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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / July 2007Can you close a window in Safari 3?
I have G4 PB running 10.4.9, just got Safari 3 Beta. Many cool features, except one: I can't get rid of any window without quitting Safari itself. I can delete tabs, but not a window itself. Tried Cmd-w, File -> Close window, etc., but nothing happens. Anyone else seeing the same problem? > I have G4 PB running 10.4.9, just got Safari 3 Beta. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Anyone else seeing the same problem? Nope. Works normally here, except there was a warning when you close a window with muliple tabs open, but you can turn that off. > Nope. Works normally here, except there was a warning when you close > a window with muliple tabs open, but you can turn that off. Where can you turn it off? I can't find the option or selection. But I notice that the History menu now has "reopen last closed window" and "Open all windows from last session" commands.  SignatureSupport the troops: Bring them home ASAP. > > Nope. Works normally here, except there was a warning when you close > > a window with muliple tabs open, but you can turn that off. > > Where can you turn it off? I can't find the option or selection. In preferences, under "Tabs". Uncheck "Confirm when closing multiple pages. > But I notice that the History menu now has "reopen last closed window" > and "Open all windows from last session" commands. Yeah, that's cool too. > > Where can you turn it off? I can't find the option or selection. > > In preferences, under "Tabs". Uncheck "Confirm when closing multiple > pages. Thanks. I don't know how many times I've looked at that without seeing it. *sigh* SignatureSupport the troops: Bring them home ASAP. > > I have G4 PB running 10.4.9, just got Safari 3 Beta. > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Nope. Works normally here, except there was a warning when you close a > window with muliple tabs open, but you can turn that off. Incidentally, there's also a warning when you close a window in which you've entered text in a field. Nice feature, that. Signature"That's George Washington, the first president, of course. The interesting thing about him is that I read three--three or four books about him last year. Isn't that interesting?" - George W. Bush to reporter Kai Diekmann, May 5, 2006 > I have G4 PB running 10.4.9, just got Safari 3 Beta. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Anyone else seeing the same problem? I haven't. I can close any window I want. SignatureSupport the troops: Bring them home ASAP. >> I have G4 PB running 10.4.9, just got Safari 3 Beta. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > I haven't. I can close any window I want. Same here. Thanx Joe, Michelle and Nadia: I even re-downloaded and reinstalled Safari 3.0 Beta on my G4 PB/ OSX 10.4.9. Still can't close a window by Cmd-w, by File -> Close window, or by hitting the button at upper left corner. Nothing works. I can minimize the window, close tabs, etc., but not close an open window. The only thing unusual I can think of is I had Pith Helmet. It doesn't work now and every time I start safari I get a notice that it is not being loaded. Don't know if that interferes with something. Does anybody have Pith Helmet? G4 PB with 10.4.9? I would love to diagnose and get rid of this problem! > Thanx Joe, Michelle and Nadia: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > work now and every time I start safari I get a notice that it is not > being loaded. Don't know if that interferes with something. Pith Helmet always, and IIRC intentionally, stops working after at least the major Safari updates. That might be an interesting candidate. G > I even re-downloaded and reinstalled Safari 3.0 Beta on my G4 PB/ OSX > 10.4.9. Still can't close a window by Cmd-w, by File -> Close window, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Does anybody have Pith Helmet? G4 PB with 10.4.9? I would love to > diagnose and get rid of this problem! I have PithHelmet installed. It doesn't function with the Safari 3.0 beta, but it's causing any of the problems here that you've had. It simply does not load. What happens when you create a new user account and launch Safari 3.0 from that account? Signature<http://designsbymike.info/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/musings.cgi> Muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.info/shop/dance.cgi> Ballroom dance shirts & gifts > I have PithHelmet installed. It doesn't function with the Safari 3.0 > beta, but it's causing any of the problems here that you've had. It > simply does not load. OK, that seems to rule out one candidate. > What happens when you create a new user account and launch Safari 3.0 > from that account? Same problem, which does not surprise me as they are using the same Safari, which is in /Applications not in any user folder. > > I have PithHelmet installed. It doesn't function with the Safari 3.0 > > beta, but it's causing any of the problems here that you've had. It > > simply does not load. > > OK, that seems to rule out one candidate. It doesn't SEEM TO rule it out, it rules it out. > > What happens when you create a new user account and launch Safari 3.0 > > from that account? > > Same problem, which does not surprise me as they are using the same > Safari, which is in /Applications not in any user folder. It's a common troubleshooting method to try a problematic app from another user account, because a problem in a user Library file can cause an app to misbehave from that one account only. This is not a rare thing. Signature<http://designsbymike.info/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/musings.cgi> Muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.info/shop/dance.cgi> Ballroom dance shirts & gifts > Thanx Joe, Michelle and Nadia: > > I even re-downloaded and reinstalled Safari 3.0 Beta on my G4 PB/ OSX > 10.4.9. Still can't close a window by Cmd-w, by File -> Close window, > or by hitting the button at upper left corner. Nothing works. If more than one tab is open, command-W will close the tab, not the window. The only ways to close a window with multiple tabs is to click the red button in the upper-left corner and to choose Close Window in the File menu. I have not had that fail yet on any version of Safari. > The only thing unusual I can think of is I had Pith Helmet. It > doesn't work now and every time I start safari I get a notice that it > is not being loaded. Don't know if that interferes with something. As I understand it, the current version of Pith Helmet is not compatible with Safari 3. SignatureSupport the troops: Bring them home ASAP. > If more than one tab is open, command-W will close the tab, not the > window. The only ways to close a window with multiple tabs is to click > the red button in the upper-left corner and to choose Close Window in > the File menu. I have not had that fail yet on any version of Safari. I haven't had that fail in *any* application so far until now in Safari 3.0 Beta. It is as if nothing happens. The window remains there and usable. If I open a page in a window, the only way to delete it is to open a new tab (even if it is empty). Then the *tab* belonging to the previous page can be deleted. > I have G4 PB running 10.4.9, just got Safari 3 Beta. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Anyone else seeing the same problem? It may be an application-focus problem. When I first launched it, iChat was in the process of launching, and something glitched. iChat was the active application (as indicated by the menubar) but Safari's window was topmost. Many things (including non-responsive keyboard shortcuts) were acting weird. Switching away to another app and back again (using CMD-Tab or the Dock) fixed that problem. -- David > I have G4 PB running 10.4.9, just got Safari 3 Beta. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Anyone else seeing the same problem? I have that same problem and I've read all the suggestions here, none of them help. To recap, I've tried -Cmd+W -Clicking the red circle in the top left -File > Close window -Switching to another app, switching back to Safari and trying all again -Turning off mult tab warning and trying again -Creating a brand new user account and trying all options in there. -Uninstalling and reinstalling Safari I'm convinced it's a bug. Here's my system info G4 OS 10.4.9, BUild 8P135 I figured it out. I had an inactive version of PithHelmet (due to incompatibility with Safari 3.0). After I completely uninstalled the whole package, I was able to close windows. I guess "inactive" didn't rule it out after all. > I figured it out. I had an inactive version of PithHelmet (due to > incompatibility with Safari 3.0). After I completely uninstalled the > whole package, I was able to close windows. > > I guess "inactive" didn't rule it out after all. First of all, it was "good" to see someone else confirm the problem I was experiencing. Thank you just for that. :) It turns out that the actual culprit was: /Library -> Application Support -> SPMBL -> Plugins -> taboo.bundle Deleting it solved my problem. However, as PithHelmet is not working (and you are so informed each time Safari starts), there is no harm in removing pithhelmet.bundle too, which is in the same folder. > However, as PithHelmet is not working (and you are so informed each > time Safari starts) You are? I'm not. After various 1.3 and 2.0 updates, when the Safari build number exceeded the limit PithHelmet had specified in its Info.plist, I _was_ informed that PithHelmet was not loaded, but with Safari 3.0 Pithhelmet simply does not load for me, no message. > there is no harm in removing pithhelmet.bundle > too, which is in the same folder. True. Signature<http://designsbymike.info/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/musings.cgi> Muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.info/shop/dance.cgi> Ballroom dance shirts & gifts > > However, as PithHelmet is not working (and you are so informed each > > time Safari starts) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Info.plist, I _was_ informed that PithHelmet was not loaded, but with > Safari 3.0 Pithhelmet simply does not load for me, no message. I get a message here: "SIMBL Error: Safari 3.0 (v522.11) has not been tested with the plugin PithHelmet 2.6.7 (v77). As a precaution, it has not been loaded. Please contact the plugin developer for further information." > > You are? I'm not. After various 1.3 and 2.0 updates, when the Safari > > build number exceeded the limit PithHelmet had specified in its [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > PithHelmet 2.6.7 (v77). As a precaution, it has not been loaded. Please > contact the plugin developer for further information." Yep, that's the message I remember from previous Safari updates, but for some reason I'm not getting it now. Nor does hacking PithHelmet's Info.plist to set build 523 as the maximum have any effect. If you feel like trying that and reporting back on what happens... Signature<http://designsbymike.info/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/musings.cgi> Muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.info/shop/dance.cgi> Ballroom dance shirts & gifts > > > You are? I'm not. After various 1.3 and 2.0 updates, when the Safari > > > build number exceeded the limit PithHelmet had specified in its [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Info.plist to set build 523 as the maximum have any effect. If you feel > like trying that and reporting back on what happens... I've already deleted PH... > > Nor does hacking PithHelmet's > > Info.plist to set build 523 as the maximum have any effect. If you feel > > like trying that and reporting back on what happens... > > I've already deleted PH... Well, if you have some Conradian time to waste and want to d/l it again... Signature<http://designsbymike.info/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/musings.cgi> Muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.info/shop/dance.cgi> Ballroom dance shirts & gifts > > > Nor does hacking PithHelmet's > > > Info.plist to set build 523 as the maximum have any effect. If you feel [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Well, if you have some Conradian time to waste and want to d/l it > again... Not today... SWMBO and daughter are coming back from NYC tonight and son & I have some *cleaning* to do. Good news, though. It sounds like SWMBO made the Jeopardy contestant pool for next year. They have a pool of 1400 people and call about 400. Too Kewl! > Good news, though. It sounds like SWMBO made the Jeopardy contestant > pool for next year. They have a pool of 1400 people and call about > 400. Good luck to her. SignatureSupport the troops: Bring them home ASAP. On Jun 16, 10:38 am, mikeP...@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > > > Nor does hacking PithHelmet's > > > Info.plist to set build 523 as the maximum have any effect. If you feel [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > <http://designsbymike.info/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers > <http://designsbymike.info/shop/dance.cgi> Ballroom dance shirts & gifts i had the same problem. I had a plugin called "Taboo" in \application support\simbl\plugins that i removed. now works fine. > > "SIMBL Error: Safari 3.0 (v522.11) has not been tested with the plugin > > PithHelmet 2.6.7 (v77). As a precaution, it has not been loaded. Please [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Info.plist to set build 523 as the maximum have any effect. If you feel > like trying that and reporting back on what happens... I was getting the "SIMB error" message each time I started Safari. I also tried editing the PH plist to "523" but that only made Safari crash. I chose to stay with Safari 3 and deleted pithhelmet.bundle as well as taboo.bundle. Please note that taboo's functionality is built into Safari3 (asking you if you really want to delete multiple tabs). /Library -> Application Support -> SPMBL -> Plugins -> taboo.bundle Thanks for this. I was having the same problem and removing this file cleared it up. What is it? William > /Library -> Application Support -> SPMBL -> Plugins -> taboo.bundle > > Thanks for this. I was having the same problem and removing this file > cleared it up. What is it? > William It warns you if you try to close a window with multiple tabs in it. SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** > I'm convinced it's a bug. > > Here's my system info > G4 > OS 10.4.9, BUild 8P135 There's a "Reset Safari" option under the Safari menu, you could try that. I haven't really been following all your threads: I assume you've uninstalled Safari, downloaded a new copy and installed that? SignatureW. Oates you need to uninstall Taboo i had the same problem! |
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