It's that Time Again...Safari 4 Developer Preview Out

Download at the ADC: connect.apple.com

I'll be back to post on performance/thoughts. Let's see what others make of it (Windows/OS X), and post here.

#502421

I am using Safari 4 since Thuesday now and the only thing I recognized which got better are the development tools. A bad thing is that Safari 4 often gets stuck.

#502426

Yeah, I've noticed that Safari 4 doesn't seem to like nytimes.com. Promptly crashes.

It seems faster, but unstable. Some sites have coding that 4 doesn't like...

#502429

One new cool feature is that you can turn any webpage into a WebApp, the same way you do it with Mozilla Prism. You can use it via "File->Save as Web Application", and you can access it from the start menu

#502431

And it scores 98/100 in acid3 test, running in Windows Vista. So i guess the new features are "under the hood"

#502432

man it crashed my computer! good thing it has an uninstall package!!

#502450

Safari 4 is much slower than Opera 9.5 on my Windows Vista

#502458

Hmmm.... so it's really that time again.

Here we are again, moaning and *****ing about a software that's just a a developer preview, not even a beta.

:)

#502463

Hmmm.... so it's really that time again.

Here we are again, moaning and *****ing about a software that's just a a developer preview, not even a beta.

:)

I was just thinking the same. Either report bugs or shut up, guys.

#502466

Hmmm.... so it's really that time again.

Here we are again, moaning and *****ing about a software that's just a a developer preview, not even a beta.

:)

If that was directed at me: :P

:D

I'm not really interested in a long 12 thread on the intricacies of Safari 4, I'm just curious to see what think. If it's a waste of time, I think we clamp the thread.

Although I'd have to admit, this one is a lot more stable than any beta Microsoft has put out. I won't go near IE8 yet...:o

#502483

No... kjohnson.. it wasn't directed you or any particular individual.

It was directed towards... umm, more like.. certain mentality.

If it's a alpha, beta or preview software then it's bound to have bug, or unstable behavior. If you're downloading such software and facing problem with it... why complain about it. It's not like they labeled it as final release or forced you to download and use it.

But these days, we see forums full of such crap. We saw it when Safari 3 beta was released and now I see similar comments. Your thread is not waste of time, I read it as it would be good place to have some mature discussion about the preview, specially from developer point of view.

#502507