Final release of Safari 4 tweaks interface from beta version
#7
Posted 08 June 2009 - 05:15 PM
I say make the tab position a choice in the Tab preferences. Yes, on top breaks some of Apple's HIG, but most of us (save for Tog - sorry, Bruce) will get over it soon enough given the gains. And a choice would retain the spirit of "permissive and forgiving" in HIG.
#9
Posted 08 June 2009 - 05:27 PM
At the risk of sounding old, I remember vividly when I first made contact with "the Internet" back in the mid 80's. I think it was on a Commodore, previous to the purchase of my first Mac. It made the hair on the back of my neck stand up, feeling excited that I was entering a new age (which I guess, I was). I've had at least 8 Macs and iMacs over the last 25 years, and can remember the growing pains from the original 128K Mac through the current technology that just blows me away. I'm an engineer that took his final exams in college on a slide rule (anybody remember what that is? In the late 60's, it put a man on the moon). Anyway, I find it amusing that your gripes center on whether or not tabs are "above or below". My God, do you not rejoice in how far we've come in 25 years?
#10
Posted 08 June 2009 - 05:40 PM
I like the fact that they have added more options to the toolbar, and seem to have struck a compromise regarding the page loading status indicator. There are some minor visual tweaks to the tabs themselves as well.
Something that drives me absolutely mad, however, the the lack of a convenient way to sort bookmarks (still). Come on, this is file management 101...
Anyway, V4 has been rock solid for me, no crashes or freezes as some others have reported. However, I do not have any extensions or plug-ins running. Word around the web has it that the various tweaking utilities for the beta do not work with the release version. Not a surprise by any means, just a heads up to folks that you might get some unexpected things if you try to run them.
I like the release, and will continue to use it, although I use Firefox on my PCs and will keep it that way. Just wish the bookmarks thing would be sorted-(bad) pun intended.
Something that drives me absolutely mad, however, the the lack of a convenient way to sort bookmarks (still). Come on, this is file management 101...
Anyway, V4 has been rock solid for me, no crashes or freezes as some others have reported. However, I do not have any extensions or plug-ins running. Word around the web has it that the various tweaking utilities for the beta do not work with the release version. Not a surprise by any means, just a heads up to folks that you might get some unexpected things if you try to run them.
I like the release, and will continue to use it, although I use Firefox on my PCs and will keep it that way. Just wish the bookmarks thing would be sorted-(bad) pun intended.



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