WARNING about safari

andrew xt · January 9, 2003 12:31PM

<a href="http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?128@66.a4e7aOPJfjs.4@.3bbdb9d6"; target="_blank">http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?128@66.a4e7aOPJfjs.4@.3bbdb9d6</a>;

If this is true, put a warning somewhere very obvious on this site.

Andrew

thuh freak · January 9, 2003 12:44PM

scary. i'm gonna go back to chimera for now, and wait for an update or 2 on safari. everything i have is in my home dir, and i have no backups. i'm scared.

eman · January 9, 2003 2:38PM

That sucks for those people. It's making me think twice about using Safari.

BTW, why's this in suggestions?

defiant · January 10, 2003 4:53AM

EmAn:

[quote]Originally posted by Andrew Xt:

[QBIf this is true, put a warning somewhere very obvious on this site.[/QB]<hr></blockquote>

that's a suggestion.

trevorm · January 10, 2003 5:05AM

Now thats rather scary! I think I will tread carefully for the next little while with Safari

I have discovered other little errors but very simple ones in comparison to this wild one!

eman · January 10, 2003 1:38PM

[quote]Originally posted by Defiant:

EmAn:

that's a suggestion.

<hr></blockquote>

Guess I missed that

defiant · January 10, 2003 2:47PM

happens when you post to fast

mimac · January 10, 2003 3:04PM

The link doesn't seem to work <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />

mac man 020581 · January 10, 2003 4:04PM

Does anyone know when the final version will be released?

defiant · January 10, 2003 4:12PM

ghost_user_name · January 10, 2003 8:40PM

[quote]Originally posted by Mac Man 020581:

Does anyone know when the final version will be released?<hr></blockquote>When it's ready.

Serioulsy, why rush to stamp "GM" on it when Public Betas are already available to everyone and clearly being actively updated? Chimera is a perpetual beta (sometimes worse than "beta" quality) app yet many MANY Mac users seem content using the current flavor-of-the-week builds. I suspect just as many people or even more will be satisfied with using beta builds of Safari.

thegelding · January 10, 2003 9:40PM

i imagine that safari will get many updates before a "final" copy...chimera had nightly updates...i expect safari to get almost weekly "builds" for download for the next two to three months...with a 1.0 release in march...g

not unlike myself · January 12, 2003 2:31PM

Just a question.. they released v 51

Is it actually confirmed somewhere that this is the problem it fixed? Somone in another thread guessed that that was what they fixed, but do we have any 'proof' from apple's site?

just making sure...

ghost_user_name · January 12, 2003 3:13PM

[quote]Originally posted by Not Unlike Myself:

Is it actually confirmed somewhere that this is the problem it fixed?<hr></blockquote>Yes. An Apple representative on Apple's discussion board said that this build fixes that "deleting the home directory" issue.

quick · January 13, 2003 9:28AM

[quote]Originally posted by Mac Man 020581:

Does anyone know when the final version will be released?<hr></blockquote>

Isn't all software released nowadays BETA?

What's the difference between a bug in beta and a bug in a final release?

thegelding · January 13, 2003 10:23AM

beta=use at your own risk...bug makes you mad, but what you gonna do

final release=happy happy joy joy....bug lets you bitch and moan and write nasty emails, but what you gonna do....g

thuh freak · January 13, 2003 11:07AM

[quote]Originally posted by Quick:

Isn't all software released nowadays BETA?

What's the difference between a bug in beta and a bug in a final release?<hr></blockquote>

software is supposed to go thru 3 stages: alpha, beta, and gamma. alpha is basically just for 'gramers. beta has most of the features, and is in somewhat useable state. gamma is feature-complete and should be bug-free, to the point where production computers can use.

quick · January 13, 2003 12:54PM

[quote]Originally posted by thuh Freak:



software is supposed to go thru 3 stages: alpha, beta, and gamma. alpha is basically just for 'gramers. beta has most of the features, and is in somewhat useable state. gamma is feature-complete and should be bug-free, to the point where production computers can use.<hr></blockquote>

I know. But thanks anyway for reminding me.

I was just trying to be a little sarcastic with my question.

chucker · January 13, 2003 4:35PM

thuh's post is not even true. Clasically, there are four stages.

Development is where features are being discussed; multiple releases may look and work totally different.

Alpha is where the basic feature set is done and more features are being added.

Beta is where *all* features *should be* finished and bugfixing is being done.

Final *should* be finished

Microsoft removed "Development" and added "Release Candidate", which essentially means you'll have to replace "Development" with "Alpha", "Alpha" with "Beta", and "Beta" with "RC" in Microsoft's cycle (which many others picked up for some strange reason).

drazztikka · January 16, 2003 4:24PM

just a guess: have u guys tried to rearrange/clean up your desktop items? maybe they fell out of the screen view, happened om my pc once.

I downloaded safari in a seperate folder so i guess i have no problems. Although suddenly safari wouldn't start up anymore, then i reinstalled (first deleted it), and it works again.

greetz

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