Safari 4 Beta. New Features and Tweaks

In Safari 4, the tab bar is totally redesigned and put to top of the browser, just like what we see in Google Chrome. It takes time to adapt to this change, but you can always change it to old position using following Terminal command lines.

Change. Move Back Tab Bar to Old Position

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4TabBarIsOnTop -bool NO killall Safari & open -a Safari 

Loading Indicator

Instead of using blue progress bar, Safari 4 now is using loading indicator to tell user that Safari is loading the page. The drawback is that now we can't really see how many percents of the page have been loaded.

Change. Restore Blue Progress Bar

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeToolbarRedesign -bool NO defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4LoadProgressStyle -bool NO killall Safari & open -a Safari 

Autocomplete Menu

Like the autocomplete form, now Safari 4 provides autocomplete menu for its URL bar. By typing a few letters for the URL, Safari 4 can help us search through History for matching URLs.

Change. Disable Autocomplete Menu

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeFancyURLCompletionList -bool NO killall Safari & open -a Safari 

Google Search Suggestion

If you've installed Inquisitor before, you will get the idea of how this works.

Change. Disable Google Search Suggestion

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeGoogleSuggest -bool NO killall Safari & open -a Safari 

CoverFlow View for Bookmarks

The elegant coverflow view now appears on Safari 4 bookmarks, though it's not necessary for quick bookmark search but I really love it.

Change. Disable CoverFlow View

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeFlowViewInBookmarksView -bool NO killall Safari & open -a Safari 

Top Sites

The most obvious change in Safari 4. No need to explain further. *he he*

Change. Disable Top Sites

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeTopSites -bool NO killall Safari & open -a Safari 

Top Sites Dimming Animation

When you're clicking on one of your top sites, an animation will take place and the browser screen will be dimmed.

Change. No Dimming

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4TopSitesZoomToPageAnimationDimsSnapshot -bool NO killall Safari & open -a Safari