Safari 4 Beta Issues - Page 2 - Mac-Forums.com

Meyvn · 02-27-2009, 04:51 PM

So Glims is now working with Safari 4, but I can't get it to do search engines other than Google. Anyone else having this problem/got any solutions?

cwa107 · 02-27-2009, 05:12 PM

Just a note to those of you that are using the beta - there is an uninstaller utility within the DMG package that contains the installer. It will revert you back to Safari 3 upon running it. I too have encountered strange behavior with the beta, and even Mail.app once it was installed. After having rolled back, everything with Mail seems to be fine again.

So, if you depend on Safari and/or Mail as your primary clients and can't tolerate the weirdness, definitely roll back and wait for the full release.

Meyvn · 02-27-2009, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Meyvn

So Glims is now working with Safari 4, but I can't get it to do search engines other than Google. Anyone else having this problem/got any solutions?

Apparently this is a known issue not unique to me. They are working on it. Hooray for the Glims developers for responding so quickly.

PapaNoHair · 02-27-2009, 05:54 PM

I have the same problem with hotmail.

letterfromegypt · 02-28-2009, 01:36 PM

Same problem for me:

with MSN email

and MSN Messenger for Mac [Version 7.0.2]

Thanks for posting about this because I tested it on my MSN Msngr and had the same problems you experience.

Is it going to be a problem for Apple to fix this because MSN is Microsoft's baby.

I'll report these errors to Apple too.

leopard-user1 · 02-28-2009, 06:30 PM

I love Safari 4, but I think that it is a combination of Safari 3 + Opera 9.6 (speed dial/Top Sites and tabs on top) + cover flow. Of course, however, it has Apple's innovation behind it. It is the best browser I have worked on. Apple just needs to make it so that you can set your Top Sites yourself. If there is a way, please tell me because I am tired of Safari putting sites on Top Sites that I only visited once or twice.

wytwolf · 02-28-2009, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by leopard-user1

I love Safari 4, but I think that it is a combination of Safari 3 + Opera 9.6 (speed dial/Top Sites and tabs on top) + cover flow. Of course, however, it has Apple's innovation behind it. It is the best browser I have worked on. Apple just needs to make it so that you can set your Top Sites yourself. If there is a way, please tell me because I am tired of Safari putting sites on Top Sites that I only visited once or twice.

When in the top sites page if you click on the edit button in the bottom left corner it saves the page in the spot by clicking on the push pin.

clint1986 · 03-01-2009, 06:47 AM

I'm not liking the way that tabs are along the top of the window myself. :(

jram · 03-01-2009, 07:47 AM

This site shows you the terminal command to put it back where it belongs. I turned off top sites altogether .
Safari 4 Hidden Preferences - Random Genius

clint1986 · 03-01-2009, 11:29 AM

Thanks so much! I had no idea you could do that. :o

MacTrooper · 03-01-2009, 12:42 PM

Being relatively new to the Mac world, and having been primarily a Firefox user for the last three years, I like the new Safari.

Yes, it is taking some extra thought to look for the tabs at the top, but since I have to remember that the menu bar is all the way at the top of the screen, this extra mental calculus is part of everyday interaction with my new iMac, so the tabs haven't totally weirded me out.

The coverflow for history and bookmarks has already proved handy for me. I do a lot of web research and find that I can go back and find something I saw eariler by using visual cues when rapidly viewing the pages in coverflow.

I haven't really felt the need for top sites, since mine are all parked in the bookmark bar anyway, but hey, somebody might use em.

Now to get the progress bar turned back on - I know I've seen references to the script somewhere....

MacTrooper · 03-01-2009, 12:46 PM

cowasaki - I see the progress bar was one of your tips! works like a charm now, many thanks!

mac cyclist · 03-01-2009, 01:19 PM

Sometimes a page won't reload correctly when I hit the back button

and I have to quit Safari and start over. Luckily it seems to start where I quit and then works normally for a while.

Sure wish I could uninstall Safari 4 and go back to Safari 3.2.1 until the bugs are worked out.

EdH · 03-01-2009, 01:36 PM

Couldn't get used to the tabs on top. Thanks to whoever(didn't make a note of the name) posted the link to the edits in Terminal. Now I see tabs where they were meant to be seen!

Ed

ehmjay · 03-01-2009, 04:43 PM

I too have the issue with MSN. Not sure what in Safari would be causing it... but the chances of Microsoft giving us an update is slim.