Some new minor MacBook Air quirks

[iomatic]

80% of the time, I'm happy. 1.86GHz, 128GB SSD

Here are my issues so far:

-Safari is my biggest issue. It seems pages don't load fully (images are broken), on different networks, and links stop working correctly; command-clicking to open a link in a tab opens an untitled tab. I'll try and kill the Safari prefs later.

-Wireless connectivity is hit and miss at home, even set in order to connect first. At work, it connects immediately, so I wonder if it's an Airport issue. Never had problems with the MacBook Pro.

Not bad, but these annoyances are there. Everything else is perfect. Lightweight, bright screen, great keyboard; fast Parallels 4, productive for working, four-finger swipe, etc. quiet; as a laptop in bed reviewing pages, watching some video-- no heat on the level of the MBP at all ! (still with Flash 9, just upgraded to 10) No other issues. Other than costing over $2000... ahem

Any help with Safari issues would be appreciated.

 

[keewee]

Firefox
kkthanks

 

[Barham]

I would suggest Webkit.org. The nightly builds are basically like having the next version of Safari months before it comes out. To date, I have had fewer crashes and more reliable page loads with Webkit than I ever had with regular Safari.

 

[ntrigue]

I would suggest Webkit.org. The nightly builds are basically like having the next version of Safari months before it comes out. To date, I have had fewer crashes and more reliable page loads with Webkit than I ever had with regular Safari.

Aside from the months-old bug where Webkit freezes the entire laptop (mouse and keyboard unresponsive) when you wake from sleep. Only solution is hard restart.

 

[Barham]

I've never had that bug, and I use multiple laptops and an iMac (all of which are running Webkit exclusively).

 

[Compile 'em all]

if you have an ADC account, download safari 4. wickedly fast!

 

[iomatic]

Never seen this problem before; I hope my install of OS X from the factory wasn't somehow wonky...

Links don't work, pictures don't load... WTF?

Sometimes requires quitting Safari.


Could this be a proxy issue? I thought I had this problem at home though.

FGD

 

[mlemonds]

Never seen this problem before; I hope my install of OS X from the factory wasn't somehow wonky...

Links don't work, pictures don't load... WTF?

Sometimes requires quitting Safari.


Could this be a proxy issue? I thought I had this problem at home though.

FGD

i do not think that is your computer.

my Alu MacBook was doing the same thing when i was at some hotel last week. such a p:sser

 

[glitch44]

some things to try:

fully update OS X
fully update your Airport
change the channel on your airport
try firefox to see if the error is replicated

 

[Cynicalone]

I use Firefox, I find that Safari has problems loading a lot of web pages.

As the other poster suggested make sure you have all the updates installed on both the Airport and the MBA.

 

[MacMT]

I have had this page loading issue on a very few pages in Safari 3. I have never had it using Firefox. Little bug in there somewhere... Harkens back to the "browser not supported" days.

 

[iomatic]

seems more probable it's a work proxy issue-- I had the CSS not load well at Engadget just now at home (Airport), but so far, Macrumors forums (and others) gave me problems that don't yet appear here now.

 

[uelef]

Maybe the today released update to Safari 3.2 helps you solving your problem… Did it?

 

[iomatic]

will check and report back. Also having Parallels setup issues over Airport to a Win domain... but i'll save that one for later...

 

[iomatic]

Nope. Didn't fix it. oh well, I guess I'll use Firefox.


Here's an example of Firefox on the left, and what Safari does on the right. No links then work, nor does typing a URL, nor opening a new window; Safari must be restarted to work again. I wonder if somehow WebKit is damaged?

 

[DHagan4755]

Did you try going to the application menu, and choosing Reset Safari?

 

[iomatic]

Did you try going to the application menu, and choosing Reset Safari?

Yeah, all of it; caches, prefs, IPv6, etc.... I think it is our work proxy, but it's weird that Safari would exhibit an issue that requires it to be restarted --tabs don't work, typing URLs, etc.

Here at home, no problems.