Post by: bil207 on June 11, 2007, 01:41:12 PM
You can info. on and download Safari 3 beta here.
Post by: Paddy on June 11, 2007, 01:50:42 PM
Did anyone see that coming? Wonder if this will help some of those non-compliant web sites finally get a clue, as the options for Windows users continue to expand?
Post by: Mayo on June 11, 2007, 03:25:36 PM
G5 iMac
OS 10.4.9
Post by: Al on June 11, 2007, 09:37:17 PM
Post by: Al on June 11, 2007, 10:13:39 PM
Memory leak? Yeah, it's still there in a big way. Only 30 minutes and Safari is up to 200 mb.
It does seem a bit faster. Not exactly sure how or why. But, it seems faster.
Post by: Paddy on June 11, 2007, 11:41:21 PM
I wasn't running much else, so hadn't noticed any particular slowdown. Guess it's time to quit and restart it. Emptying the cache and closing a bunch of windows only got it down to 723MB! 
Post by: Dick Miller on June 12, 2007, 12:37:47 AM
Post by: Texas Mac Man on June 12, 2007, 08:27:17 AM
[merged from "More on Safari for Windows" topic]
Apple Releasing a Windows Browser
Why did Apple CEO Steve Jobs release Safari for Windows?
Cheers, Tom
Post by: Dick Miller on June 12, 2007, 10:01:33 AM
Post by: Xairbusdriver on June 12, 2007, 11:10:09 AM
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What gets installed by the Safari 3 Beta package Installing Safari 3.0 does much more than simply replace the Safari application (in /Applications) with a newer copy. It also does a transplant of the WebKit framework (relied upon by Safari and other applications to render page HTML content), the JavaScript framework, and -- surprisingly -- replaces the Dock with a new version. As such, you may experience problems with applications other than Safari after installing this beta release. One particular area (as noted below) concerns the operation of Widgets, which are rendered by WebKit.
Fortunately, Apple has included an uninstaller (Safari3BetaUninstall.pkg) that will revert all components replaced by the Safari 3.0 beta installer with the Safari 2.x associated versions.
Did any of you notice any difference in your Dock? Fortunately, Apple has included an uninstaller (Safari3BetaUninstall.pkg) that will revert all components replaced by the Safari 3.0 beta installer with the Safari 2.x associated versions.
Not sure what MFI means by "replaces the Dock". 
Post by: bil207 on June 12, 2007, 11:33:57 AM
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Did any of you notice any difference in your Dock? Thinking.gif Not sure what MFI means by "replaces the Dock".
If you have any third party mods. of the Dock (Clear Dock, Transparent Dock etc.) you will notice a replacement back to the standard Dock.
If you have any third party modifications to Safari or third party Safari plug-ins you may expeirence problems w/ Safari 3 Beta.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on June 12, 2007, 02:06:07 PM
Post by: kelly on June 12, 2007, 07:55:31 PM
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/06/12/pcwsafari/index.php
Post by: krissel on June 13, 2007, 12:29:13 AM
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132841-page,1/article.html
Post by: krissel on June 13, 2007, 03:00:16 AM
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It’s not widely publicized, but those integrated search bars in web browser toolbars are revenue generators. When you do a Google search from Safari’s toolbar, Google pays Apple a portion of the ad revenue from the resulting page.
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My somewhat-informed understanding is that Apple is currently generating about $2 million per month from Safari’s Google integration. That’s $25 million per year. If Safari for Windows is even moderately successful, it’s easy to see how that might grow to $100 million per year or more.
Aha.
Post by: danf63 on June 13, 2007, 07:08:08 AM
Dan
Post by: Gregg on June 13, 2007, 07:42:50 AM
I can't begin to predict the effect, but the genie is out of the bottle now!
Post by: Al on June 14, 2007, 02:43:51 PM
I have now uninstalled the beta due to various reasons.
First, the memory leak is not solved, if not, it maybe worse.
And then the handling of certain links and/or buttoned links. They just don't work within the beta.
This Safari beta will need to be refined a whole lot more before being useable in my eyes. Speed is not everything if the parts are broken and you got a leaking transmission.
Hopefully when released the problems will be addressed.
Post by: Paddy on June 14, 2007, 04:08:54 PM
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/06/14/safari/index.php
They've already had one million downloads in the first two days it's been available. Can't help but wonder how many of those were curious Mac users downloading it to use in Parallels or BootCamp!
It's the only place I could run it - no longer possessing a Windoze-only machine, and I'll probably try it some day, just to see what it looks like.
Post by: antony on June 16, 2007, 09:13:50 AM
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Whether 75 or 85 percent of Mac users actually use Safari is neither here nor there. Even if the Macintosh's share of the market is growing, current levels of use are not enough to encourage many web designers and developers to check that their pages work with Safari unless their target market is particularly Mac oriented or especially vocal.
I'm not going to get into a debate about which browser most closely supports the relevant standards, but as long as there are any significant differences in the way major browsers handle the code they're fed, minority browsers like Safari are going to be a nuisance that many web developers would prefer to overlook.
I'm not going to get into a debate about which browser most closely supports the relevant standards, but as long as there are any significant differences in the way major browsers handle the code they're fed, minority browsers like Safari are going to be a nuisance that many web developers would prefer to overlook.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on June 17, 2007, 04:16:23 PM
Then I read that the Search bar only has two choices; Google and/or Yahoo. Two choices? Wow! Further reading indicates that, if you're using a Mac, you don't even get that many! The Yahoo 'choice' seems to be missing on the Mac version!
Is it still true that Safari has only one choice for searching?
Why? I just assumed that all modern browsers had dozens of choices for searching. Amazing...