Quillz Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Anyone not able to get the Top Sites and Cover Flow working, you need a compatible graphics card.http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3410 I learned this the hard way after my Sony Vaio P BSOD'd every time I opened up a new tab. The only way Safari 4 is usable (on an Atom processor) is to turn off all the eye candy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazog Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Anyone know where i can send a suggestion? It's Apple don't expect to have any say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomegainfinity Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Running nicely here. Planning to make it the default browser once the final version is released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 It's Apple don't expect to have any say. Hum, they don't answer but they listen. Look, a big company like this may receive 1000 of suggestions per day. I'd love to see you read all of them and respond to all of them and send all of them to the appropriate department, then elaborate on the idea, then asking for coders to implement it. Everything would become bloated and you'd go bankrupt right away. Also, when they listen to certain suggestions, you don't get them right away. Maybe in the next version or something, so a year from the day you ask for it. They do have a suggestions box, but they're human, geez... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Right Guy Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 It's Apple don't expect to have any say. So why making a public beta then? Oh yeah to find some bugs... IMO i think they also want to know what people think about it.... Even if it's apple :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarpraz Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Wasn't impressed by the speed of the coverflow start page, so slow as to be practically useless. Good eyecandy though. Apart from the lack of ad blockers etc the speed was good but as they're unlikely to ever supports plugins unless they include common plugin functionality as standard I can't imagine using it regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterC Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Apart from the lack of ad blockers etc the speed was good but as they're unlikely to ever supports plugins unless they include common plugin functionality as standard I can't imagine using it regularly. There's adblock stuff for it. You can use a custom adblock .css file or plugins. SafariBlock is what I use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealexweb Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I have a few issues with Safari 4. @ Large installer and Apple tries to bundle crapware with it @ Resource Hog @ Might be a bit nippy but not as fast a some claim. Somewhere I saw an article claiming it was 76x faster than IE7. @ Horrid native interfaces. @ No Windows 7 support and Windows 2000 support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 1. Includes software you don't HAVE to install. Is a few extra mb's really that bad? 2. It's a beta, patience. 3. That was referring to executing Javascript, not general browsing. 4. I quite like them, especially XP. The toolbar buttons match better there, although Vista's could use a more native look. 5. Windows 7 isn't even released, relax. Windows 2000 should have support though. Wonder how long it will take Apple to release an update for it. I've submitted quite a few bugs, nothing serious but minor annoyances I now have to deal with on a daily basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Veteran Posted March 2, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 2, 2009 Runs fine on Windows 7 here. Try and find me a company that actually *supports* Windows 7. Not even Microsoft does, hence the 'beta' tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I don't see a real reason why Apple should support Windows 2000, an almost nine year old operating system. At some point it's time to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I have a few issues with Safari 4. @ Large installer and Apple tries to bundle crapware with it @ Resource Hog @ Might be a bit nippy but not as fast a some claim. Somewhere I saw an article claiming it was 76x faster than IE7. @ Horrid native interfaces. @ No Windows 7 support and Windows 2000 support. What crapware comes into it? Did you seriously think it would transform your 56k Internet into an extra-fast cable connection? That 76x faster than IE7 must be related to javascript scripts. If you just surf as usual, you will see a difference, but certainly not 76x. Windows 2000 won't happen, Apple doesn't support 9 years old software, and usually they don't support more than the latest 2 operating systemes of a company. Windows 7 will be supported though, when it's released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted March 2, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted March 2, 2009 I don't see a real reason why Apple should support Windows 2000, an almost nine year old operating system. At some point it's time to move on. Not even Microsoft support Windows 2000 anymore. So yeah - time to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealexweb Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Try and find me a company that actually *supports* Windows 7. Not even Microsoft does, hence the 'beta' tag. nVidea, their new Windows 7 Beta drivers are out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealexweb Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Not even Microsoft support Windows 2000 anymore. So yeah - time to move on. Wrong Windows 2000 is still on extended support and gets security updates from Microsoft till 2010, lot of business' still use Windows 2000 and I have one old server with 2000 on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 What crapware comes into it? Apple Software Update ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I believe there's an option in the installer to not install it, so that should be a non-issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted March 4, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 4, 2009 I believe there's an option in the installer to not install it, so that should be a non-issue. Not really. Even if you untick the "Automatically keep Apple software up to date" box, ASU is still installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I love the tab idea, but it looks bad :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-In-A-Handbasket Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 thanks everybody for the terminal command for links opening in a new tab instead of a window, thats been bugging me for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 thanks everybody for the terminal command for links opening in a new tab instead of a window, thats been bugging me for a while I don't know why so many people are bugged by this, as I'm pretty sure I saw an option in the prefpane. I just checked that option and never used a terminal code to my knowledge and it seems to work. It must be me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted March 5, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted March 5, 2009 Wrong Windows 2000 is still on extended support and gets security updates from Microsoft till 2010, lot of business' still use Windows 2000 and I have one old server with 2000 on. Security updates, ok. But: Any recent MS software - Office, Windows Live suite, newer versions of WMP and IE - do NOT work on Windows 2000. So I should have been more specific and said '... support Windows 2000 with new apps.' in my original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wguimb Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I decided to try Safari 4 Public Beta 528.16. Overall, I am very impressed. It's quick and snappy. It provides a great user experience. I'm testing it on XP and Windows 7. I should say I am a big Firefox fan but this browser from Apple shows a lot of promise. As a main browser I will stick with Firefox though simply because it offers many more features than Safari. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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