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Safari Beta Updated

Posted by pudge on from the let-us-go-surfing-now dept.

LenE writes "Safari has been updated to Beta 6, and is available via Software Update. New in this version is XML support, more speed, and many bug fixes. The download is 2.4 MB and doesn't require a restart." From the notes: "The Safari Update 2-12-03 improves the compatibility with popular web sites based on Safari user feedback, further improves the performance of loading web pages and Flash content, adds support for XML, increases standards conformance and delivers improved application stability. The update also enables access to web sites that offer self-signed security certificates."

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  1. File size decreases by wcbrown · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As noted by Bill Bumgartner, file size of the package has gone from 7.2MB to 6.9MB.

    I haven't seen file size increase with upgrades. The Safari developers should be proud.

  2. tabs good by djupedal · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The HIG, as I recall, doesn't mention tabs as evil. While Apple may not deploy tabs on the system level, we can look to Excel for tabbed worksheets as a long standing example, and to Airport Admin for a more recent usage. For a more public example, you only need to visit Apple.com

    Safari will have tabs...sooner or later, and Cupertino will not slide into the Pacific as a result.

  3. Tabbed Windows solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Here you can see screenshot mock-ups of my idea for tabs:

    http://home.quicknet.nl/mw/prive/dennis.scp/s/safa ri

    The idea is NOT to add tabs inside a window. But to place a new window at the exact same place as your previous window and let any obscured windows pop up a tab.

    So instead of indenting that new window to the lower right to reveal a clickable border as used today, I say let the windows behind the current window pop up a tab to show their name and icon. The windows stay independent and the screen has less clutter than with today's jumpy stacking system. Power-users can cycle the windows in a tab-like fashion using the [option] key.