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Gallerinski |
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 4996 Location: Phoenix AZ | Anyone running Safari 4 Beta ??? Looks like some very cool features. | ||
MusicMishka |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 5563 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | not yet...whats cool? | ||
stephent28 |
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Joined: April 2004 Posts: 13303 Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I just downloaded a version for Windows. Gonna load it up later tonight. | ||
Beggin |
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Joined: November 2006 Posts: 2241 Location: Simpsonville, SC | I have it for Windows. Speed is better than previous versions. I can not use my "back" button on my mouse. The new "Top Sites" feature is pretty cool. However Dave, I assume you are using a Mac exclusively now, so your version and experience will be different no doubt. | ||
Gallerinski |
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 4996 Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by MusicMishka: Marketing hype, but if this is true... not yet...whats cool? - integration of HTML 5 and CSS 3 web standards - improved engine executes JavaScript up to 30 times faster than IE 7 - loads HTML web pages 3 times faster than IE 7 - Top Sites display feature - Tabs On Top display feature Like I said, it could be all "spew", but I'll download it on Friday when I get home and give it a look. | ||
Old Man Arthur |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | One Word... Firefox! Or is that two words? | ||
Grif |
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Joined: February 2004 Posts: 548 Location: Up North | I'm trying it out right now, I've run Firefox exclusively for the past few years, but this seems alright so far, going to head over to YouTube and see how it handles video. | ||
Gallerinski |
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 4996 Location: Phoenix AZ | Interesting Apple marketing ... They don't mention so much how they stack up against Firefox. If you read into their press release they finally say "Java engine 3x faster than Firefox and HTML loads 3x faster". Needs to be proven. Seems like a lot of IE users have been switching to Firefox recently. | ||
Weaser P |
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Joined: October 2005 Posts: 5327 Location: Cicero, NY | This one did... | ||
Jeff W. |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039 Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I've been using it since offered.... Working flawlessly to this point. It's fast. Pretty frigging remarkable for Beta. Top Sites is great as is Cover Flow. Bookmarks features are very good | ||
Tarekith |
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Joined: February 2009 Posts: 4 Location: Seattle | Working pretty good here, had one crash due to Gmal javascript errors. Needed to run Onyx to get Safari to launch again without hanging. Otherwise it's nice, a lot faster overall. Tabs on top took awhile to get used to though :) | ||
Miguel - BR |
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Joined: January 2009 Posts: 379 Location: Alagoas, Brazil | I use firefox too. Don't see a reason for changin'. Kind of ain't broken, don't fix it. | ||
standing |
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Joined: December 2008 Posts: 1453 Location: Texas | I have used Firefox for years, finally updated to the latest (Mac) version. It crashes several times a day, a highly unusual occurrence for any program on my Mac. It may be due to one of the many plug-ins I've installed, but I haven't isolated the problem yet. So, I am certainly tempted to give Safari another try… | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | I've played with Safari4. Very pretty, but leaves a lot to be desired as far as functionality compared to FF. Particularly annoying was having to 'customize' the toolbar just to add a button for the home page. And there's no refresh button. | ||
edensharvest |
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Joined: March 2006 Posts: 1634 Location: Chehalis, Washington | I switched to FF like a year ago, and have no intention to switch back from IE. If I was running a Mac I'd probably be more inclined to try out Safari. | ||
Jeff W. |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039 Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | The refresh is on the right inside of the address window (the circular arrow) | ||
playadamas |
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Joined: August 2002 Posts: 398 Location: So. Cal. | Dave, you should try these too, quicker and quickest: http://www.latko.org/2009/02/04/firefox-31-intel-optimized-build/ http://webkit.org/ Safari 4 is nice, but not quite there yet. | ||
Mr. Ovation |
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 7211 Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by playadamas: As others have said.. I agree, it's nice, but not quite ready for primetime yet.Safari 4 is nice, but not quite there yet. | ||
playadamas |
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Joined: August 2002 Posts: 398 Location: So. Cal. | Miles, I didn't know you were a Mac person ...until now! Nice... One more thing though, you have to be in Leopard to take advantage of many new tweaks... | ||
Mr. Ovation |
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 7211 Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | LOL... Not really a Mac or PC person, just a computer guy. Right tool, right job. | ||
Jeff W. |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039 Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Might I just step in here. . . and remind folks that we are talking BETA... Other than having to adopt some new "browsing impulses" to leverage the new bits... ahhh, never mind... | ||
BluesSailor |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 1132 Location: Parrish, FL | To those of you using FF 3.1 Beta 2, are you experiencing problems with Hotmail? I can get it show my Inbox contents, but cannot access the individual emails. Any suggestions? I had been using FF 3.0.2 but is started crashing several times an hour so I moved to the Beta. Blues | ||
stephent28 |
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Joined: April 2004 Posts: 13303 Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | FF 3.07 is rock solid | ||
FlySig |
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Joined: October 2005 Posts: 4028 Location: Utah | Safari Beta is fine, but I guess I don't really see any big functional or speed changes. At least in terms of the basic forums and browsing. Maybe if I was doing complicated stuff or gaming. The tab thing, actually I dislike it across the top. It's too far away. It was better lower down, below the main header rather than above it. I'll keep it, though. Works fine for what I do. | ||
BluesSailor |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 1132 Location: Parrish, FL | StephenT28, I tried FF 3.0.7 and it too crashed constantly. It must be my machine, but I don't know what it would be. I recently reformatted the hard drive and have a fresh copy of XP w/ all the SP's installed. Other than not being able to use Hotmail under the beta release, I love it. Right now I go to Outlook to read my Hotmail. Kind of a pain, but it works. Blues | ||
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