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Apple Terminates Safari Seed Program

Posted by chrisd on from the leaks-are-part-of-betas dept.

coolmacdude writes "This morning Safari beta v67 was leaked to the Internet. Because this is the third time it has happened (v62 and v64 were leaked), Apple has apparantly had enough and decided to terminate the seed program that provided unreleased beta verisons to selected developers. In a email sent to all developers and posted on Mike Wendland's blog, Apple says: 'Due to Safari 67 postings to the internet, we have closed the Safari Seed project. We know that the majority of you are not responsible for the leaks to the internet, and we sincerely appreciate your feedback, time and effort with this project.'"

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  1. Damn Him! by disneyfan1313 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Apple Terminates Safari Seed Program


    Damn that Johnny Appleseed and his plan to propogate the Safari with Apple Trees... I knew it would never work!

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    1. Re:Damn Him! by DrMrLordX · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, what Apple is not telling you is that they have simply outsourced all their seed programs to Burpee.

    2. Re:Damn Him! by Cloud+9 · · Score: 5, Funny
      That was easily the crappiest play on words I've ever seen.... Considering I've been reading /. comments for 4 years, that's saying a lot.

      You should be ashamed of yourself.

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  2. Good Cloners? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I hear they are good cloners. That's what Dex told me, anyhow.

  3. A few bad seeds... by psoriac · · Score: 5, Funny

    So one could literally say that a few bad seeds ruined it for everyone else...

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    1. Re:A few bad seeds... by Suppafly · · Score: 4, Funny

      or one bad apple depending how you look at it.

  4. Re:Forget Safari seeds by Chmarr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Using the Camino nightly build is hardly a good way of testing Safari.

  5. Uh-oh by tulare · · Score: 4, Funny

    In the interest of full or false disclosure (you decide), I should let you all know that I'm not using v64, which I did not find at macrumors, and it does not have tabbed browsing, which I donot find to be the final feature which makes Safari not kick ass on the mac.

    Had I known that these were seeds that Apple didn't want released, I would of course have downloaded them and used them. I would, after all, want to spoil a good thing

    Move the nots around to make the above true.

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  6. Re:Not everyone distributes that way by Squareball · · Score: 1, Funny

    The far less knowledgable use IE. ;)
    What is the point of having a closed source browser? I mean what are you going to gain?

  7. Re:It's out? by bnenning · · Score: 4, Funny
    Should I notify Apple that when you leave the tabs on all the time and "Open in tabs" a docked bookmark that the first tab always looks "active" (though the windowing for the tabs works fine)?


    Sure. Dave Hyatt has been known to possibly fix hypothetical bugs that may or may not occur in Safari versions that may or may not exist.

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  8. Say it brother! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thou dost preach the true gospel of Cupertino! The infidels who lack vision shall falter and Saint Jobs shall change the world! Blessed is the one true computer and blessed are the followers of the Church of Cupertino. Dammed are those who do not see the light and are left to dwell in the outer darkness of PeeCee use for all eternity! I'm proud to say that I first saw the light back in year 2 (1986 for the infidels) and have been a loyal follower ever since. Never have I been tempted to use the devil's instrument. I know that when my frail body fails I shall dwell in the house of Jobs forever.

  9. Re:It's out? by UberLord · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lemmie get this straight

    Dave Hyatt fixes bugs that may or may not exist in a product version that may or may not exist?

    Damn - some of us have to fix real bugs in real products for a living! Is his company hiring atm?

  10. this doesn't bug me nearly as much as... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Al Gore being added to Apple's board of directors.

    its like they're TRYING to kill off their fan base...

  11. Re:Too bad by Bull999999 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess you've never used Windows ME beta version.

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  12. One Bad Apple Spoils the Bunch? by Speare · · Score: 2, Funny

    When the apple is ripe, it will fall. --Irish proverb

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  13. Re:Too bad by VistaBoy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait...you mean that the Microsoft software I buy at the store ISN'T beta software? I always figured it was from how much it crashes. Whoa...if that's NOT beta, I don't think I want to see beta.

  14. Re:Too bad by Alien+Being · · Score: 5, Funny

    "a few had to ruin it for everyone else"

    Admit it. You were about to say "a few bad apples".

  15. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  16. Re:easter eggs by troc · · Score: 2, Funny

    That just means everyone leaked their copy :)

    Troc

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  17. Lickability by ElGanzoLoco · · Score: 4, Funny

    Safari's front-end (lickability, bookmarking, etc)

    You enjoy licking brushed metal? Oh, man...

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  18. Re:easter eggs by SlashdotLemming · · Score: 2, Funny

    They should have done that trick where each developer gets a slightly different copy

    You've just volunteered to be the configuration manager for THAT project

  19. Re:Too bad by Alsee · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe next time you could liven it up with some reference to 'Buffy'...

    Ok.

    Microsoft used to have "beta" code, but it was all demonic living-dead code and Buffy always destroyed it. So now Microsoft goes dirctly from alpha code (completely dead) directly to release code (mostly alive and only partially satanic). Chuckle :)

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  20. Re:License Irrelevant by fault0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    > Someone tell me how this post got +3 informative, just by saying "yep"??

    yep.