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Harry Totterbottom: Dec 19, 2008

If only safari would let you to use favicons on the bookmark toolbar.

# ? Feb 2, 2012 21:00

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# ? Apr 23, 2024 14:19

Star War Sex Parrot: Oct 2, 2003

Harry Totterbottom posted:

If only safari would let you to use favicons on the bookmark toolbar.

Hm, that should be a pretty easy extension.

# ? Feb 2, 2012 21:02

some kinda jackal: Feb 25, 2003; �
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Umm, is there no way to have Safari warn you when you're quitting a browser with multiple windows open anymore?

I have "restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps" disabled in General sysprefs since I don't need porn popping up in quicktime (whatever, I'll admit it). I hope that's not the only prevention against accidental cmd-q Apple thinks people need :mad:

# ? Feb 2, 2012 21:06

Blaisedell: May 7, 2008

Can you still do the thing in Safari where cmd-L hides the web address bar? I liked that for maximising vertical space on a laptop screen.

# ? Feb 2, 2012 21:07

vkeios: May 7, 2007

Martytoof posted:

I have "restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps" disabled in General sysprefs since I don't need porn popping up in quicktime (whatever, I'll admit it). I hope that's not the only prevention against accidental cmd-q Apple thinks people need

Its possible to disable restore windows per-app; someone made a pref pane to make it easy too.

I know its not really what you're asking for, but it might help.

# ? Feb 2, 2012 21:10

some kinda jackal: Feb 25, 2003; �
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vkeios posted:

Its possible to disable restore windows per-app; someone made a pref pane to make it easy too.

I know its not really what you're asking for, but it might help.

It's definitely a start, thanks.

# ? Feb 2, 2012 21:13

Harry Totterbottom: Dec 19, 2008

Star War Sex Parrot posted:

Hm, that should be a pretty easy extension.

Not easy enough to have already been done. You can drop emojicons into the name, but a lot of times the favicon makes more sense.

# ? Feb 2, 2012 21:29

Prate: Jun 23, 2005

Tutu posted:

Can you still do the thing in Safari where cmd-L hides the web address bar? I liked that for maximising vertical space on a laptop screen.

Cmd-| hides the toolbar, and cmd-L will bring it up and it will go back to hidden after you press enter.

# ? Feb 2, 2012 21:38

Terpfen: Jul 27, 2006; Objection!

Prate posted:

Safari has an omnibar extension.

I like Safari a lot better now that it supports extensions. I probably wouldn't use it if it didn't have Ghostery, Javascript Blacklist and ClicktoFlash. I can't really tell much of a difference between it and Chrome or Firefox.

The Omnibar you link to is NOT an extension, it's a SIMBL add-on. It runs through the SIMBL plugin, not the Safari extension API.

Yes, I know, this is nitpicking, but a third-party add-on is not the same as an official feature.

# ? Feb 2, 2012 23:04

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

I'll continue to keep using Safari at home, I'll try the plugins but it seems like I'm always updating them or they get broken or abandoned.

Plus Chrome and Safar both do that weird thing with the thumbnails on SA!

# ? Feb 2, 2012 23:08

mayodreams: Jul 4, 2003; Hello darkness,
my old friend

I started to mess around with Lion server again, and its still a loving dumpster fire. I took my frustation out in photoshop.

# ? Feb 2, 2012 23:09

Star War Sex Parrot: Oct 2, 2003

Bob Morales posted:

Plus Chrome and Safar both do that weird thing with the thumbnails on SA!

Yeah but that's SA's fault.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3427084

# ? Feb 2, 2012 23:18

SimpleCoax: Aug 7, 2003; TV is the thing this year.; Hair Elf

Here's to hoping 10.7.3 fixes Face Time turning my iMac internal microphone all the way down every time I open it. It would be nice not having to plug in headphones with a mic to have the other person hear me.

# ? Feb 2, 2012 23:22

some kinda jackal: Feb 25, 2003; �
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Neat. Only a few hours from "gently caress guess I'll put up with the growing pains and switch to Safari" to "oh have I been running Safari for a few hours? I hadn't noticed."

The only thing I miss is the PwdHash chrome extension and the ability to NOT QUIT WHEN I HAVE TABS OPEN :mad:

# ? Feb 2, 2012 23:50

FCKGW: May 21, 2006

Bob Morales posted:

My main thing was that I liked the way the address bar searched your history in Firefox.

Chrome gives me the error page with the little robot a lot for what seems like no reason.

Like, this guy? http://www.google.com/errorpage

That's not a chrome thing, that's you hitting a non-existent page on Google's servers.

# ? Feb 2, 2012 23:52

Neurophonic: May 2, 2009

Star War Sex Parrot posted:

Hm, that should be a pretty easy extension.

http://www.machangout.com/

# ? Feb 3, 2012 00:09

Xabi: Jan 21, 2006; Inventor of the Marmite pasty

Prate posted:

I like Safari a lot better now that it supports extensions. I probably wouldn't use it if it didn't have Ghostery, Javascript Blacklist and ClicktoFlash. I can't really tell much of a difference between it and Chrome or Firefox.

re: Ghostery: Should I block the lot or do I mess something up if I do?

# ? Feb 3, 2012 01:01

decypher: Aug 23, 2003; Who else see da leprechaun say yaaaa!

FCKGW posted:

Like, this guy? http://www.google.com/errorpage

That's not a chrome thing, that's you hitting a non-existent page on Google's servers.

I'm pretty sure bro-man was referring to the image chrome displays when Flash crashes. It's a small robot guy that appears over where the content would be displayed. Id you've never seen it , consider yourself blessed.

# ? Feb 3, 2012 01:10

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

FCKGW posted:

Like, this guy? http://www.google.com/errorpage

That's not a chrome thing, that's you hitting a non-existent page on Google's servers.

It's this thing

It thought it was a robot, turns out it's a ~~folder~~ browser tab with a face drawn on it.

# ? Feb 3, 2012 01:14

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

I tried to copy Safari 5.1.3 to a SL machine and I got denied when I tried to run it

# ? Feb 3, 2012 01:23

Star War Sex Parrot: Oct 2, 2003

5.1.4 requires Lion as well. 10.7.3 in fact.

# ? Feb 3, 2012 01:25

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

Star War Sex Parrot posted:

5.1.4 requires Lion as well. 10.7.3 in fact.

Any reason or could you just short circuit the OS version check?

# ? Feb 3, 2012 01:26

some kinda jackal: Feb 25, 2003; �
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Bob Morales posted:

Any reason or could you just short circuit the OS version check?

For SL? I doubt it. It probably relies on Lion-only libraries, or at least Lion-only changes or hooks in libraries.

For 10.7.2? Probably the same. I'd guess some 10.7.3 specific library enhancements.

# ? Feb 3, 2012 01:28

japtor: Oct 28, 2005

Safari has never really been self contained (or hasn't for a long time at least), it uses WebKit or whatever that's somewhere in /System or /Library. You could try the nightly WebKit builds though, those are self contained and can be put side by side with the regular system Safari.

# ? Feb 3, 2012 01:45

GobiasIndustries: Dec 14, 2007; Lipstick Apathy

I logged into my server via SMB using root yesterday because Finder was acting up, and now it's defaulting to root every time I connect which is screwing up some programs that need permission to modify the files I put on there. How do I tell finder to go back to connecting as Guest?

# ? Feb 3, 2012 02:06

vkeios: May 7, 2007

I'm considering switching to Safari because with a few extensions, its quite good. But I'm quite fond of user content.css. Is there any equivalent to "@-moz-document domain(something awful.com)" (Lets me restrict css to certain sites)? Or is there a Stylish-like extension that isn't this one?

# ? Feb 3, 2012 02:07

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

GobiasIndustries posted:

I logged into my server via SMB using root yesterday because Finder was acting up, and now it's defaulting to root every time I connect which is screwing up some programs that need permission to modify the files I put on there. How do I tell finder to go back to connecting as Guest?

keychain?

# ? Feb 3, 2012 02:46

Montalvo: Sep 3, 2007; Fun Shoe

Just ran the combo update on a late 2011 MBP and had no issues, in case anyone is still on the fence.

# ? Feb 3, 2012 03:07

japtor: Oct 28, 2005

vkeios posted:

I'm considering switching to Safari because with a few extensions, its quite good. But I'm quite fond of user content.css. Is there any equivalent to "@-moz-document domain(something awful.com)" (Lets me restrict css to certain sites)? Or is there a Stylish-like extension that isn't this one?

I think I use User CSS: http://code.grid.in.th/

Bob Morales posted:

keychain?

Yeah it's probably this, if you check the "remember password" thing it'll save it in the keychain and just use that to connect. To get rid of it open up Keychain Assistant (in /Applications/Utilities I believe) then look for the server address in the list with the search field.

# ? Feb 3, 2012 03:35

Star War Sex Parrot: Oct 2, 2003

Montalvo posted:

Just ran the combo update on a late 2011 MBP and had no issues, in case anyone is still on the fence.

That's not surprising, really. I don't think anyone's having problems with the combo update.

# ? Feb 3, 2012 03:36

japtor: Oct 28, 2005

Star War Sex Parrot posted:

That's not surprising, really. I don't think anyone's having problems with the combo update.

I just remembered a minor one, but it's just for machines upgraded to Core 2s (and possibly doesn't apply to updating from 10.7.2). There's a whitelist that determines whether a machine is bootable, the combo update replaced the edited one I had along with the recovery partition's...which was a bit annoying since that's how I edited it last time. Got around that with FW disk mode and my current Mac, but booting to a properly supported disk would've worked too. Seems fine now, other than being a 5+ year old 60GB 2.5" drive.

# ? Feb 3, 2012 03:47

vkeios: May 7, 2007

japtor posted:

I think I use User CSS: http://code.grid.in.th/

That worked out perfectly, thank you.

# ? Feb 3, 2012 04:29

Into The Mild: Mar 4, 2003

Just ran the update via the update inside osx and no problems here on my 2011 MBA

# ? Feb 3, 2012 08:05

japtor: Oct 28, 2005

Just tried Ghostery (mentioned by someone earlier), it helped a shitload on some sites that usually lock up while loading.

Xabi posted:

re: Ghostery: Should I block the lot or do I mess something up if I do?

Looks like Disqus is in the list, so if you read comments or comment yourself on a bunch of places disable that one. There's a bunch of common ones (Facebook, Twitter, etc) so I guess if you're missing something you normally use you can just enable it and reload.

japtor fucked around with this message at 11:21 on Feb 3, 2012

# ? Feb 3, 2012 11:14

MyLightyear: Jul 2, 2006; A blindness that touches perfection,
But hurts just like anything else.

Montalvo posted:

Just ran the combo update on a late 2011 MBP and had no issues, in case anyone is still on the fence.

I'm not implying that the issue isn't widespread but I updated a 2007 MacBook Pro and a 2011 iMac without any issues. This was just using Software Update.

# ? Feb 3, 2012 14:20

Leempi: Apr 28, 2003

Is there any effective script blocking along the lines of request policy / noscript for Safari yet? As far as I can make out by googling, the answer is no.

e: I'm also suddenly having a really annoying problem after the combo update with click registration.

Often OSX doesn't register the 'finger lift' part of a click, so when i move a window or click to a background window, then move the cursor and click again the whole action registers as 'drag window to here' which is really annoying. Same thing with resizing a window: doesn't register the release and on the next click actually resizes the window. Anyone else having this problem?

Leempi fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Feb 3, 2012

# ? Feb 3, 2012 16:16

Harry Totterbottom: Dec 19, 2008

Neurophonic posted:

http://www.machangout.com/

Glims doesn't add favicons to the bookmark toolbar, it can add them to the bookmark list, but honestly I rarely open my list and instead prefer to click icons.

# ? Feb 3, 2012 16:44

IUG: Jul 14, 2007

Bob Morales posted:

It's this thing

It thought it was a robot, turns out it's a ~~folder~~ browser tab with a face drawn on it.

Is that for Mac clients only? Because that face is pretty much the "Sad Mac", right down to the right side of the frown being lower than the left.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_startup#Sad_Mac

# ? Feb 3, 2012 18:19

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

IUG posted:

Is that for Mac clients only?

No, it appears on Windows and Linux too:

# ? Feb 3, 2012 18:35

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# ? Apr 23, 2024 14:19

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

Apparently the Snow Leopard update hosed with Rosetta pretty bad:

Macrumors.com posted:

Security Update 2012-001 was released alongside OS X 10.7.3 on Wednesday in order to bring some of the security fixes found in OS X 10.7.3 to users still running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. But as noted in several discussions at Apple's forums (1, 2, 3) and elsewhere, users are experiencing a variety of problems with Rosetta apps following the update, including repeated crashes when trying to use any commands from the applications' main dropdown menus.

Users are reporting a significant number of applications being affected by the issue, including Microsoft Office X and 2004, older versions of Adobe Photoshop, Quicken, Filemaker 7, and various other applications that had been written to run on PowerPC chips used in Apple's older machines.

# ? Feb 3, 2012 18:42

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