We covered most of the flashy new features of the Safari 3 Beta when it was released last month, but every now and then, a small change trickles through, like the new “Reset Safari…” dialog box. Dennis at False Cognate points out that Apple’s changed the keyboard shortcut for “Block Pop-Up Windows” to command-shift-K from the erstwhile command-K. Well, hallelujah.
After I hit command-K for the seven millionth time while trying to hit command-L, a fact that inevitably I wouldn’t notice until I was barraged with pop-up ads, I used the Keyboard and Mouse preference pane to change the keyboard shortcut to command-shift-0, something that I was unlikely to ever hit accidentally.
The Safari 3.0 Beta appears to have had one bizarre side effect, in that regard: my custom shortcut is no longer listed in the Keyboard and Mouse preference pane, so I actually can’t remove it without delving into the command line. Not that it matters, but it’s, er, rather odd.
Either way, it’s nice to see that Apple’s still paying attention to the little things that make our user experience better.
[via Daring Fireball]
I had changed my shortcut for quitting Safari (too many times I hit Q when I meant W). With Safari 3's warnings whenever you try to quit Safari with a dozen windows and 30 tabs open, I decided I no longer needed it; but it too had disappeared. I don't know the command line magic, so I just created a new shortcut (command-Q).
Off the subject, how do you get the representation of the application icon in your menu bar as pictured above? Is it a program that will do this?
@Joshua: The screenshot is from the link above, and according to the writer of that blog, it's a feature of Fruit Menu.
Thanks for the info Dan.