Apple on Friday evening released Mac OS X 10.3.9, likely the final update to its Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" operating system. According to Apple, the 10.3.9 Update, recommended for all users, delivers overall improved compatibility and reliability for Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther", including improvements to file sharing and directory services reliability for mixed Mac and PC networks; Mail, Safari and Stickies application reliability; compatibility for third-party applications and devices; and previous standalone security updates. It is available via the Software Update Control Panel.
HOLY SHIT -- I got that JavaScript benchmark down from 310s to 38s!! That's 815% improvement! Add to that the full DOM2 - now I can finally access all sections of my bank's online banking!
Check Hyatt's blog (link in post above) -- Safari 1.3 is smoking!
I'm very impressed with the new Safari after having run Firefox for the past few months... just waiting for an updated version of PithHelmet and I might make it my primary browser again.
For those on the fence, I would definitely recommend 10.3.9 just for these updates.
I definitely agree that Safari is much faster but am I the only one who has noticed it plays gifs like at double the speed they are supposed to be? Gifs also seem to take a lot of processor power.
Find a page of animated gifs and everything will look hi-speed.
Also the Genie effect seems different, I don't know if its smother or faster, it just seem slicker.
You may have a faster graphics card than the fx5200 Ultra in the iMac.
A Radeon 9000 isn't that much faster, is it?
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Originally posted by mikef
I'm very impressed with the new Safari after having run Firefox for the past few months... just waiting for an updated version of PithHelmet and I might make it my primary browser again.
There's a workaround posted on macupdate:
+ Find the "PithHelmet.bundle" file -- probably in /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins
+ ctrl-click on the "PithHelmet.bundle" file, and select "Show Package Contents"
+ Inside the "Contents" folder, double-click the "Info.plist" file. It should launch the "Property List Editor" app.
+ Expand "Root", then expand "SIMBLTargetApplications", then expand "0".
+ Double-click the number ABOVE 125 (MaxBundleVersion) and change it to 312.
Also the Genie effect seems different, I don't know if its smother or faster, it just seem slicker.
I agree. I haven't been playing around with my Mac since 10.3.9, but minimizing happens more quickly and it's more fluid. I didn't think I could be happier with the genie effect.
Also something that got me on <10.3.8 is that typing in a text box (the ones you type your replies to threads in) in Safari seemed to hesitate and always play catch up. Now it's right then when I type rather than those few milliseconds it took before.
SOOOOO all these little speed boosts have got us talking:
"Wow it's so much faster... Imagine this is only a point update and people say Tiger is even faster/more fluid... I must by Tiger now."
is the current G5 the 9_1 or is the 9_1 an as-yet-unreleased model?
The current Power Mac is not PowerMac 9,1. There has been some debate on what this actually represents...it's a G5 of some sort, however, I don't think it's directly attributable to the SP G5 1.8 as some have suggested.
No. In theory the fx5200 is about 30% faster than the 9000 so I don't know what's going on there. Maybe this test is just something the G4 does better than the G5? Perhaps it can optimise the loops better on the G4.
In any case, it's still a load faster than it was before, and faster than Firefox too.
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I wonder what's up with the update installing this font?
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Javascript - http://www.24fun.com/downloadcenter/...s/benchjs.html
Safari 1.3 - 13.29 seconds
Firefox 1.03 - 27.2 seconds (flickery in places)
IE 5.23 - 54.21 seconds (mostly it was just slow at string manipulation, not display)
If I find some decent CSS and (X)HTML benchmarks I'll give them a try but javascript performance rocks!
Ahem.
It's fast. Very, very fast. *quietly puts Firefox in storage*
Check Hyatt's blog (link in post above) -- Safari 1.3 is smoking!
Originally posted by ipodandimac
cause it's so hard to click 'update' and install it...
What's the fucking point? Point releases haven't always gone very smooth on the Mac and I have too much shit to get done in the next week.
Clicked on an url. A message came up with Safari that the url had a space included which shouldn't be there. Then it opened the page. New feature?
What is also interesting about the Hyatt Blog is that he talks about things in Tiger that will make Safari 2 even faster than 1.3! Good news.
Originally posted by aegisdesign
Just ran some benchmarks on an iMac G5 1.8 - Power set to Highest Performance.
Javascript - http://www.24fun.com/downloadcenter/...s/benchjs.html
Safari 1.3 - 13.29 seconds
Firefox 1.03 - 27.2 seconds (flickery in places)
IE 5.23 - 54.21 seconds (mostly it was just slow at string manipulation, not display)
If I find some decent CSS and (X)HTML benchmarks I'll give them a try but javascript performance rocks!
Hm, I get 9.4s in Safari, 13s in Camino 0.8, on a DP1.25GHz G4 (11.2s on Safari if I disable a processor). Something the matter with your G5?
Now if I had an adblock for Safari, I'd actually use it.
edit: usercontent.css works in Safari, yay
For those on the fence, I would definitely recommend 10.3.9 just for these updates.
I definitely agree that Safari is much faster but am I the only one who has noticed it plays gifs like at double the speed they are supposed to be? Gifs also seem to take a lot of processor power.
Find a page of animated gifs and everything will look hi-speed.
Also the Genie effect seems different, I don't know if its smother or faster, it just seem slicker.
Originally posted by chych
Hm, I get 9.4s in Safari, 13s in Camino 0.8, on a DP1.25GHz G4 (11.2s on Safari if I disable a processor). Something the matter with your G5?
Now if I had an adblock for Safari, I'd actually use it.
edit: usercontent.css works in Safari, yay
You may have a faster graphics card than the fx5200 Ultra in the iMac.
Originally posted by aegisdesign
You may have a faster graphics card than the fx5200 Ultra in the iMac.
A Radeon 9000 isn't that much faster, is it?
Originally posted by mikef
I'm very impressed with the new Safari after having run Firefox for the past few months... just waiting for an updated version of PithHelmet and I might make it my primary browser again.
There's a workaround posted on macupdate:
+ Find the "PithHelmet.bundle" file -- probably in /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins
+ ctrl-click on the "PithHelmet.bundle" file, and select "Show Package Contents"
+ Inside the "Contents" folder, double-click the "Info.plist" file. It should launch the "Property List Editor" app.
+ Expand "Root", then expand "SIMBLTargetApplications", then expand "0".
+ Double-click the number ABOVE 125 (MaxBundleVersion) and change it to 312.
+ Save and quit the editor.
+ Relaunch Safari -- done!
Downloads window in Safari FINALLY shows KB/sec
YESSSSSSSS
(oh, a snoted above)
Also
>./System/Library/Extensions/AppleMacRISC4PE.kext/Contents/PlugIns/PowerMac9_1_ThermalProfile.kext
is the current G5 the 9_1 or is the 9_1 an as-yet-unreleased model?
Originally posted by zenatek
Also the Genie effect seems different, I don't know if its smother or faster, it just seem slicker.
I agree. I haven't been playing around with my Mac since 10.3.9, but minimizing happens more quickly and it's more fluid. I didn't think I could be happier with the genie effect.
Also something that got me on <10.3.8 is that typing in a text box (the ones you type your replies to threads in) in Safari seemed to hesitate and always play catch up. Now it's right then when I type rather than those few milliseconds it took before.
SOOOOO all these little speed boosts have got us talking:
"Wow it's so much faster... Imagine this is only a point update and people say Tiger is even faster/more fluid... I must by Tiger now."
Very nice ploy on Apple's part.
Originally posted by cinder
is the current G5 the 9_1 or is the 9_1 an as-yet-unreleased model?
The current Power Mac is not PowerMac 9,1. There has been some debate on what this actually represents...it's a G5 of some sort, however, I don't think it's directly attributable to the SP G5 1.8 as some have suggested.
Originally posted by aegisdesign
You may have a faster graphics card than the fx5200 Ultra in the iMac.
I scored 8.3 in Safari on my imac g5... he must need a restart or something.
Originally posted by chych
A Radeon 9000 isn't that much faster, is it?
No. In theory the fx5200 is about 30% faster than the 9000 so I don't know what's going on there. Maybe this test is just something the G4 does better than the G5? Perhaps it can optimise the loops better on the G4.
In any case, it's still a load faster than it was before, and faster than Firefox too.
Originally posted by MagicFingers
I scored 8.3 in Safari on my imac g5... he must need a restart or something.
Possibly. I'll try after a reboot.
Possibly I've got something else running in the background taking up CPU time I'm not aware of.
They changed the view source key command to command+option+U
That's utterly retarded.
Originally posted by cinder
Ugh.
They changed the view source key command to command+option+U
That's utterly retarded.
So change it back. I had to do the same thing with next/prev tab.