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Safari 4.0.3 is available for your software updating pleasure

by Victor Agreda, Jr. Aug 11th 2009 at 5:00PM

Hot off the Software Update express it's Safari 4.0.3, which Apple's verbiage states:
This update is recommended for all Safari users and includes improvements to stability, compatibility and security including:

  • Stability improvements for webpages that use the HTML 5 video tag
  • Fixes an issue that prevented some users from logging into iWork.com
  • Fixes an issue that could cause web content to be displayed in greyscale instead of color
  • For detailed information on the security content of this update, please visit this site: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

Go on, download it and let us know if unicorns appear in your browser. The update requires a restart.

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Benjamin

Anyone else having a problem where pages never finish loading?
It doesn’t matter what site I go to or how long I wait, the spinner never disappears until I press Cmd-. It doesn’t actually seem to slow down browsing, but it’s annoying not knowing which pages are really loaded.

August 13 2009 at 10:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jack

If you need to get keywurl working again:

open the 'Keywurl.bundle' package at ~/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/Keywurl.bundle
open Contents/Info.plist in a text editor
change the 'MaxBundleVersion' value to anything greater than 5531.9
save & restart safari

August 13 2009 at 9:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
datagrab

Anybody have weird graphics and boot problems installing this on an older Intel-based iMac (iMac 4,1)? I have a 3-year-old iMac and after installing it on mine, the monitor flickered several times on reboot and then went black. I had to power it off and on 5 or 6 times before it booted normally.

Just wandering if it is a problem with the update or my system.

August 12 2009 at 10:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kelmon

Nice to see that Apple have finally tackled the greyscale issue that has been annoying me since the final version of Safari 4 was released (oddly, this was never an issue in any of the beta versions). Aside from that I have no issues with the current version of Safari.

August 12 2009 at 3:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gthgrl

I am hoping that the new update will solve the marble of death issues as well as logging me out of everything every time I close Safari down... I am not worried about tabs on the top, but think that this should be an option in preferences for those who are fond of it!

I will not be installing until Glims is updated though...

August 12 2009 at 2:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gavinovz

Hopefully this will solve the horrible beach-ball problems I've been having…

August 11 2009 at 11:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Dano

Still waiting on the Saft update...

August 11 2009 at 10:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
solarpos

Screwed me big time, had to go to Safe Mode and repair perm. Also needed to delete and reinstall Internet Plug ins. Works now and faster as well but damn scary 30 minutes.

August 11 2009 at 7:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John Hall

If you use 1Password you'll need to download the latest version which was just posted on the MacUpdate web site. Those 1Password guys are quick!

August 11 2009 at 6:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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huebs

Glims is gonna need an update too. Safari 4.0.3 won't even launch if it's installed.

August 11 2009 at 7:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Shaun

Safari 4.0.3 works for me with Glims but keyboard shortcuts from the search bar don't. Keywords from the address bar work fine.

August 12 2009 at 12:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hank Cazorp

Kernel change, shmernel change. For a web browser point release to require a complete system restart is absurd and Microsoftian.

August 11 2009 at 6:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Scott R

Generally, this has everything to do with the dynamics of a complex system of shared libraries (and in some cases kernel modules). It has nothing to do with the vendor. Most often the only practical way to ensure that everything that depends on your shared low-level code has been informed of the change is to restart the system. Given the choice between (a) a complex process to restart only affected services that is hard to test and time consuming to actually run, and (b) a simple reboot that produces testable and predictable results in a timely manner, I will choose (b) every single time.

The same issue affects every significant desktop operating system -- and yes, this includes Linux, even if it doesn't force you to reboot when it almost certainly should (e.g. when you've installed a new kernel).

August 11 2009 at 6:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gshearman

WTF? If you don't want to restart your computer then don't install the update. The whinging that goes on over such trivial matters ...

August 13 2009 at 2:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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