Color fades when scrolling in Safari 4

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Color fades when scrolling in Safari 4

Since upgrading yesterday from Safari 4 beta to Safari 4 proper (and from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7), a strange things happen: when I scroll up or down in Safari, the color fades. It returns if I stop and click outside the app (i.e. on the desktop background), then recurs if I again scroll in Safari. Didn't happen before the upgrade, and it's quite annoying. Any suggestions?

macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.7), 2 GHz Intel Core Duo, 2 GB RAM

Posted on Jun 9, 2009 9:04 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 9, 2009 9:21 AM in response to tzero

This too happens to me, but only when I lock my machine (fast user switching to login window), then log back in.

To fix I have to quit Safari 4 then relaunch it. Incredibly annoying.

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Answer 2

Jun 9, 2009 1:41 PM in response to Funkonaut!

Yes I too noticed this after locking my computer. It was strange that's for sure. I wish the tabs were back at the top of Safari too.

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Jun 9, 2009 3:30 PM in response to tzero

Same problem here, the minute I start to scroll down in a webpage the color starts changing/fading. Can I go back to Safari Beta. It is making the text unreadable.

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Answer 4

Jun 9, 2009 4:05 PM in response to tzero

I'm seeing the same thing. This is a really huge usability bug. As someone else said, it makes some text nearly unreadable. Can't believe this got past the beta testers.

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Klaus1

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Jun 9, 2009 4:10 PM in response to tzero

I have never seen that in any version of Safari, nor seen it reported here before, so have no idea what might be causing it.

Send a bug report to Apple using the Bug Report button.

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Karagath

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Jun 9, 2009 11:41 PM in response to LiquidEngineer

This was applied in the final version only. Have been using the beta without problem for several months, pity they changed it really.

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Karagath

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Jun 10, 2009 2:01 AM in response to tzero

I was able to solve this problem by restoring permissions!

Message was edited by: Karagath

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Answer 8

Karagath

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Jun 10, 2009 2:03 AM in response to Karagath

This problem is resolved by restoring permissions

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Answer 9

Jun 10, 2009 4:14 AM in response to Karagath

Yep, Restoring Permissions (see Disk Utility) also fixed this one for me.

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Answer 10

Jun 10, 2009 5:14 AM in response to tzero

Same problem here. The red and blue colors become increasingly saturated until they are bright red and bright cyan.

Will try the permissions solution...

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Answer 11

Jun 10, 2009 5:25 AM in response to Chris in Oz

Well, that seemed to work It's actually Repair Permissions.

And I didn't even have to restart Safari.

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Answer 12

Jun 10, 2009 5:29 AM in response to Chris in Oz

oops, yes, did have to restart SWafari. It was till doing it slightly. Is all fine now after Safari restart.

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tzero Author

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Jun 10, 2009 5:35 AM in response to tzero

Repairing permissions solved the problem for me. Thanks to all who replied ...

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Answer 14

Jun 10, 2009 9:09 AM in response to Chris in Oz

What are the exact steps you took to fix the problem? I've run Repair Permissions twice now, restarted Safari, and still having the issue:

http://www.thekruels.com/grabup/714cfa6b8dc4e60f9bd24a058870ecc8.png

The above example occurs when I scroll down any page. The content of the page becomes very, very dark and completely unreadable.

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Answer 15

Jun 10, 2009 10:00 AM in response to tzero

Repairing permissions fixed it for me, too. 🙂

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