I’m experimenting with Safari instead of Firefox on my mac right now.
Can anyone recommend:
- Plugins
- Other add-ons
- Tweaks
- Solutions to common problems
Or give me other tips? Thanks in adVANCE.
Dear Lazyweb: Safari tips?
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The Developer kit is useful, you get a kind of Firebug type dealy. Apart from that, I haven’t really needed anything else. Aced the Acid 3 test, obscenely fast, elegant and groovy.
That said, I want my fucking progress bar back.
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Yeah I turned on the developer and debug menus with macpilot. I like this bowser. Used to hate it.
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It crashes on me and I hate it. Other than that it’s an exquisite browser that needs and accepts no particular hand-holding.
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Any chance the crashes are Flash-related? Flash has a kind of kamikaze relationship with Safari. You may get relief by upgrading to whatever the latest flash version is if you don’t have that already.
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Nah, it seems to crash at sporadic locations that have nothing to do with plugins. And I’ve manually updated the Flash before. I’m just going to let it lie there; my life is too short.
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SafariBlock makes me happy. Also be sure to turn off Java; there is an unpatched exploit.
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I think the patch just happened today. There was *a* Mac Java security patch today, anyway.
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yep, that was the one.
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get ClickToFlash
http://github.com/rentzsch/clicktoflash/tree/master
You can download the installer lower down on that page. That’s the only one I use at all I think but it’s kind of a lifesaver–you need to click to load any flash content (you can whitelist sites.) All of a sudden the tubes are unclogged.
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