Safari beta now for Mac & Windows

Cleo · 2007-06-11, 02:46 PM

Here is it...
Mac & Windows
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

Also Apple put up a page showing of the new features of Leopard (10.5) that is coming out in October.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/features/

bDok · 2007-06-11, 03:03 PM

apple announced new safari. Now available for windows too.

Cheers,
B

Agent · 2007-06-11, 04:46 PM

I was just wondering last night whether I'll continue to use Fire Fox or switch to Safari when my MBP arrives. I'll have to give the Windows version a whirl while I wait for it.

Cleo · 2007-06-11, 04:56 PM

I use Safari for everything except doing geek type work.

Mostly I use Safari because it syncs with my .Mac account so all my accounts on all the Macs that I use have the same bookmarks, passwords, etc.

Also with the iPhone Safari will also sync with it.

The new find function is pretty kewl.

Cleo · 2007-06-11, 05:00 PM

I'm amazed at how fast Safari is.

The new Inspector is also pretty kewl.

HC-Majick · 2007-06-11, 05:04 PM

I just installed it on Vista...

Seems ok....not that done much more than surfed a few pages so far.

Agent · 2007-06-11, 05:20 PM

That highlight is nice. The basic highlighting on windows-based browsers does little to draw the eye to the words you're looking for especially short words or phrases. It's easy to get lost in pages full of text with it.

One feature Safari has (from what I've read about Safari) that you'd think every other browser would have by now is parental controls. I'm surprised IE never implemented anything similar seeing how they're in 90% of the homes out there. It's really something Apple should focus on in their marketing on the Windows platform (if that feature exists in the Windows version.)

digifan · 2007-06-12, 09:16 AM

Thanks due to the weather of the week i somehow missed this one, going to install now.. sis just sent an sms she is coming soon.. yay. It takes her like 2-3 hr to get here because of the traffic so I can play a little bit.

digifan · 2007-06-12, 09:44 AM

Hm... I downloaded and it crashed every time I tried to load it but the window of errors/problem shut down too fast so I had to go back to the previous version;(

Cleo · 2007-06-12, 09:55 AM

Working great here. Maybe you had some third party plug-ins installed that weren't compatible with version 3.

I personally had to disable Saft.

digifan · 2007-06-12, 09:57 AM

Yes it is SAFT, that was all I could read from the too fast popup window, just reinstalled it and will disable it...

digifan · 2007-06-12, 09:59 AM

I hope there is a way to disable it after the second install of the new version... let's see.

Cleo · 2007-06-12, 10:31 AM

I just zipped up my plug-in installs so that I could restore them later if I wanted.

I had mine installed for all users but it can also be installed for only one user by installing it into your home folder's InputManagers folder.

digifan · 2007-06-12, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cleo

I just zipped up my plug-in installs so that I could restore them later if I wanted.

I had mine installed for all users but it can also be installed for only one user by installing it into your home folder's InputManagers folder.

Thanks again... couldn't make it work but the screenshot is a big help, I deleted Saft but it just couldn't launch... maybe I am not smart being alone without anyone showing me the ropes but at least I don't give up easy and do a 6th try

spazlabz · 2007-06-12, 10:49 AM

I was very excited about getting the Safari browser for my windows xp machine. I already had QT pro so when I downloaded it i downloaded the version without QT and Itunes
here is what I get when I bring up this browser;
I am bummed

spaz

Cleo · 2007-06-12, 10:54 AM

Seems that some are running it without issues and some are having all kinds of problems.

http://www.macintouch.com/readerrepo...ri3/index.html

bDok · 2007-06-12, 11:32 AM

Working fine over here. It is beta software though. Caught a bug and submitted it to apple when I was on the trip advisor site last night. I like how how forum elements that have been styled with CSS are rendered a lot nicer. That's one of the small differences I have seen. As far as speed it's a little bit faster. Nothing huge though.

I noticed on that macintouch link a guy complaining about losing his form memory. That's something that if he had just gone through everything once it would all be there again. Ah well.

Also the text highlighting after you see it do it's crazy highlight you can hit escape and it will go down to the normal highlight color and when you hit command-g to find again it will highlight with the new style for a second then go down to normal highlight color. Won't just stay highlighted with the new style.

Cleo · 2007-06-12, 11:40 AM

Yeah I'm doing submits now and I noticed that I'm having to reenter my form info. Not a big deal as all my passwords and that kind of stuff are intact still.

digifan · 2007-06-12, 12:27 PM

Huh... I went back to the previous version.. sis just finished changing the fans, she rocks.

She made notes lol and was commenting all steps.. and did it.

PS
I am not even a big safari fan, just wanted to have the latest version.

spookyx · 2007-06-12, 12:41 PM

well tonight after work i am going to see if I can get it to work in linux

don't laugh, I have IE, iTunes and quicktime working just fine in linux

at digifan

Cleo · 2007-06-12, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spookyx

don't laugh, I have IE, iTunes and quicktime working just fine in linux

Are you using Crossover or something like that?

Just did a round of submits using Safari 3 without any problems.

Although I did noticed that I had to reinstall Flash since I was getting missing plug-in when trying to view Flash.

spookyx · 2007-06-12, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cleo

Are you using Crossover or something like that?

yes, crossover. it works ok but takes a lot of "tinkering" to get it to work sometimes

Cleo · 2007-06-12, 02:06 PM

Seems to work fine in my copy of WindowsXP.

http://terrizamore.com/b/safari-runn...-parallels.png

digifan · 2007-06-12, 04:25 PM

I did it too.. it was speed download not letting me launch the new safari, woohoo!

HC-Majick · 2007-06-12, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spazlabz

I was very excited about getting the Safari browser for my windows xp machine. I already had QT pro so when I downloaded it i downloaded the version without QT and Itunes
here is what I get when I bring up this browser;
I am bummed

spaz

I had this same thing happen installing this on an xp machine today...there is a fix posted on the support board that, strange as it sounds, did work for me...
Goto Program Files > Safari > Safari.resources
copy the two fonts inside to your Windows > Fonts folder
start Safari and shut it back down
Rename the above folder Safari.resources to Safari.resources1
start Safari, you'll get an error, and shut it back down
Rename the above folder back to Safari.resources
start Safari and it should be fine...

2007-06-11, 02:46 PM	#1
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Safari beta now for Mac & Windows Here is it... Mac & Windows http://www.apple.com/safari/download/ Also Apple put up a page showing of the new features of Leopard (10.5) that is coming out in October. http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/features/ __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2007-06-11, 03:03 PM	#2
bDok bang bang Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: SD/OC/LA Posts: 3,241	new safari apple announced new safari. Now available for windows too. Cheers, B

2007-06-11, 04:46 PM	#3
Agent You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 631	I was just wondering last night whether I'll continue to use Fire Fox or switch to Safari when my MBP arrives. I'll have to give the Windows version a whirl while I wait for it. __________________ Brihana.com

2007-06-11, 05:04 PM	#6
HC-Majick You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 541	I just installed it on Vista... Seems ok....not that done much more than surfed a few pages so far. __________________ Submit Your Freesites:

2007-06-11, 05:20 PM	#7
Agent You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 631	That highlight is nice. The basic highlighting on windows-based browsers does little to draw the eye to the words you're looking for especially short words or phrases. It's easy to get lost in pages full of text with it. One feature Safari has (from what I've read about Safari) that you'd think every other browser would have by now is parental controls. I'm surprised IE never implemented anything similar seeing how they're in 90% of the homes out there. It's really something Apple should focus on in their marketing on the Windows platform (if that feature exists in the Windows version.) __________________ Brihana.com

2007-06-12, 09:16 AM	#8
digifan ...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In your dreams, baby Posts: 3,835	Thanks due to the weather of the week i somehow missed this one, going to install now.. sis just sent an sms she is coming soon.. yay. It takes her like 2-3 hr to get here because of the traffic so I can play a little bit. __________________ Webair Rocks

2007-06-12, 09:44 AM	#9
digifan ...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In your dreams, baby Posts: 3,835	Hm... I downloaded and it crashed every time I tried to load it but the window of errors/problem shut down too fast so I had to go back to the previous version;( __________________ Webair Rocks

2007-06-12, 09:55 AM	#10
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Working great here. Maybe you had some third party plug-ins installed that weren't compatible with version 3. I personally had to disable Saft. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2007-06-12, 09:57 AM	#11
digifan ...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In your dreams, baby Posts: 3,835	Yes it is SAFT, that was all I could read from the too fast popup window, just reinstalled it and will disable it... __________________ Webair Rocks

2007-06-12, 09:59 AM	#12
digifan ...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In your dreams, baby Posts: 3,835	I hope there is a way to disable it after the second install of the new version... let's see. __________________ Webair Rocks

2007-06-12, 10:54 AM	#16
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Seems that some are running it without issues and some are having all kinds of problems. http://www.macintouch.com/readerrepo...ri3/index.html __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2007-06-12, 11:32 AM	#17
bDok bang bang Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: SD/OC/LA Posts: 3,241	Working fine over here. It is beta software though. Caught a bug and submitted it to apple when I was on the trip advisor site last night. I like how how forum elements that have been styled with CSS are rendered a lot nicer. That's one of the small differences I have seen. As far as speed it's a little bit faster. Nothing huge though. I noticed on that macintouch link a guy complaining about losing his form memory. That's something that if he had just gone through everything once it would all be there again. Ah well. Also the text highlighting after you see it do it's crazy highlight you can hit escape and it will go down to the normal highlight color and when you hit command-g to find again it will highlight with the new style for a second then go down to normal highlight color. Won't just stay highlighted with the new style.

2007-06-12, 11:40 AM	#18
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Yeah I'm doing submits now and I noticed that I'm having to reenter my form info. Not a big deal as all my passwords and that kind of stuff are intact still. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2007-06-12, 12:27 PM	#19
digifan ...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In your dreams, baby Posts: 3,835	Huh... I went back to the previous version.. sis just finished changing the fans, she rocks. She made notes lol and was commenting all steps.. and did it. PS I am not even a big safari fan, just wanted to have the latest version. __________________ Webair Rocks Last edited by digifan; 2007-06-12 at 12:31 PM..

2007-06-12, 12:41 PM	#20
spookyx Kodak Ghosts Run Amok Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Hobbs End Posts: 1,718	well tonight after work i am going to see if I can get it to work in linux don't laugh, I have IE, iTunes and quicktime working just fine in linux at digifan

2007-06-12, 02:06 PM	#23
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Seems to work fine in my copy of WindowsXP. http://terrizamore.com/b/safari-runn...-parallels.png __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2007-06-12, 04:25 PM	#24
digifan ...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In your dreams, baby Posts: 3,835	I did it too.. it was speed download not letting me launch the new safari, woohoo! __________________ Webair Rocks