Hidden preferences in Safari 4

Nearly every browser has “hidden” preferences. Options that you can set by running a command, editing a file, or changing an entry here or there. The Safari 4 Beta, which has only been out for a few days, is no different.

Caius, of Random Genius, recently published some of these hidden preferences including:

  • A way to restore the old tab bar.
  • Turning off the auto-complete search bar.
  • Removing Coverflow.
  • …and much more.

I am not sure why you’d want to change some of these preferences (as I feel they are some of the best features of the new version of Safari), but they are there, you can if you want, and Caius shows you how.

Source: Safari 4 Hidden Preferences.

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2 Comments

  1. Chris Coleman
    Posted February 26, 2009 at 2:09 pm | Permalink

    The people ditching the new stuff need to get with it. This is where Apple is going with everything. The tabs up top might be a bit jarring at first, but they make a lot more logical sense up there.

    The one interface change that does bug me is the location of the reload button. It’s like they’re being iPhone-like for the sake of being iPhone-like. Unlike the tabs, it *doesn’t* make any more logical sense to be there than where it used to be.

    • Posted February 26, 2009 at 2:16 pm | Permalink

      I find myself “reaching” over to the left for the reload button too, but I do, ultimately, like it better there. Smaller, in place of the loading spinner, etc. I think the current toolbar is an excellent use of space. Which helps a lot on my 13″ Macbook.

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