I've been using Firefox for a while, but I thought I'd give the new
Safari a try. Now, is there a Safari setting so that it shows the
target URL when I move the mouse pointer over a link? Firefox does
that, and I got used to it. Before I click a link I want to know what
(kind of) address is behind it, if it's a PDF, does it point to an
obscure URL, etc.

Safari should show me that target URL before I click the link. Is
there a setting to enable that?

Thanks!
Markus

In article 
<f66be995-56b0-49c4-b06f-47ff53ea7be7@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
 Markus Dehmann <markus.dehmann@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been using Firefox for a while, but I thought I'd give the new
> Safari a try. Now, is there a Safari setting so that it shows the
> target URL when I move the mouse pointer over a link? Firefox does
> that, and I got used to it. Before I click a link I want to know what
> (kind of) address is behind it, if it's a PDF, does it point to an
> obscure URL, etc.
> 
> Safari should show me that target URL before I click the link. Is
> there a setting to enable that?
> 
> Thanks!
> Markus

If you've selected "Sow Status Bar" from the View menu, you can see the 
target URL in the status bar at the bottom of the page.

-- 
Tom Stiller

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In article 
<f66be995-56b0-49c4-b06f-47ff53ea7be7@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
 Markus Dehmann <markus.dehmann@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been using Firefox for a while, but I thought I'd give the new
> Safari a try. Now, is there a Safari setting so that it shows the
> target URL when I move the mouse pointer over a link? Firefox does
> that, and I got used to it. Before I click a link I want to know what
> (kind of) address is behind it, if it's a PDF, does it point to an
> obscure URL, etc.
> 
> Safari should show me that target URL before I click the link. Is
> there a setting to enable that?
> 
> Thanks!
> Markus

Look at the bottom of the Safari window, your might be surprised at what 
you see.

Markus Dehmann wrote:
> I've been using Firefox for a while, but I thought I'd give the new
> Safari a try. Now, is there a Safari setting so that it shows the
> target URL when I move the mouse pointer over a link? Firefox does
> that, and I got used to it. Before I click a link I want to know what
> (kind of) address is behind it, if it's a PDF, does it point to an
> obscure URL, etc.
> 
> Safari should show me that target URL before I click the link. Is
> there a setting to enable that?

It's shown in the status bar.

For those of us who don't like status bars taking up valuable space, 
it's possible to show it in a tooltip too, but it's a hidden preference 
that's easiest to turn on with a system tweaking app like Deeper:

http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/deeper.html

In article <tomstiller-A8C607.23023628022008@newsgroups.comcast.net>,
 Tom Stiller <tomstiller@comcast.net> wrote:

> In article 
> <f66be995-56b0-49c4-b06f-47ff53ea7be7@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
>  Markus Dehmann <markus.dehmann@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I've been using Firefox for a while, but I thought I'd give the new
> > Safari a try. Now, is there a Safari setting so that it shows the
> > target URL when I move the mouse pointer over a link? Firefox does
> > that, and I got used to it. Before I click a link I want to know what
> > (kind of) address is behind it, if it's a PDF, does it point to an
> > obscure URL, etc.
> > 
> > Safari should show me that target URL before I click the link. Is
> > there a setting to enable that?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Markus
> 
> If you've selected "Sow Status Bar" from the View menu, you can see the 
> target URL in the status bar at the bottom of the page.

Is there a way to have "Show Status Bar" selected as the default choice?  
I can't find it in the Preferences.

In article 
<lybanon-3AC53D.09094429022008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
 Matthew Lybanon <lybanon@earthlink.net> wrote:

> In article <tomstiller-A8C607.23023628022008@newsgroups.comcast.net>,
>  Tom Stiller <tomstiller@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > In article 
> > <f66be995-56b0-49c4-b06f-47ff53ea7be7@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> >  Markus Dehmann <markus.dehmann@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I've been using Firefox for a while, but I thought I'd give the new
> > > Safari a try. Now, is there a Safari setting so that it shows the
> > > target URL when I move the mouse pointer over a link? Firefox does
> > > that, and I got used to it. Before I click a link I want to know what
> > > (kind of) address is behind it, if it's a PDF, does it point to an
> > > obscure URL, etc.
> > > 
> > > Safari should show me that target URL before I click the link. Is
> > > there a setting to enable that?
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > Markus
> > 
> > If you've selected "Sow Status Bar" from the View menu, you can see the 
> > target URL in the status bar at the bottom of the page.
> 
> Is there a way to have "Show Status Bar" selected as the default choice?  
> I can't find it in the Preferences.

Just turn it on; the setting will persist.

-- 
Tom Stiller

PGP fingerprint =  5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3  7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF

In article 
<f66be995-56b0-49c4-b06f-47ff53ea7be7@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
 Markus Dehmann <markus.dehmann@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been using Firefox for a while, but I thought I'd give the new
> Safari a try. Now, is there a Safari setting so that it shows the
> target URL when I move the mouse pointer over a link?

Yes. View => Show Status Bar, I believe.

-- 
Bart: This is the worst day of my life.
Homer: This is the worst day of your life SO FAR.

In article 
<f66be995-56b0-49c4-b06f-47ff53ea7be7@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
 Markus Dehmann <markus.dehmann@gmail.com> wrote:

> I[...] is there a Safari setting so that it shows the
> target URL when I move the mouse pointer over a link?

Safari does so by default, but shows it in the Status Bar, which is off 
by default... ;)

> [...] Before I click a link I want to know what
> (kind of) address is behind it, if it's a PDF, does it point to an
> obscure URL, etc.

FWIW, there is absolutely no way to be sure what file type a URL points 
to by looking at the URL. It is at best relatively common that a file 
that ends in ".pdf" points to a PDF file. Bu it might just as well point 
to something entirely different, and something entirely different than 
".pdf" may just as well point to a PDF file.

File name extensions have (exept by convention) no real meaning on the 
Web.

-- 
Sander Tekelenburg, <http://www.euronet.nl/~tekelenb/>

Mac user: "Macs only have 40 viruses, tops!"
PC user: "SEE! Not even the virus writers support Macs!"

In article <XrCdnSucJJ0ttlXanZ2dnUVZ_oTinZ2d@giganews.com>,
 Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopiesofposts> wrote:

> In article 
> <f66be995-56b0-49c4-b06f-47ff53ea7be7@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
>  Markus Dehmann <markus.dehmann@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I've been using Firefox for a while, but I thought I'd give the new
> > Safari a try. Now, is there a Safari setting so that it shows the
> > target URL when I move the mouse pointer over a link?
> 
> Yes. View => Show Status Bar, I believe.

Or cmd-/ (slash) should you want to toggle back and forth.

--Fred

> > > I's there a Safari setting that shows the
> > > target URL when I move the mouse pointer over a link?
> > Yes. View => Show Status Bar, I believe.
> Or cmd-/ (slash) should you want to toggle back and forth.

Just as an added note, Safari has four such menu bars:

   View  >>   Show Bookmarks Bar   
   View  >>   Show Status Bar   
   View  >>   Show Tab Bar   
   View  >>   Show Toolbar

which (so far I know?) you can only toggle on or off individually.

Adobe Acrobat has a bunch of similar menu bars and toolbars -- and a 
single button at the bottom of each document window which toggles off 
all the currently showing bars, then toggles them back on in case you 
want to view a document without all this overlying clutter.

Adobe Acrobat has a ton of (very useful) palettes and toolbars which you 
can open and position around your screen.  Hitting Tab toggles them all 
off, then back on, so you can look at the full image that's behind all 
this clutter (and, all the tools continue working while they're hidden, 
and can be used if you know their individual key commands).

Safari (and other) interface designers:  Have a look at Adobe!

AES wrote:

> Safari (and other) interface designers:  Have a look at Adobe!

All they ought to be looking at is OS X's own window manager, which has 
an optional button for toggling toolbars that Safari inexplicably leaves 
out...

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:59:54 -0600, Markus Dehmann wrote
(in article 
<f66be995-56b0-49c4-b06f-47ff53ea7be7@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>):

> I've been using Firefox for a while, but I thought I'd give the new
> Safari a try. Now, is there a Safari setting so that it shows the
> target URL when I move the mouse pointer over a link? Firefox does
> that, and I got used to it. Before I click a link I want to know what
> (kind of) address is behind it, if it's a PDF, does it point to an
> obscure URL, etc.
> 
> Safari should show me that target URL before I click the link. Is
> there a setting to enable that?

From the Safari "View" menu select "Show Status Bar" and there will be a bar 
along the bottom of the window that will show the complete URL for a link.


-- 
James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com