[Scifience]

I don't know how many of you are familiar with SafariSpeed, but it is a piece of software that automates the speeding up of Safari by removing the page loading delay.

I have developed a new version of the software that adds support for purging and disabling favorite icons, another optimization that helps to speed up the browser.

I'm looking for people who are willing to test and critique this new version of the software before I release it.

You can download it: http://www.scifience.net/downloads/S...ed1.2Beta1.dmg

and unlock it with password: bakasan

Please let me know what you think and how it works for you. Thanks!

[willed]

Does this work with 1.0.3 (ie the latest version that works under OSX 10.2.8)?

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

Why does Safari have this delay in the first place?

[Weezer]

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
Why does Safari have this delay in the first place?

so that when a page first renders it is more complete, rather than rendering the first bit as fast as possible and then filling in more as it goes.

[Scifience]

Originally posted by willed:
Does this work with 1.0.3 (ie the latest version that works under OSX 10.2.8)?

I haven't tested it; all my machines run Panther or a Tiger beta. I would assume that it does.

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

So does it make it SEEM faster or actually faster?

[Scifience]

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
So does it make it SEEM faster or actually faster?

The page loading delay makes it seem faster; disabling the favorite icons makes it actually faster.

However, practically, the disabling of the page loading delay does make it faster, as the page will start being displayed sooner. So while it may take the same amount of time for the entire page to load, the first parts of it will be displayed sooner.

[fireside]

you need to get a progress bar for when you apply those things. also, you need to make it so you can't make the window any bigger. also, i still am getting favicons for some sites. also, you should make it so you know if you've applied the things.

[Scifience]

Originally posted by fireside:
you need to get a progress bar for when you apply those things. also, you need to make it so you can't make the window any bigger. also, i still am getting favicons for some sites. also, you should make it so you know if you've applied the things.

You will still see the favicons, but they will not be saved for the next time you launch the browser.

I didn't really think a progress bar was needed; most of the things only take a few seconds to apply.

I'll look into having it show what has already been applied.

Thanks for the feedback!

[fireside]

Originally posted by Scifience:
I didn't really think a progress bar was needed; most of the things only take a few seconds to apply.

except the favicon deletion..

[hyperb0le]

Wrong section. (Should be in software)

on the software, though.

[Scifience]

Originally posted by fireside:
except the favicon deletion..

True...but it does say "Please be patient."

[macaddict0001]

The killer app of the month...

[ReggieX]

Originally posted by fireside:
except the favicon deletion..

Empty your cache first.

[fireside]

Originally posted by Scifience:
True...but it does say "Please be patient."

i don't see your point. you know it takes long, i know it takes long, i'm supposed to be patient, but whats wrong with a little info?

[Scifience]

Originally posted by fireside:
i don't see your point. you know it takes long, i know it takes long, i'm supposed to be patient, but whats wrong with a little info?

What is wrong with a little info is that the command that is used to delete the icons (rm) provides no status information that could be used to generate a progress bar. The only thing I could do would be to have a progress bar that sits at empty and then jumps to full.

[fireside]

Originally posted by Scifience:
What is wrong with a little info is that the command that is used to delete the icons (rm) provides no status information that could be used to generate a progress bar. The only thing I could do would be to have a progress bar that sits at empty and then jumps to full.

well how was i supposed to know that? you never once mentioned that.

[Scifience]

Originally posted by fireside:
well how was i supposed to know that? you never once mentioned that.

No, I didn't. I wasn't trying to sound nasty - I was just starting with the simple explaination because I was too lazy to write the detailed one at 11PM.

[SafariX]

Thanks, nice job.

[gerbnl]

Originally posted by Scifience:
What is wrong with a little info is that the command that is used to delete the icons (rm) provides no status information that could be used to generate a progress bar. The only thing I could do would be to have a progress bar that sits at empty and then jumps to full.

You don't need to rm all files at once. Call it in a loop 27 times (a-z, *) deleting each loop only the files that match some alphanumerical criterium. And if you first count all files that match the criteria, you can still make a fairly accurate progress bar.

[Kenneth]

I used it. However FireFox is now my default browser.