Feature: Safari 3 (out of beta!)How it works: Safari 3 is the third revision of Apple's web browser based on the open source Konqueror HTML rendering engine (also known as KHTML). Apple has open sourced its contributions to KHTML under the WebKit moniker. Safari 3 adds a host of new features to Apple's metallic web browser. Some of my favorites include: enhanced search that makes it easy to see highlighted items, it can remember what tabs you had open and offer to reopen them when you relaunch Safari, integrated PDF tools (so you no longer need to download a PDF and open it in Preview), and it is fast.
Who will use it: Most Leopard users, anyone using an iPod touch or iPhone. It is the default web browser on OS X systems, so that ensures lots of people will be using it (and even our Windows using friends can get in on the fun).
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10-26-2007 @ 1:08PM
Simon Arch said...
And yet you STILL can't disable animated GIFs. Honestly, Apple...it's in Konqueror. How hard could it be to put it in Safari as well?
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10-26-2007 @ 1:12PM
Tim said...
I really like Firefox, but I seem to want to switch more and more each day. Aside from a few extensions, the gap is really closing between the two web browsers. If I could get Firefox to render colors like Safari does, I'd stay. But when I see the difference, I really want to switch. Integrated PDF is a plus, too.
Is there any sort of extension for Firefox to get it to render images complete with color profile like Safari does?
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10-26-2007 @ 1:24PM
adam said...
why does apple's website say that safari is still in beta and not final if it really was finalized with leopard?
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10-26-2007 @ 1:25PM
Michael Nerad said...
I have a question about this feature:
"t can remember what tabs you had open and offer to reopen them when you relaunch Safari"
I have received and installed Leopard. I am having problems with Safari crashing; and I am losing windows with open tabs.
The feature that allow Safari to remember tabs that were open and offer to open then on relaunch would be invaluable.
I checked the new preferences panel and cannot find a setting for this feature.
Does anyone know how to enable this feature?
Thank you.
MN
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10-26-2007 @ 1:30PM
Rubbinz said...
I wish they'd fix the damned tabs. I'm a one-handed surfer, when I click on a link that calls for a new page I want it to open a new tab not a new window. Firefox does this by default yet with Safari you still have to hover a finger ready to hit the command key. That, and until there's an adblock plug-in that works as seamless as ABP in Firefox, I wont be switching back to Safari.
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10-26-2007 @ 1:34PM
jonathan ober said...
@5 The open a link in a new tab vs. a window is an option in FF preferences...I'd look to see if that is available in Safari as well...especially before you flame the browser. I use new tab in FF just because it makes sense...unless of course I'm opening up a group of bookmarks in FF. For some odd reason it over writes your current tabs with the news ones...ie. If you have a window open then go to Bookmarks and choose to open all in tabs option at the bottom of a folder it will write over the files...ergh!
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10-26-2007 @ 1:40PM
Ricky said...
Michael:
I don't have Leopard, yet, but in the beta you could click on History and then "Repoen All Windows From Last Session" to get your windows back. This option is also in the Windows version, although it is grayed-out.
Is the Windows version also supposed to come out of beta today?
Rubbinz:
SafariBlock 1.3 works with Safari 3. It does a decent job blocking most ads. Combine that with 1Password, which lets me use my passwords on any of my browsers (I use Camino, Firefox and Safari at different times and for different reasons), and Safari isn't half-bad.
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10-26-2007 @ 1:54PM
Luigi193 said...
Michael Nerad, its under the history menu.
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10-26-2007 @ 2:11PM
Sam said...
safari on the ipod touch and iphone is not the same leopard on leopard.
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10-26-2007 @ 2:11PM
Sam said...
safari!!! not leopard, christ.
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10-26-2007 @ 2:14PM
Todd Bradley said...
It sounds like I'm in a very small minority. The only time I ever use Safari is on a brand new system and I just run it long enough to download Firefox.
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10-26-2007 @ 2:23PM
Ari B. said...
@11
I'm with you, Todd. I never quite took to Safari.
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10-26-2007 @ 2:39PM
cynyc said...
@Rubbinz
You can specify that behavior in Preferences, even in Safari 2.
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10-26-2007 @ 2:41PM
cynyc said...
@ Rubbinz
I'm wrong. You're right!
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10-26-2007 @ 2:52PM
kin said...
If you make your mighty mouse scroll button as button 3, you can use it to click on links that open in tab. I use it all the time.
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10-26-2007 @ 2:55PM
kin said...
and yeah, why is it still labeled as Beta in the website. I was waiting for a final version before installing on Tiger. I assume it is possible, as Safari going to be free to use in Windows.
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10-26-2007 @ 3:20PM
Duane said...
@#5:
Yep, me too. This has been my biggest problem with Safari. I want to open everything in a tab, not a window, pure and simple, and Safari doesn't have that option.
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10-26-2007 @ 3:21PM
Michael Nerad said...
Luigi193,
Thank you for pointing me to the History menu. I was only looking in the preference pane and did not think of the history menu. You're kindness is appreciated.
MN
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10-26-2007 @ 3:44PM
jtennenhouse said...
Anyone know a way to "duplicate" a tab in Safari3? That's copy but with the history intact so you can still hit back a few times. I use this method of forked browsing extensively...
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10-26-2007 @ 3:44PM
jtennenhouse said...
Google "Word Find" from the toolbar is about a necessity for me. Who wants to hit CMD+F and have to retype what you just typed to find it on the page?
Anyone found a "Word Find"-like tool for Safari3? (each search term is listed in the menu bar- click to find it on the page)
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