Safari working for you so you're comfortable with the way the browser functions.

Would be nice to see those turned in to a GUI-based app of some sort, so those who are not too savvy could easily change the way Safari 4 looks and functions.

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:39:08 +0000

I'm totally with you on Cover Flow for browsing history and favorites. While it may show you the site, I just find the feature way too gimmicky to be worthwhile.

I see a new version of Saft has been released, which is compatible with Safari 4 beta. This plugin may ultimately be what gets me on Safari 4 on a daily basis. Although, without a plugin for delicious bookmarks I'm not sure I'm entirely sold yet.

By: JohnDyer

JohnDyer — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:01:44 +0000

I definitely agree on the speed factor of safari and I absolutely love the way it looks and feels. It just seems to fit into Mac OS X perfectly.

As for the tabs on the top of the screen like Chrome, I'm personally a fan of them. For those of you that aren't such of them you can move them back to their old position. Lifehacker tells you how: http://lifehacker.com/5161005/put-safari-4-beta...

By: Peter Taylor

Peter Taylor — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:45:08 +0000

I've played with the new Safari also and definitely agree on the speed, it's amazingly fast. The tab location is fine I rarely have many tabs open so it's not really bothered me. One thing I don't like is the introduction of coverflow for browsing history or favourites. Personally I don't like its introduction and feel that it's there for the sake of it. I do however like the top pages feature, it's nifty and well implimented.

All in all I think it's a step in the right direction but without session saving and something equivalent to the ad-block plus plug-in I use in Firefox I think I'll be staying where I am. However it's pleasing to see all providers of web browsers are stepping up their game with features and innovation.