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March 18, 2008

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Safari 3.1 out in the wild

Posted Mar. 18, ’08, 6:58 AM PT by Aayush Arya
Category | Software » Updates

Safari iconAs a Tuesday goodie, Apple just released an update to Safari for both Mac OS X and Windows. In a rare detailed change-log from Apple, they give us the scoop on what has changed since Safari 3.0.4 (beware of spoilers though).

Here are some appetizers:

  • Better JavaScript performance, site compatibility and application stability
  • Support for CSS 3 web fonts, transforms and transitions
  • Several developer features such as access to Web Inspector and Network Timeline, support for custom user access string and improved snipper editor
  • Double clicking on the Tab Bar opens new tab (goodbye, Twicetab—you’ll be missed)
  • Opens Download and Activity window in current Space
  • Shows Caps Lock icon in password fields
  • Improved security

You can choose between firing up Software Update and downloading it from Apple’s website. It’s compatible with Leopard as well as Tiger, provided that you are running v10.4.11.


6 Comments

Willie Lee said:

Incidentally, this update boosts Safari's Acid3 score to 75/100. It was 39/100 before the update. (http://acid3.acidtests.org/)

March 18, 2008 9:02 AM
goobimama Author Profile Page said:

What the! Just cause I'm currently on a Windows PC there is no reason to punish me. Cause as long as I'm on this thing, I can't download the mac version (unlike iTunes).

March 18, 2008 10:37 AM
Anonymous said:

Hmmm, still slower than Firefox on my Macbook Pro. *shrug*

March 18, 2008 11:42 AM
Dave said:

While the speed bump & double-tap for tabs is a nice feature, it appears that this update disables the very good Schubert-iT plug-ins PDF-Browser and Word-Browser. Not sure if these will be updated to keep track with 3.1....but something to be aware of if you regularly benefit from them.

March 18, 2008 11:32 PM
Ken Papp said:

I am impressed with the speed of the latest Webkit (http://nightly.webkit.org/) nightlies...almost as fast as Camino.

March 18, 2008 11:59 PM
Ed said:

Unfortunately, this update made many of my apps unable to launch; for example, iChat, iTunes, Safari itself, Quicksilver, Garageband, and others.

March 22, 2008 11:35 PM

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