Apple just updated their Safari page, and you can now download the public beta of Safari 3 for both Mac and Windows. Safari 3 offers pretty much all the same Safari features you've come to love and expect (tabbed browsing, inline find) along with a few new Firefoxy ones (forms autofill and faster performance). I'll be giving the new software a full going over but for right now, it seems much of the same. (Much like the WWDC keynote for that matter.)
Are there any new and fabulous Safari features that I'm overlooking? Let us know in the comments or via the Tip form. Thanks!
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6-11-2007 @ 3:05PM
Randy said...
Installed it here at the office, but no worky through Proxy. Is it just me, or are Proxies not yet supported under Advanced Preferences (Mine is greyed out)?
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6-11-2007 @ 3:05PM
jeff said...
bummer - doesn't synch with .mac bookmarks :-(
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6-11-2007 @ 3:05PM
blinkcowz182 said...
There's a neat little "Bug" button to report bugs :)
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6-11-2007 @ 3:06PM
Nick Bodkins said...
I downloaded, installed, and restarted, and when I went to ebay after restarting, I got a warning that I was using Safari 1.0 and needed to upgrade ... a bit odd.
On a lighter note, the new tabs are AWESOME!!! It's about time.
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6-11-2007 @ 3:06PM
Sean Finn said...
Still doesn't support Gmail Quick Contacts. Glad they spent all the time porting it to Windows instead of giving me the ONE thing that every other modern browser supports. Wtf! I love Safari for everything except the page I *always* have up - gmail. For that, I have to use Camino. Sigh.
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6-11-2007 @ 3:06PM
Nick Bodkins said...
I downloaded, installed, and restarted, and when I went to ebay after restarting, I got a warning that I was using Safari 1.0 and needed to upgrade ... a bit odd.
On a lighter note, the new tabs are AWESOME!!! It's about time.
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6-11-2007 @ 3:07PM
Kevin said...
Same as #1; I don't think there is a way to enter a proxy yet. The "Change Settings" button is grayed out.
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6-11-2007 @ 3:08PM
blinkcowz182 said...
@Jeff
I think it could be coming because there is an option (greyed out) to use Bonjour bookmarks. The next step after that would seem to be .mac bookmarks? I want to be able to sync my iPhone at work to have all my bookmarks and then sync it back at home through iTunes.
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6-11-2007 @ 3:08PM
Kris said...
It looks like the beta has an issue with being behind a firewall(yes, I'm stuck on a Windoze machine at work). Bummer. Each time I enter my network info it crashes and shuts down. :( Will have to try at home later.
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6-11-2007 @ 3:09PM
Bagel said...
There's also an option for installing Bonjour services in Windows. Is this the first time Bonjour is available for Windows on a widescale basis?
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6-11-2007 @ 3:10PM
Ty P said...
is Safari 3.0 brushed metal still for anyone else? my windows copy is the new UI, but for Mac, it's still brushed metal.
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6-11-2007 @ 3:10PM
GJD said...
Cool, Google Docs "Just Works".
There was an unsupported warning in Spreadsheets but it didn't seem to mind being ignored.
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6-11-2007 @ 3:11PM
Attabui said...
It breaks ShapeShifter. That's enough for me to not use it until either it works with, or Leopard does away with ShapeShifter altogether.
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6-11-2007 @ 3:12PM
Joshua said...
If you have SafariStand installed, you have to uninstall it. Otherwise Safari does this goofy thing whenever you open a page it doesn't load until after a refresh/re-click.
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6-11-2007 @ 3:12PM
pevi said...
Great, but where can i find a Dutch language file?
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6-11-2007 @ 3:14PM
jasenj1 said...
Grabbed and installed the Windows beta. This message posted from Safari under Windows! Already had one lockup. First bug: the window size controls for the edges of the window don't show up (I've always liked Windows' ability to resize from anywhere on the window rather than just the one corner.)
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6-11-2007 @ 3:15PM
Mephistophelian said...
If I install this does it overwrite Safari 2.0.4?
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6-11-2007 @ 3:15PM
Scott Weiss said...
Two new features I've found so far are movable tabs, and Apple+F is no longer a separate window.
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6-11-2007 @ 3:15PM
jonbruck said...
Mine is still showing brushed metal, but it seems like the rendering time is much faster.
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6-11-2007 @ 3:16PM
paul said...
@5 and everyone else who is going to ask why Windows?
It was probably easy to do, and another way to bait and switch more Windows users. That's probably why it was so important to them.
On the other hand, I have seen the webkit bug board active with Gmail related bug stuff and Apple devs involved with trying to fix them... so you may see some relief by the time this goes official. Actually, now that I think about it, I could use that too.
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