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To anybody interested in this topic I recommend this thread on the whatwg mailing list. It offers a lot interesting background information and discussions about the pro and cons of each possible decision and should be a required reading before comme…
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Quote: Originally Posted by YakkoW and I like how Safari handles things like PDFs. Firefox PDF Plugin for Mac OS X Quote: I prefer Safari's design/layout Have a look at http://www.takebacktheweb.org/. Quote: When you enter a passwor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by talksense101 Firefox 3.5 still doesn't pass the ACID3 test. So those CSS quirks are still around. Wrong, Firefox fails (with one exception) in SVG/SMIL related tests. [1] And you are attributing way too much credit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer ... So, might I infer from your answer that currently there is no standardized way to test whether a browser fully complies with any given W3C standard? EDIT: Ran the namespaces CSS tests manually (is…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Simple Question: Does your browser fully comply with HTML4.01, HTML5, CSS2.1 and CSS3; and SVG1.1/1.2? Don't know, are there any test suits which completely tests the individual specifications?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Virgil-TB2 True, but IMO FireFox's decision *not* to switch to WebKit is really a political one at this point and politics doesn't make good software. They don't switch to WebKit because that means Mozilla would hav…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism That hasn?t been the case with any version of Safari. Security updates, just like with previous versions of OS X come for some time after. My question would be then: Where are the security updates for CFNe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM Have they announced that? I thought they generally had security support for the previous version for a while. I am not very familiar with Apple's update policy to be honest other that they use to support the…
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Try Xmarks. It will sync your bookmarks between Safari (Mac) and any Firefox installation.
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Go back to v3 Suggesting that is irresponsible as Safari 3 since Apple does not provide security updates for it anymore.
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Quote: Originally Posted by JavaCowboy Apple is smart enough not to do this. They know that rewriting things takes forever...look how long it took OS X to come out. Even more important, what business benefits would Apple's business have fro…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I hope that Apple moves the sandboxing over to each tab, too. The plug-ins are nice, and perhaps they are the number one cause for browser crashes, but I?d like to be able to also kill a tab if it?s using too…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacTripper Java has a vulnerability, Safari 4 can sandbox plug-ins This is a Snow Leopard only feature although Google claims that sandboxing works on Leopard just fine (in fact, according to them adding sandboxing …
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A lot of banking sites where I come from still use Java applets, as does Wikipedia for movie/audio playback. As with Wikipedia Java applets might see a comeback as a fallback for browsers which do not support the tag (especially when Theora is used…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM I'm surprised they offer tabs at all. They could just say each open page deserves its own window, and if you don't like it, use some other browser. Sometimes I think it would be better if they did. Tabs righ…
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This is a slightly revised review I wrote for MacUpdate (in other words: copypasta): I have now used Safari 4 for a couple of days full-time and would like to share my impressions with others now. Advantages: + Let's get the obvious out of th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Virgil-TB2 I'm surprised they didn't add multiple processes for tabs also, since it would be pretty easy to do. Says the self-confessed non-developer. If you want gain some insight into trying to retrofit a mostly s…
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Meh, I was hoping that Safari 4 would allow to search in site titles when typing in the address bar (akin to Firefox' AwesomeBar). Turns out it matches only the beginnings of an URL like with Safari 3. This is a let-down as this functionality is one…
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Quote: Originally Posted by John.B Does anyone know the status of FlashBlock and AdBlock Plus functionality for Safari 4? I'm a FF3 user but the new Safari release is rockin'. Just add those to plug-ins (or however that has to be implemented in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacTripper Chrome came out as the only unexploited browser Duh, there is no Mac version and it's very brand new. Nobody has had the chance to exploit it yet. And? Safari was hacked on all officially supported …