Safari 5.0.1. released, activates browser extensions

dc8900 · 29-07-2010, 12:36 AM

Hello all,

Safari 5.0.1. is now available through Software Update, first impressions, pretty nice and a tad more reliable for me

Also new feature, new website extensions feature, more on that here: Apple Safari Update Activates New Browser Extensions (And It's Pretty Sweet)

john316 · 29-07-2010, 7:30 AM

Totally uninspired by the Extensions - far poorer implementation than Chrome and Firefox.

dc8900 · 29-07-2010, 11:46 AM

very true Re the extensions, it's ok but meh and I doubt I'd use it, I'm just glad that this update appears to have reduced the beach ball I kept on getting with the last update, so for that I'm happy

*Tenex* · 29-07-2010, 2:31 PM

And perhaps more importantly stops the latest java browser exploit whereby they nick all your personal details...

dc8900 · 29-07-2010, 2:33 PM

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And perhaps more importantly stops the latest java browser exploit whereby they nick all your personal details...

LOL yes, and that too!

BenchyUK · 29-07-2010, 5:51 PM

I like them. I have the app which enlarged photos on facebook without clicking them.

Rafe · 29-07-2010, 6:34 PM

Is there a list of available extensions to download?

SeedyR · 29-07-2010, 7:34 PM

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Is there a list of available extensions to download?

Official gallary here mate

Rafe · 29-07-2010, 8:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SeedyR

Official gallary here mate

Top man!

*Tenex* · 30-07-2010, 1:06 PM

Hardly anything compelling in the gallery though? Other than ad blocking I don't tend to use them.

Oh and I'm back to Safari 'cos Chrome has become unusable

*Tenex* · 30-07-2010, 1:43 PM

aaaaaarrrrggggh!

is there any plug-in that makes Safari's url bar function like Chrome ie. as a search bar as well?

Or failing that what's the keyboard combo to get me straight to the Google search box?

achoudry · 30-07-2010, 4:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Tenex

Hardly anything compelling in the gallery though? Other than ad blocking I don't tend to use them.

Oh and I'm back to Safari 'cos Chrome has become unusable

out of interest, why was chrome becoming unusable? i've moved to chrome and still prefer it over safari. some quite nice extensions to chrome too.

*Tenex* · 30-07-2010, 11:24 PM

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out of interest, why was chrome becoming unusable? i've moved to chrome and still prefer it over safari. some quite nice extensions to chrome too.

I don't really know. It started about 3-4 weeks ago when suddenly my mouse started playing up. Bizarrely it wouldn't scroll down over any image or movie. I assumed the mouse was the problem but it wasn't, someone else on here had the same. New drivers etc didn't fix it. Then over a week ago I started to have lots of timeouts when browsing.

I have 19Mb down so it wasn't that, O2 suggested the issue was Chrome so I deleted everything and then reinstalled but amazingly everything including the two extensions and my Bookmarks were restored immediately - so I think the settings were linked to my Gmail a/c and it was quite impressive really.

Anyway the timeout issues occur only with Chrome, Safari was blazingly fast side by side. Its a great shame as I really like Chrome even if it does chew through a load of RAM.

Rafe · 30-07-2010, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Tenex

I don't really know. It started about 3-4 weeks ago when suddenly my mouse started playing up. Bizarrely it wouldn't scroll down over any image or movie. I assumed the mouse was the problem but it wasn't, someone else on here had the same.

OMG I thought it was just me. Since Safari 5, as a scroll down a page, if my mouse hovers over a YouTube video linked in one of our forums, the scrolling stops unless I move away from the video. I can then continue to scroll.

*Tenex* · 30-07-2010, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Rafe

OMG I thought it was just me. Since Safari 5, as a scroll down a page, if my mouse hovers over a YouTube video linked in one of our forums, the scrolling stops unless I move away from the video. I can then continue to scroll.

Its an odd one - must be something to do with Webkit then? Can't recall the other thread we talked about this in. Anyway it works fine for me in Safari 5.0.1?

Rafe · 31-07-2010, 7:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Tenex

Its an odd one - must be something to do with Webkit then? Can't recall the other thread we talked about this in. Anyway it works fine for me in Safari 5.0.1?

Interesting. I shall go and check it now

achoudry · 31-07-2010, 8:03 PM

hmmm. i've not experienced that issue at all so far. my experience of chrome has been much better than safari so i'll be sticking with it. safari, for me, was more resource hungry than chrome!

rob_finch · 01-08-2010, 9:21 AM

If it's sticking over Youtube videos, is it a Flash problem? I think there was an update out recently, did you run that?

*Tenex* · 01-08-2010, 9:31 AM

Its not just YT its any graphic jpg, gif etc on a page and I have the latest Flash, though as I said it happens with Chrome but not Safari for me.

*Tenex* · 02-08-2010, 9:38 PM

OK it took 72 hours but now I can't scroll down over graphics in Safari either. This is weird. Definitely not Flash.

achoudry · 03-08-2010, 4:55 PM

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OK it took 72 hours but now I can't scroll down over graphics in Safari either. This is weird. Definitely not Flash.

how bizarre. have you tried uninstalling and re-installing?

*Tenex* · 03-08-2010, 5:01 PM

Safari? No, I tried it with Chrome and it made no difference and its a newish install of SL and it was happening under Leopard so no idea why but its a huge nuisance.