[Peerb]

Just thought that the new tab bar maybe could be the first sign of a netbook from Apple, since it saves vertical space.

[garyi]

So anyway there I am looking at a bit of porn and now its part of the welcome screen and clearing history does not remove it.
Nice one.

[Felix001]

@dudemac
"if I could just figure out how to get rid of the cover flow in the bookmarks view."
Preferences --> Bookmarks tab --> Bookmarks Bar (uncheck Include Top Sites)

[jsmecham]

Felix001 said:

@dudemac

"if I could just figure out how to get rid of the cover flow in the bookmarks view."

Preferences --> Bookmarks tab --> Bookmarks Bar (uncheck Include Top Sites)

That won't remove Coverflow from the Bookmarks View, just the link to Top Sites from the Bookmarks Bar. To remove Coverflow from the Bookmarks View, do this in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeFlowViewInBookmarksView -bool NO

(and to restore, do a defaults delete com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeFlowViewInBookmarksView)

Justin

[Jason Snell]

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Just thought that the new tab bar maybe could be the first sign of a netbook from Apple, since it saves vertical space.

If you guys are playing the Macworld Netbook Drinking Game, it's time to drink.

[eyuan]

looks like they've managed to restore the blue progress bar as well:

(from http://pastie.textmate.org/398861)

in terminal.app:
When both set to NO it restores the blue loading bar behind the URL.

$ defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeToolbarRedesign -bool NO
$ defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4LoadProgressStyle -bool NO

although if you deactivate the new style using this command, it also gets rid of the reload icon in the address field. apple giveth, and apple taketh away :(

[ScarCrow28]

I'm one of the few who actually LOVE the new tab bars. The more web page real estate the better. You guys must be getting old and stubborn. Sure it's different. It's a change. Change is hard for some. But give it a few weeks. It might grow on some.

P.S. FINALLY a proper page zoom! Apple has been paying attention to competition. Now if only they can save sessions like Firefox and remember which windows were minimized to the dock during every launch like Firefox 3.2 nightly's... Until then Firefox is still my #1.

Firefox and the tabmixplus extension still OWNS in the tab function department. But I do love the new update to Safari.

[joelp]

THANK YOU!!!
I cannot stand the tabs at the top, which is why Chrome didn't last very long on my work PC. No doubt many people like the new location, and that's swell, but I hope the ability to revert is maintained in the final release.

[plisvb]

Am I the only one who can't get the blue progress bar hack to work?

When I copy and paste the code, I get a "-bash: $: command not found" error.

Help Please

[joelp]

Don't include the $

That's just the prompt. You want to copy and paste everything after that.

[blitz]

The new tab bar in Safari 4 is AWFUL! The Mac OS used to be famous for it's consistent interface. This is the worst departure I've seen yet.
The tabs look extremely messy and cluttered. The comment about 'a little extra screen real estate' is incorrect. They take up just as much space as the old tabs (ooh, but they give a whole extra line of text in the viewport - big wow!)
With the old tabs it is intuitive to grab one to move it. The new ones have a confusing 'grip' on the right that looks like it might 'peel' the tab if you click it. However the new cluttered top of the title bar will just make for more user error when trying to move a browser window. In the old version (and every other Mac OS window on every application for that matter), you simply grab it somewhere near the middle to drag the window. With these piddly tabs you have to look quite carefully (if you have several tabs open) so as not to accidentally move a tab, or worse, close a tab.
Apple, as there is no feedback in the Safari beta menu, I am posting comment here:
The new tabs are ugly, counter intuitive and basically RUBBISH!

[penkapp]

It could be Safari 4's new, lame cookie handling. It seems if Yahoo!, or any site, is in your Top SIte list, the cookie always exists. Please feel free to read my shamelessly, plugged post.

[plisvb]

Works, thanks

[Paddy]

blitz said:

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The tabs look extremely messy and cluttered. The comment about 'a little extra screen real estate' is incorrect. They take up just as much space as the old tabs (ooh, but they give a whole extra line of text in the viewport - big wow!)

Eh? The new tab location DOES save screen real estate - it's in space that was formerly occupied by a gray bar with nothing in it. I'd suggest that you try lining up a Safari 3 browser window and one in Safari 4...

Like most changes, it takes some getting used to - I'm not about to judge it until I've given it a thorough workout. So far, I like what I see. :)