Anyone know of a way to make Safari show favicons in Yosemite? I was using Glims under Mavericks but that no longer works. I tend to have lots of tabs open and sometimes it's easier to find the proper tab by the favicon rather than the text.
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1FYI I've given up and moved back to chrome. Safari just can't compete when dealing with a large number of tabs.– dstarhCommented Oct 29, 2014 at 18:10
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@Glorfindel, why mark this as a dupe when it was asked before the other?– dstarhCommented Aug 16, 2017 at 15:53
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Because that question has a higher score, an upvoted answer and more views (so it's likelier to be found when Googling). See meta.stackexchange.com/q/147643/295232– Glorfindel ♦Commented Aug 16, 2017 at 15:57
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About time, they just added it back in the latest macOS beta!– dstarhCommented Jun 7, 2018 at 0:48
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As of Safari 8, favicons no longer show up on the tab bar, to my disappointment.
One solution is to use SafariStand & EasySIMBL. Once installed (see instructions on the SafariStand site), open the SafariStand settings and check "Show Icon on Tab Bar". This will return favicons to the tabs.
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Thanks but I've just given up, as much as I want to like safari I just can't do it.– dstarhCommented May 4, 2015 at 1:40
You can't. But a workaround is to use this Safari Extension to add emoji to the tabs instead of favicons. For a lot of popular sites there is an emoji that closely matches the favicon or brand!
answered Aug 16, 2017 at 14:38
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1While this might be a valuable answer, there's no need to post it twice. Next time, please flag the question as a duplicate.– Glorfindel ♦Commented Aug 16, 2017 at 15:03
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Curious why that extension uses emoji rather than the site's favicon– dstarhCommented Aug 16, 2017 at 15:54
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Safari doesn't support favicon in tabs (and many other places), it just displays the page title text. Emoji is just text, so I just change the page title. @dstarh Commented Aug 16, 2017 at 16:25
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@MattSephton ahh that makes sense. Still one of the main reasons I don't like safari– dstarhCommented Aug 17, 2017 at 13:46
Instead of favicons, try zooming out with a trackpad or a mousepad. It will show you previews of all your open tabs.
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That's hardly a solution to what pretty much every other browser does. I'm aware of the feature and it's just way too time consuming for normal tab switching– dstarhCommented Nov 18, 2014 at 21:00