Drop in the hood

Notice that all messages are displayed in the Mac OS style. They don’t appear as modal dialogs but from the bottom part of the application main window. A good example is the Toolbar (View->Customize Toolbar).

Tools Panel Settings in Safari 3.1

By the way The Tools panel is very easy to configure. It needs simply to drag the required buttons from the window on the panel or per contra for deleting.

General Settings in Safari 3.1

Therefore the window with the settings on the Windows Control Panel is a separate application. All it parts have one more unusual feature – there are not Cancel and OK buttons. Simply, do the settings and close them.

General part has the main parameters the browser operation.  It is possible to set the browser as the default one, search service by default, the default page (Home page, empty page, the latest session pages or pages from the bookmarks), indicate the Home page, set the period of the history empting and save parameters for downloaded files and links opening from the external applications (only if Safari is the default browser).

Appearance Settings in Safari 3.1

Usually in the Appearance part there are settings for the application appearance. But Safari has other settings in it. Font and mono font by default are setting here. It is possible to select the default coding and font fitting mode. Let coordinate our attention on the latest one.

Font smooth in Safari 3.1

Apple refused of using the standard Windows font fitting mode and uses the own procedure. Mac OS X uses the similar one.  From the first view it seams the fonts are bolder then the other applications have.  But if such variant doesn’t suit you, you are able to reduce the color saturation.

Bookmarks settings in Safari 3.1

Bookmarks part deals with bookmarks. It has the minimum number of settings: checkbox for the switching the Bonjour part on the tabs panel, two checkboxes for the tabs menu setting and the checkbox for the favorite. The last switches on/off the Bonjour part displaying for the favorite.

Tabs manager in Safari 3.1

To edit the tabs displaying it is necessary to use special manager. It is selected from the Bookmarks->Show All Bookmarks or by pressing the ‘opened book’ button in the left on the tabs panel. It has the Mac OS X structure too. To open a folder it is necessary to click on the pointer but does not on the cross as Windows users got accustomed. There is the tree structure as usual.

It should be noticed the bookmarks reduction is in the table, unlike other browsers. After mark the needed one and pressing F2 it is possible to edit it. To edit the location it is necessary to invoke the contextual menu by the right click. No additional popus are appeared in this case.

Tabs Adding in Safari 3.1

To add new bookmark it is necessary to select Bookmarks->Add Bookmark. The page withan active tab is edited. Type the name, select the location and press the Add button. New folders adding are in the Bookmarks manager.

Tabs settings in Safari 3.1

Tabs are the essential part of any browser. But some ‘old’ browsers open links in new windows instead of new tabs. These are Safari 2 and Firefox 1.0/1.5. Safari 3.0 doesn’t use this principle.  All tab settings are in the Tabs part. There are dips of them here: pen links in the phone tab, close multi tabs confirmation and conversion in new open tabs and browser windows during the opening.  And at the bottom of the window there are the fire keys combinations for the usability.

RSS settings in Safari 3.1

Safari 3.1 is provided with RSS-reader as all modern browsers. It settings are in the similar part. You are able to set the location of the RSS-channels updates displaying here (on the Tabs Panel or in the Tabs Menu), the updates period, and the parameters of the RSS-records marks and the period of empting.

RSS in Safari 3.1

To see the RSS-strip is rather easy. It is on the separate tab. Lower there is the title of the site in the top with the link on the main page. There is a list of news with advertisements, from the right side there is a special menu for sorting, search and streamlining on date.

AutoFill settings in Safari 3.1

AUTOFILL part is for auto filling. It is very useful if you need to fill out some forms and tables on sites. You are able to declare your private info (from the system address book) in the settings and to edit the list of the saved data for any resources.

Security settings in Safari 3.1

In the Security part you are able to switch off such plugins as Java, JavaScript and popup blocker. Here you are able to set Cookie parameters. It is possible to see cookies and delete it if it is necessary.

Private Browsing

Safari offers the private browsing (menu Edit->Private Browsing). When this func is switched on, the browser will not save any data. There is nothing Cookies nor History. The AutoFill will switch off and the list of the downloaded files will be deleted automatically from the Downloads page.

Advanced Settings in Safari 3.1

The latest tab is the Advanced. It offers additional settings for the advanced users. You are able to set the minimum size of the FNT here, to set the Tab func for the switching between the elements (links, buttons, text fields and others) on the page, to set the default styles table, and to set proxy parameters. Notice, proxy parameters set IE parameters. Chang Settings press invokes the standard IE window of settings. There is nothing to be surprised. Safari is the default browser for Mac OS X and proxy settings are set in the tools panel of the system.