Safari 3.0 available for Download
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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Randy said 3:05PM on 6-11-2007
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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Nick Bodkins said 3:06PM on 6-11-2007
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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Nick Bodkins said 3:06PM on 6-11-2007
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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jeff said 3:05PM on 6-11-2007
bummer - doesn't synch with .mac bookmarks :-(
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Sean Finn said 3:06PM on 6-11-2007
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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blinkcowz182 said 3:05PM on 6-11-2007
There's a neat little "Bug" button to report bugs :)
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Kevin said 3:07PM on 6-11-2007
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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Kris said 3:08PM on 6-11-2007
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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blinkcowz182 said 3:08PM on 6-11-2007
@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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Mr. Nosuch said 3:27PM on 6-11-2007
It sure doesn't look like proxies are supported. I can't use it here at work due to proxy issues.
It's fine if that's a limitation of the beta (as the preference button is dimmed) but it would be nice to have that documented somewhere.
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Bagel said 3:09PM on 6-11-2007
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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Ty P said 3:10PM on 6-11-2007
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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GJD said 3:10PM on 6-11-2007
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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pevi said 3:12PM on 6-11-2007
Great, but where can i find a Dutch language file?
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jasenj1 said 3:14PM on 6-11-2007
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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Attabui said 3:11PM on 6-11-2007
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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Joshua said 3:12PM on 6-11-2007
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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James said 10:14AM on 6-12-2007
Form buttons seem to be taking CSS styling now.
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Scott Weiss said 3:15PM on 6-11-2007
Two new features I've found so far are movable tabs, and Apple+F is no longer a separate window.
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Mephistophelian said 3:15PM on 6-11-2007
If I install this does it overwrite Safari 2.0.4?
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