Fixing the Safari 4 Preview
By Daniel Miessler on March 1st, 2009: Tagged as Apple
Like many, I’m using the new Safari 4 Preview as my primary browser at home. Overall I love it; it’s brutally fast and has a few features that I do enjoy. But it has some quirks.
Here’s a list of things I’ve done to my configuration to make it more enjoyable:
- Put the Tabs Back Where They Were
Some like the tabs on top (like Chrome), and I would too if they did it the way Google did, but I prefer the Safari 3 location. Here’s how to get them back:
[bash]defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4TabBarIsOnTop -bool FALSE[/bash]
- Go Back to the Blue Progress Bar
By default the Safari 4 Preview uses a spinny icon instead of the bar, which means you can’t tell how much of a page has loaded. Here’s how to go back to the blue bar:
[bash]defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4LoadProgressStyle -bool NO[/bash]
- Run Saft
Saft is an extension for Safari that adds a ton of features. The main one I use is its enhanced tab management, which lets me open all new windows in a new tab instead, and to always put the new tabs to the right and keep them from becoming active. So when I open new stories in Google Reader, for example, they open silently to the right of my current tabs, and without taking me away from Reader. Highly suggested.