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Since the introduction of Safari 4, I've been missing the dedicated Refresh button in the Toolbar. While there is one available at the end of the location bar, it's much smaller than it used to be and is too close to other easier-to-hit targets. You can then drag the Refresh and back buttons back into your toolbar, or restore it all by dragging the default set into the toolbar. Related Video Tutorials: Create a Button On Your Mac or iPhone To Make a Call With One Tap Or Click ― When Does the Mac Red Button Quit an App and When Does It Just Close a Window? ― Dismiss.
To refresh or reload a webpage in the Safari web browser on a Mac, you press a simple keyboard shortcut combination: Command + R reloads a webpage in Safari on Mac Command + R in Safari for Mac reloads a webpage, making it essentially the same thing as hitting F5 on Windows when viewing a webpage. I have an answer, and it answers Quora User’s conundrum as well. It thinks it doesn’t need one, but therefore fails in certain corner cases. Mac OS X operates on an “ask permission” model.
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With Extensions enabled and on in Preferences, after the prompt for the install I get: 'Safari can’t install this extension. An error occurred while installing the extension “Reload Button”. I'm not able to install this or any other extension. Logs don't reveal the source of the problem; I've tried this in a guest account as well, no dice. Advice?
TIA.
TIA.
Please post your help request on the Mac OS X Hints forum site, forums.macosxhints.com (separate registration is required).
The main site is reserved for hints only, so you may not get as much assistance.
Thanks,
-Craig.
The main site is reserved for hints only, so you may not get as much assistance.
Thanks,
-Craig.
Cmd-R.
Agree.
How difficult is it to press cmd+R? I do that all the time. It's MUCH easier than using a mouse. In fact I haven't clicked on the Refresh button with a mouse in both Safari and on IE (back in the days before I switched over to Macs) in 5 years. The Refresh button is redundant. Use the cmd+R shortcut instead.
How difficult is it to press cmd+R? I do that all the time. It's MUCH easier than using a mouse. In fact I haven't clicked on the Refresh button with a mouse in both Safari and on IE (back in the days before I switched over to Macs) in 5 years. The Refresh button is redundant. Use the cmd+R shortcut instead.
I use the button. Does this make me a bad person? :)
'fraid so. You're just evil incarnate. :p
How difficult is it to press cmd+R? Try doing so while holding a sloppy sandwich in your left hand (I hate getting mayonnaise on my keyboard). Or when surfing the Web California style: sitting way back in your chair such that the keyboard is out of reach but your rodent of choice is not. Back in my day [waving cane]—when Mac v. DOS wars were still raging—there were many claims that keyboard use is faster than mouse use. I now refer you to Bruce Tognazzini:
We’ve done a cool $50 million of R & D on the Apple Human Interface. We discovered, among other things, two pertinent facts: - Test subjects consistently report that keyboarding is faster than mousing.
- The stopwatch consistently proves mousing is faster than keyboarding.
Considering that Web browsing usually involves a lot of clicking, it's often much easier to use the mouse. And considering that a lot of people still use their mouse to click on OK buttons, it can indeed be deemed very difficult. :-j
PS: Using the Mac OS X Hints comment editor for HTML formatting suffers from the same keyboard chauvinism.
Thank you sir. I too miss the old reload button.
.. and someone has .. ?That's no way to refer to John Siracusa.
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I'm not sure why, but I have a 'refresh' icon in the URL field, and it's been there forever (next to the RSS/Reader icon).
I definitely didn't install an extension to get it.
I definitely didn't install an extension to get it.
That extension made my Safari crash every time I went to customize the toolbar. Had to uninstall it.
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That extension made my Safari crash every time I went to customize the toolbar. Had to uninstall it.
Running Leopard? If so, it's likely not the extension itself, but rather a bug in the way toolbar-icon extensions are handled in OS X 10.5.8. I noticed the same issue with AdBlock for Safari and SnapBack, too.
Running Leopard? If so, it's likely not the extension itself, but rather a bug in the way toolbar-icon extensions are handled in OS X 10.5.8. I noticed the same issue with AdBlock for Safari and SnapBack, too.
Yep, I'm running Leopard 10.5.8. I also use AdBlock for Safari. Though, I've never had any issues with it.
Getting an 'unable to install' error in Snow Leopard. I disabled Safari Adblocker, however, same error. I suspect Glims may be creating a bit of havoc with the extensions as none will install. A bit too lazy at the moment to uninstall Glims and try extensions, however, it's on my 'no end in sight' to-do list. ;).
And no doubt, there's bugs in the extensions process here for Apple to work out. By late Summer the Extension Manager will be available. I think I'll wait until then. I have plenty of useful features already on Safari thanks to 1Password, CosmoPod, SafarStand, Glims, Safari Cookies and Adblocker.
I must say Command/R is one of the easier Command key sequences. Funny to me a reload button is necessary or desired. Also, as someone else pointed out, the native reload button is on the right of the Address Bar. Why create another one?
I'd like to see an extension released that allows changing skins/toolbar icons, similar to what Safaricon offered back in the Safari 2 days.
And no doubt, there's bugs in the extensions process here for Apple to work out. By late Summer the Extension Manager will be available. I think I'll wait until then. I have plenty of useful features already on Safari thanks to 1Password, CosmoPod, SafarStand, Glims, Safari Cookies and Adblocker.
I must say Command/R is one of the easier Command key sequences. Funny to me a reload button is necessary or desired. Also, as someone else pointed out, the native reload button is on the right of the Address Bar. Why create another one?
I'd like to see an extension released that allows changing skins/toolbar icons, similar to what Safaricon offered back in the Safari 2 days.
Although I tend to agree that the old location was better, it is still quicker to type Cmd-R.
Power users do say that the keyboard is faster, and that reason for that is: because it is. :-)
Power users do say that the keyboard is faster, and that reason for that is: because it is. :-)
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As rmanke mentioned above, there's a clockwise-open-arrow reload button in the location window of the Toolbar, to the right of the RSS button, in both Safari 4 and Safari 5. As far as I'm concerned, that's a ridiculous spot for it: You could type Cmd-R five times before homing in just once on that obscure icon with a mouse pointer. Besides, as others have said, keyboard commands are almost always faster than drag-point-and-click commands, anyway.
However, if you're already using the mouse in the vicinity of the Tab Bar or Toolbar, for example, it can indeed be more convenient to click on a nearby reload button than to enter Cmd-R. So I, too, bemoaned the disappearance of the left-sided reload icon in Safari 4..until I read the JavaScript hint posted here last year by isaaclimdc. This bookmarklet has worked well for me in both Safari 4 and Safari 5, and offers the added advantage of not gunking up the works with yet another dysfunctional extension. Ahem.
Note that by placing the bookmarklet in the first (i.e., leftmost) position on the Bookmarks Bar, you may alternatively enter Cmd-1 to reload the page, which is often quicker than typing Cmd-R.
And FWIW, I use a bold up-arrow from the Character Palette as the reload icon: ⬆
However, if you're already using the mouse in the vicinity of the Tab Bar or Toolbar, for example, it can indeed be more convenient to click on a nearby reload button than to enter Cmd-R. So I, too, bemoaned the disappearance of the left-sided reload icon in Safari 4..until I read the JavaScript hint posted here last year by isaaclimdc. This bookmarklet has worked well for me in both Safari 4 and Safari 5, and offers the added advantage of not gunking up the works with yet another dysfunctional extension. Ahem.
Note that by placing the bookmarklet in the first (i.e., leftmost) position on the Bookmarks Bar, you may alternatively enter Cmd-1 to reload the page, which is often quicker than typing Cmd-R.
And FWIW, I use a bold up-arrow from the Character Palette as the reload icon: ⬆