Author Topic: Safari 3 Public Beta available!, Mac & Windows (Read 4673 times)

bil207 · « **on:** June 11, 2007, 01:41:12 PM »

Apple has released Safari 3 Public Beta for both Mac & Windows.

You can info. on and download Safari 3 beta here.

Paddy · « **Reply #1 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?

Mayo · « **Reply #2 on:** June 11, 2007, 03:25:36 PM »

I installed the beta and it crashes when attempting to start it up. Fortunately, Apple includes an uninstaller that restores Safari to the previous version and configuration.

G5 iMac
OS 10.4.9

Al · « **Reply #3 on:** June 11, 2007, 09:37:17 PM »

Downloaded it and installed. Looks and feels the same. No crashes yet, thank goodness. But, no real speed boost from the previous version imo. All I really want is for Apple to fix the severe memory leak problem. Will report back later regarding this.

Al · « **Reply #4 on:** June 11, 2007, 10:13:39 PM »

Back for my update....lol.... Only took 30 minutes to get a little more data.

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.

Paddy · « **Reply #5 on:** June 11, 2007, 11:41:21 PM »

Too bad about the memory leak...I too was hoping it would be fixed. I just looked at my Activity Monitor and was astonished to find Safari has gobbled a GB! Never seen it do that before.

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!

Dick Miller · « **Reply #6 on:** June 12, 2007, 12:37:47 AM »

Downloaded it for both my OS 10.4.9 and Windows XP partition. I like it, does seem faster.

Texas Mac Man · « **Reply #7 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

Dick Miller · « **Reply #8 on:** June 12, 2007, 10:01:33 AM »

Safari 3.0 is much faster than 2.xxx., however it won't work with 1Passwd and it breaks some widgets.

Xairbusdriver · « **Reply #9 on:** June 12, 2007, 11:10:09 AM »

Just read this on MacFixIt:

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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?

Not sure what MFI means by "replaces the Dock".

bil207 · « **Reply #10 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.

Xairbusdriver · « **Reply #11 on:** June 12, 2007, 02:06:07 PM »

Other problems may be seen in Widgets, the new Safari apparently does much more than simply change the app. Many WebKit frameworks are also modified and any app that relies on them may not work correctly or at all. Since I don't use Safari, Widgets or the Dock, I've seen none of the reported problems. Any PCer will probably not notice any problems as being "new", either, they seem to be satisfied with problems being part of using a computer.

kelly · « **Reply #12 on:** June 12, 2007, 07:55:31 PM »

PC World: First impressions of Safari for Windows

http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/06/12/pcwsafari/index.php

krissel · « **Reply #13 on:** June 13, 2007, 12:29:13 AM »

Some vulnerabilites found:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132841-page,1/article.html

krissel · « **Reply #14 on:** June 13, 2007, 03:00:16 AM »

I dragged these comments off a page talking about one of the reasons Apple decided to release Safari/Win:

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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.

News:

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