comp.sys.mac.advocacy

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:56:08 -0400, Mayor of R'lyeh
wrote:

>On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:50:46 -1000, David Fritzinger
> wrote:
>
>>In article ,
>> Mayor of R'lyeh wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:57:20 -0400, "MuahMan"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> >"Mayor of R'lyeh" wrote in message
>>> >news:8vadu35i3j2rdbm7m9bd1dmm463ujlolh0@4ax.com...
>>> >> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:49:27 -0500, "Hasta La Vista"
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>"nospamatall" wrote in message
>>> >>>news:fs66oc$9gb$7@aioe.org...
>>> >>>> Hasta La Vista wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>>>> No drop down arrow in the URL bar for history = Useless.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> On the Mac, clicking, and holding, on the 'back arrow' show all of the
>>> >>>>>> previous
>>> >>>>>> visited sites since the last relaunch of Safari.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Until you close the program. When you launch Safari the back arrow
>>> >>>>> does nothing. Also there is no visual indication that tells you to
>>> >>>>> hold
>>> >>>>> down the back arrow to get this feature in Safari.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> The down arrow in the IE address bar retains the history after the
>>> >>>>> program is closed, and it is available on launch.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> This is a poor substitute for having a standard-compliant browser that
>>> >>>> can render the web properly!
>>> >>>
>>> >>>I don't have any problem with IE rendering the Web properly.
>>> >>
>>> >> The thing that he's missing is that no one cares if its standards
>>> >> compliant. They care if it shows up readable on their screens. They
>>> >> don't care if its because it fits the standards or because it was
>>> >> written for IE. If 90% of your customers use IE and some aspect of the
>>> >> standards cause them a problem you'd better switch it to IE instead of
>>> >> stamping your foot and screaming about standards compliance.
>>> >> That being said I don't have all the problems using IE that Maccies
>>> >> keep telling me I do either.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Seriously. IE is rock stable, never crashes, easy to use, fast, and has the
>>> >drop down arrow for history; so i don't have to actually open history. It
>>> >rocks since I generally visit the same 20-30 sites.
>>>
>>> It also has a home button on the toolbar. My home page is a webpage I
>>> made that has links to all of the sites I regularly visit. I use the
>>> Home button quite a bit. That Safari lacks one is a serious strike
>>> against it with me.
>>
>>In Safari, go to the View menu, and select "customize Toolbar" Drag the
>>"Home" icon to wherever on the toolbar you want it.
>>
>>Done.

Thanks. That makes a big difference in Safari's usability to me. I was
doing something silly like rooting around in Preferences for a way to
add a button. So Apple puts this kind of thing under View? And you
guys really think Apple software is intuitive?

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