What are your first impressions of the Safari Web browser?
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• Getting started with Safari
  2004-12-12 15:21:55  jpassow1@elp.rr.com [Reply | View]
  
  
  With my 17" iMac there is a Safari icon on the Dock. When I click it I get a blank "Safari" page. Where is the browser or what ever is supposed to be there? So far it does nothing I can discover. Is there a Safari Help page or instruction book?

• Not really a comment, more of a question...
  2003-09-24 16:15:02  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Hello folks,
  I found my way here after several websearches relating to a question I have, namely how would someone get Flash to show up in the Safari browser?
  I went through the Safari homesite but didn't find the answer (didn't read it thoroughly enough I admit, but I read through it scanning it for terms relating to my question).
  Thing is, I run a website for an IRC chatroom, and one of the people there uses Safari, she likes the browser but she couldn't see the flash-intro.
  All she got was the "loading"-screen and nothing after that.
  I thought my site was set up so it facilitated to just about every browser on the most important platforms (be it windows-pc, mac, 'nix or whatever...), and the html certainly works as intended but the flash-issue sort of haunts me...
  

• "send page" feature
  2003-03-10 17:31:35  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Can't seem to see a way to send a page I have open, to another someone? Am I missing something?
• "send page" feature
  2004-09-21 16:36:41  jsturgeon [Reply | View]
  
  
  Did anyone ever find a way to send page through safari

• Ad Filtering Fix
  2003-02-13 00:47:53  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  You might want to check out the PithHelmet plugin for Safari. It emulates some of OmniWeb's filtering though not as polished, it's very functional.

• keychain
  2003-02-11 08:13:53  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  I think I am ready to return to Chimera because of the convenience of keychain, I was amazed that Safari chose not to include that.

• keychain
  2003-01-25 06:10:35  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  I am very happy so far with Safari. It is faster than other browsers, but I would also like to see it interact with keychain. I like that part of Chimera very much.

• Java problem
  2003-01-22 06:08:44  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Got always a message 'Not Java enable browser'
  

• Safari beta
  2003-01-21 10:43:59  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  There is not a direct connection between Safari and Apple's Mail program. When mailing a link or web page, mail must be opened to a "compose" page then the url in the address bar may be dragged into the opened message window.

• mozilla already has all of this
  2003-01-19 13:33:00  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Most of the features you mention where already implented in mozilla a long time ago (and in a better way, imho)

• Supressing animation, ad filtering
  2003-01-15 02:12:43  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  In addition to some of the other posts on this thread, what I really want is the ability to suppress animations, e.g. animated GIFs. They give me a headache. This is a common feature in every other browser.
  
  Safari' preferences have suppression for plugins, java, javascript, etc. but why not animations?
  
  Suppressing all the graphics isn't the right option, since I might want to look at a graph on a page but suppress the annoying animated advert near it.
  
  Safari also needs sophisticated ad filtering, like OmniWeb.
  
  And on Tabbed Browsing - include if for those who want it, but make it optional for those of us -- including me -- who don't.

• command-~
  2003-01-14 18:02:29  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  I have not found an option to cycle through windows like Command - ~ in IE.
• command-~
  2003-01-17 12:03:14  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  You can cycle through windows with Command+`

• History list...interesting stuff
  2003-01-14 08:22:22  Wei-Meng Lee | [Reply | View]
  
  
  You can command-click (click and hold it there) on the back button to see a list of URL that you can go Back on. Same applies for the Forward button.
  
  An interesting thing is to Command-click on the window title. It will show a list of URLs based on the URL's virtual directory. For instance, if you visit: http://www.apple.com/education/, Command-clicking on the title bar will display:
  
  http://www.apple.com/education/
  http://www.apple.com/
  
  Interesting....but any good use?
  
  WeiMeng
• History list...interesting stuff
  2003-01-17 10:41:15  michaelbaran [Reply | View]
  
  
  I hadn't tried this, so thanks for pointing this out. IE 5 for Mac (9 & X) has the same window title feature and up until now was the only browser on either Mac or PC that supported it (that I know of).
  
  I don't use the window title feature that much, but when I have had a need for it, it's really handy. It's one of those clever features that really distinguishes good software from ordinary software.

• Re: Progress in the address bar
  2003-01-13 18:02:02  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  This is a subjective complaint specific to your setup. The text highlight color can be whatever any user has set up. I have orange set. I think the default chose a limy green color. You can change it if you want. No more confusion.

• Tabs are currently unrefined...
  2003-01-13 15:08:43  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  If I open new links from a middle tab (rather than say, one on the end) then close that resulting new tab that pops up... I'm returned to the LAST tab, not the tab that launched the now-closed one. Bah. Also, there's no "tab management" to say, move tabs around. Finally, how about a browser that saves your tab layout and automatically restarts that way? I just recently tried out tabbed browsing, and it is cute and has potentional... But still basically sucks.
• Tabs are currently unrefined...
  2003-01-20 13:57:56  jgd3 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Actually, Netscape 7 has the ability to save a group of tabs as a bookmark -- I've used it to open three URLs in a tabbed window as my start page.
  
  I find the "tabbed group" bookmarking feature to be very useful. Unfortunately I find Netscape to be very irritating.

• Progress in the address bar
  2003-01-13 13:38:58  mchapman [Reply | View]
  
  
  The progress bar is blue. So is the highlight
  color used to indicate text selection in the
  Address field. I find this confusing, at least
  when running over a (slow) dial-up connection.
  

• Back using right click on the mouse
  2003-01-13 12:32:10  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  I find it quicker to righ click with the mouse in a browser window instead of running the mouse up to the back button at the top...
• Back using right click on the mouse
  2003-01-14 06:28:03  Wei-Meng Lee | [Reply | View]
  
  
  Yes, this is something that I really miss. I use the delete key as an alternative.
  
  WeiMeng

• you missed 'stop'
  2003-01-13 07:40:20  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Apple did more than a little scrimping to save on browser real estate. The Progess Bar in the Address Field is one example of doubling up - one you caught. The Reload Button and the Stop Button also time-share - and you really only need one or the other available at any time.
  
  Tabs? Some folks really want them, others really don't. While I don't, I can sympathize with those who do - as long as I get to chose.

• Tabbed Browsing, the cocoa way.
  2003-01-13 03:09:54  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  http://radio.weblogs.com/0001103/2003/01/09.html
  
  JY.
  
• Tabbed Browsing, the cocoa way.
  2003-01-17 10:37:06  michaelbaran [Reply | View]
  
  
  Wow! I hope the Safari team sees this!
• Tabbed Browsing, the cocoa way.
  2003-01-13 10:23:26  buzban [Reply | View]
  
  
  very sexy idea...

• open in background`
  2003-01-13 01:46:40  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Tabbing would be nice, but what I am missing even more is "open in background", like in OmniWeb. Apart from that, Safari is a very cool browser!
  
• open in background`
  2003-01-13 07:41:48  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Open in background works with Shift-Command click. The status bar even says so (will open link in bgd window) when hovering over a link with the Shift-Command combo pressed down.
  
  

• looping
  2003-01-12 07:45:17  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  The ability to easily eliminate looping animation of GIFs was a major benefit of IE. I don't think I could ever return to a browser that forced me to accept that continuous annoyance.

• Tabs issue
  2003-01-12 06:38:40  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  I can see how tabs are a major wish list for everyone, but tabs do take up quite a bit of screen real estate. You start adding toolbars everywhere and then the web page will become the supporting actor. I do like the tabbed interface, but sometimes I do view pages simultaneously. It's possible Apple did not want to clutter the interface with more buttons. Also it's poosible new users/home users may not get a tabbed interface.
  
  Rich Testani
  http://www.apple-sauce.com
• Tabs issue
  2003-01-17 10:45:48  michaelbaran [Reply | View]
  
  
  Tabbed interfaces don't have to be an all-or-nothing affair. With Chimera (and I presume Mozilla) you can have your browser windows either way; you can tile and place them individually on the screen as you want or you can view them one at a time within the same browser window with tabs. In fact, you can have both ways at the same time - have multiple browser windows open on the screen at the same time and each browser window can have multiple tabs.

• Safari Web Browser
  2003-01-12 05:28:03  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  I find Safari a pleasure to work with. Much easier than Netscape or IE. It is less cluttered with distractions. I think it is a winner.

• what about 'forms autofill'?
  2003-01-12 01:52:15  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  a bad omission in my opinion
• 'forms autofill' bookmarklets
  2003-01-15 10:52:26  gracion [Reply | View]
  
  
  I agree - it's a huge timesaver. It may be possible to do something in a JavaScript Bookmarklet. I found some references -- in the handy Google search field, enter "Bookmarklet autofill"

• an alternative to tabbed browsing
  2003-01-11 22:04:50  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  On www.slashdot.org, tabbed browsing on Safari has been debated pretty furiously. There are some bad UI points
  to tabs (note: I am a big tabs user with Mozilla), but the
  basic reason for having them is sound. I suggested in
  a post there a possible extension to the 'Bookmarks View"
  that, together with some improvements to keyboard navigation, would give you the equal or better of the
  tabbed browsing experience. Here is the link to that:
  
  http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=50182&cid=5058292

• Java Support
  2003-01-11 14:40:41  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  There is no Java console and the java support is broken in that right button mouse click events do not work.
• Java Support
  2003-03-14 09:04:03  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  i have a java console that won't go away!! how do i get rid of it??
• Java Support
  2003-08-25 22:33:28  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  you can enable and disable the Java Console in '/Applications/Utilities/Java/Java Plugin Settings'

• Tabs -- let the user choose
  2003-01-11 12:23:18  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  What some of the people who have commented on the tab row taking up extra space are neglecting to acknoledge is that NO browser (Mac or PC) forces the functionality onto the user.
  
  By default, a user has to switch on a perferance to get tabbed browsing, just like they have to switch on pop-up blocking. Those of us who have been converted to the cult of tabs don't want to change the way the app looks and feels, we just want to be able to browse the web in the way we've grown accustom to.
  
  Let the user decide.

• Tabs are not for everyone
  2003-01-11 10:33:53  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Having tabs occupying another row of screen real estate is not for everyone. Most people don't use those tabs since the major migration is from IE which doesn't have tab support.
  
  Personally, I tried the tabs and although it was nice to see the feature at work, I quickly returned to browsing the traditional way. It's my humble opinion that superior bookmark managment is really what's needed and Safari delivers that.
  
  I hope Apple keeps it light and responsive.
  
  

• Tabs
  2003-01-11 05:58:10  tomem [Reply | View]
  
  
  I prefer not to have rows upon rows of my screen taken up with buttons, including tab buttons. The Dock has a window switcher menu for each App, which fulfills this function without taking up space on screen.
  
  Tabs may be an appealing option at times, but they certainly not compelling enough for me to put up with Mozilla's incredibly slow startup, klunky old Netscape-based identity management, and refusal to use my designated email tool when sending links or clicking on "mailto:" tags.

• tabbed browsing
  2003-01-11 05:02:49  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Hi,
  
  Mozilla has become my main browser - using IE 5.1 when need be. Mozilla still crashes and sometimes brings my machine down (OS 9.2.2) but I put up with this because I can't work without tabbed browsing any more! Great to have a choice. I love the html checker in iCab, I haven't used the latest version, as I haven't done much serious html writing for a few months.
  
  
  Looking forward to trying safari - once I change to OSX which might happen in the next 12 months.
  
  Simon

• CSS Support is Poor
  2003-01-10 21:46:44  jim@ipmi.com [Reply | View]
  
  
  Safari has great potential, but I relish standards support far more than speed. I am currently disappointed with the level of CSS support, but as a beta, I am willing to take a wait and see attitude.
  
  It looks good and has some good features. The jury is out until it is 1.0, but there is no compelling reason to start using it until standards support is improved.

• keychain
  2003-01-10 17:14:53  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Why is there no interaction with Keychain (such as found in Chamira.) Who can remember all of those #%&$ passwords.