Thanks. I have most of the side bars and other paraphernalia I don't use already hidden but I was able to find the topsites controls. I must have breezed past the main one at first without noticing it and had to get oriented since the pop up menus precede the description of the item. There don't seem to be any heading controls for the rotor unless it is some advanced option. So far, start page is the only site I know for sure acts differently in this release using the web rotor.. Thanks again, Leslie On Nov 3, 2013, at 2:41 PM, Edward Lewis Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Leslie, to solve the top sites and sidebar issues here’s the tricks. 1: open Safari preferences, this is in the “Safari” menu. the first page has everything you need here. You can set the home page you want to use by either entering the address manually or going to the website in a safari window and then use the “use current page” button in the first page “General” of Safari Preferences. to get rid of top sites, you’ll find a few combo boxes that say “Top Sites, change these to homepage. problem solved. now to deal with the sidebar. go to the view menu and disable the sidebar by selecting Hide Sidebar. another setting worth using is hide bookmarks bar as this can be a little tiring sometimes. hope this helps. as for rotor settings, not 100% sure. lew On 3 Nov 2013, at 07:27 pm, Stephens Leslie <leslie956@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Lou, > I updated to Safari 6.1 on my MAC running Mountain Lion. The default > topsites window which comes up when opening Safari threw me for a bit. I > have not found a way to disable this so I just close it. I did find a > difference in the rotor data on some websites. In particular, I use > startpage.com for searching. The search results no longer show in the > headings list, only in the links list now. A bit more cumbersome to deal > with but I can live with it. I will research updates more carefully next > time. I am not sure I would have updated to 6.1. > > If you have any suggestions on how to deal with the rotor changes, please > share. <smile> > > take care, > Leslie > On Nov 2, 2013, at 4:21 PM, Edward Lewis Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> > wrote: > > from my testing, Safari 6.1 is reasonably stable, I’ve used it in Mountain > lion, there a couple of differences in the way things are done, such as the > use of a sidebar now for favourites, reading lists, etc. > > I hope this helps, I found it ok for use and was happy with it. > > lew > > On 2 Nov 2013, at 08:14 pm, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi all, just wondered for those who are still running Mountain Lion and the >> latest Safari update were there problems that Voiceover users have been >> experiencing? Or, is this only with Mavericks? >> Normally, I just do updates on impulse but I've heard on a podcast and read >> somewhere that there were problems. You see, I don't want to update the >> browser and something brakes with Voiceover etc. >> >> Thanks >> >> Daniel************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >> their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx