You are correct Alex, I think it loads some kind of default tab content. This is the one thing that has been bugging me with Chrome... Otherwise it's pretty good.
On the other hand, I love Chrome on iOS. I was so surprised to see how accessible it was. Best, Emrah -- Emrah “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.” Albert Einstein On Aug 15, 2012, at 9:55 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Chris and others: when I hit cmd-l in chrome, I get put in the edit field as > you'd expect. I then hear the html load ouns and am focused on some new page > that alwasy loads when I hit cmd-l. I must then move back to the text field > and interact again before I can type. > > Stacey: it is a feature that tries to find an article on a webpage and only > present that. Facebook would not benefit as there is far too much goin on and > no large chunks of text. However, if you go to a news site and open an > article, it will help you a lot. Still, it can't hurt; while on Facebook, hit > cmd-shift-r and see what happens. You may well get an error sound as I don't > think Reader is available on pages where the mac can't find an article to > read. > On Aug 15, 2012, at 8:48 PM, Stacey Robinson <stacey...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> Alex, >> What is this reader option in safari and will it work with facebook? >> >> On Aug 15, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> Ever since getting the mac, I was told Chrome would serve me better; it was >>> faster, easier, and vo would not be "busy" as much. Now, though, I have >>> decided to make Safari my default browser, and here's why. >>> >>> * Reader: the reader feature is amazing. I opened an article from twitter >>> and was faced with a bunch of social network links and other junk I didn't >>> want to read before I could find the article text. I remembered Reader, and >>> thought I'd try it. I pressed cmd-shift-r and... wow! The article's title >>> was a level one heading, and right below that was the article text. This >>> will save a lot of time in the future. >>> >>> *Text Selection: I don't need it much, but now that we can select text in >>> Safari and not in other web browsers, I like knowing I have the option; in >>> Chrome, this would be impossible, or nearly so >>> >>> * Speed: I don't find Safari any slower than Chrome, and neither browser >>> gives me busy messages. >>> >>> * Downloads: I haven't tried it, but I hear there's a keystroke to show >>> download progress. I like this, as I had nothing but problems downloading >>> more than one file in Chrome, even if the files were downloaded separately >>> and not simultaneously. >>> >>> * The address bar: in Chrome, cmd-l brings me to a field in which I can >>> type a url or a search term. That would be fine if it didn't also load a >>> page on whose content vo focuses, thereby causing me to have to find the >>> address bar all over again. In Safari, nothing of the kind happens; cmd-l >>> jumps me to a (properly labeled and hinted) edit field and leaves me there. >>> >>> That's all I have for now. If anyone has questions, let me know. If anyone >>> is using Chrome, I suggest you take another look at Safari, especially the >>> latest version (version 6 I believe). >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
