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Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by SAI_Peregrinus »

enriquto wrote: post #183
ksec wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is great, but: 1. Just lost a few hundred Tabs from last session. Not the first time this has happened to me on Safari. ( Firefox used to have this problem as well, they implemented multiple LastSession.json to combat the problem and it is basically a thing of the past. ) 2. Fav Icons meant they are no longer showing the Tab Description once you have a dozen tabs as they will shrink to Icons Size. So you either ha…

> Just lost a few hundred Tabs from last session This is horrifying! How do you get to have one hundred tabs, or worse, a few hundred ?

Tabs store context (history, cookies, container, etc, with tree-style tabs also parent & child tab relations) that bookmarks don't. I'm not sure about Safari (since I don't use a Mac) but on Firefox you can set up tab discarding (via extension) that unloads unused tabs. So there's a lot less incentive to use bookmarks when you can just leave a tab open forever. Really the only reason to use bookmarks instead of tabs is for synchronization across devices.

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by ed25519FUUU »

amativos wrote: post #137
jkelleyrtp wrote: post #18

Just want to put here that if you're using a Mac and haven't tried Safari recently, you're missing out. A few things: - Battery life is fantastic compared to Chrome/FF - Privacy seems to be top-notch - The tab ordering situation is now chrome-like (my biggest gripe in older versions of safari) - Experimental features are 1 click away, easily enable/disable WebGL2 - Support for the WebExtensions standard means addons…

A few things that kept me from using Safari full time (instead of Chrome) last time I tried it: - On my 15" Macbook Pro (mid 2014), when you speed up videos in Safari the sound is distorted and weird, while in Chrome it sounds properly sped up. I use this a lot when watching educational videos. - Youtube videos max out at 1080p. - While there are decent ad blocking extensions, they're not as good as uBlock Origin. -…

Loss of ublock orgin is the real dagger for me. I haven't found another adblocking software (apart from maybe DNS adblocking via pihole) that I trust the same as ublock origin.

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by mbesto »

kxcz wrote: post #8

Any updates to the firmware or drivers for bluetooth? My 2017 Mac has had many issues with bluetooth consistency. Keep on hoping they will announce performance improvements.

I still have this issue on my MBP'15 and it drives me nuts (I use a headset daily that uses USB):

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/anvufc/psa_2018_macs...

It's basically not completely reproducible and is random.

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by layoutIfNeeded »

enriquto wrote: post #183
ksec wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is great, but: 1. Just lost a few hundred Tabs from last session. Not the first time this has happened to me on Safari. ( Firefox used to have this problem as well, they implemented multiple LastSession.json to combat the problem and it is basically a thing of the past. ) 2. Fav Icons meant they are no longer showing the Tab Description once you have a dozen tabs as they will shrink to Icons Size. So you either ha…

> Just lost a few hundred Tabs from last session This is horrifying! How do you get to have one hundred tabs, or worse, a few hundred ?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_hoarding

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by saagarjha »

selectodude wrote: post #207
saagarjha wrote: post #190

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Apparently the build number is different.

Apple always seems to update the build by one, this one is 20B29 instead of 20B28. I can't imagine the difference are all that severe, Apple isn't pushing an update.

Usually the last build seeded to developers is what goes out to the public.

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by circularfoyers »

cactus2093 wrote: post #98
izacus wrote: post #22

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Does it still have adblocking limitations? The same that Chrome wanted to implement?

Honestly I've been finding ad blockers much less useful over time. Seems like every page I visit these days blocks the content until I disable it, if it's not an outright paywall. I think I spend more time disabling my ad blocker temporarily than I save by not loading ads in the first place. Do others find that ad blockers actually still work well? Meanwhile, reader mode in Safari will generally hide every ad on the…

Can you mention some websites that you can't view with uBlock Origin? I haven't seen any and I've been using it for as long as I can remember. Do you also have the Unbreak and Annoyances filter lists enabled?

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by vmception »

enriquto wrote: post #183
ksec wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is great, but: 1. Just lost a few hundred Tabs from last session. Not the first time this has happened to me on Safari. ( Firefox used to have this problem as well, they implemented multiple LastSession.json to combat the problem and it is basically a thing of the past. ) 2. Fav Icons meant they are no longer showing the Tab Description once you have a dozen tabs as they will shrink to Icons Size. So you either ha…

> Just lost a few hundred Tabs from last session This is horrifying! How do you get to have one hundred tabs, or worse, a few hundred ?

I’ve met some disorganized sales or business development people juggling a lot of proposals and client spiels in browser

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by skibble »

blacksmith_tb wrote: post #115
masteranza wrote: post #91

Anyone installing it on older Macs? Catalina had an improved performance compared with Mojave on my MBA 2013, but I'm hesitant about Big Sur.

My personal rule is to never install a new version of macOS until it hits the first point version, so 10.16.1 in this case, that usually resolves the very worst bugs it ships with.

It's 11.0, and the initial release is actually 11.0.1, so there's that!

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by ballenf »

cactus2093 wrote: post #98
izacus wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it still have adblocking limitations? The same that Chrome wanted to implement?

Honestly I've been finding ad blockers much less useful over time. Seems like every page I visit these days blocks the content until I disable it, if it's not an outright paywall. I think I spend more time disabling my ad blocker temporarily than I save by not loading ads in the first place. Do others find that ad blockers actually still work well? Meanwhile, reader mode in Safari will generally hide every ad on the…

The downvotes are maybe because you replied to a question of “is xyz still broken?” with “you don’t really need xyz.”

For me it was kind of an annoying place to make that point.

Many people use of ad block really more to protect from the surveillance aspects of ads than their aesthetics. Ads on big sites don’t really look terrible.

Re: macOS Big Sur

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Post by khazhoux »

enriquto wrote: post #183
ksec wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is great, but: 1. Just lost a few hundred Tabs from last session. Not the first time this has happened to me on Safari. ( Firefox used to have this problem as well, they implemented multiple LastSession.json to combat the problem and it is basically a thing of the past. ) 2. Fav Icons meant they are no longer showing the Tab Description once you have a dozen tabs as they will shrink to Icons Size. So you either ha…

> Just lost a few hundred Tabs from last session This is horrifying! How do you get to have one hundred tabs, or worse, a few hundred ?

Some people use tabs the same way others use bookmarks. Myself, I regularly have 100 tabs, easily, across several windows which are minimized.

If the browser were to lose all tabs by accident, it wouldn't be a big deal (same as losing bookmarks isn't actually a big deal for some people)

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