Safari Beta 2 Available

pldms writes "Safari Beta 2 is available via Software Update or from the Safari page. This is build 73, for those who've had 'exclusive' access to previous development versions since beta 1 ;-) The blurb: 'Safari Beta 2 introduces tabbed browsing to conveniently see and switch between multiple web pages in a single window, and AutoFill to instantly fill out web forms and password fields. This update also features increased standards compatibility and improved application stability.'" I had to set Lax Certificate Checks in the Debug menu to use it with Slashdot ... and its secure cookie check is still quite broken (either saves secure cookies without the secure flag, or sends out secure cookies to insecure sites, which would violate RFC 2965 where it says "no less than the same level of security").

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Can't Wait

[Oculus Habent]

Damn job! Interfering with my ability to play with Safari at home. I can't wait to see how the tabbed browsing implementation looks/feels.

Hmm...can't feel much difference :)

[Paladeen]

Hmm...in the About Safari window it's listed as 1.0 beta (v.73).

Doesn't seem to be that much different from the previously leaked v67 :).

Re:Hmm...can't feel much difference :)

[TheCrimsonUnbeliever]

<quote>I've been trying to make 73 crash by hiding, in the last few minutes to no avail.</quote>

Thanks for that - I have the most wonderfully funny picture of a mac-geek hiding from his computer

"......"

*jumps up*

"BOO"

*safari crashes*

Mmmmm, nice...

[berniecase]

With browsers this quick, Apple's going to have a hard time selling faster machines :-)

Re:Mmmmm, nice...

[Anonymous Coward]

With browsers this quick, Apple's going to have a hard time selling faster machines

That's ok, they don't have any ;)

The writing is on the wall..

[grub]

Apple has Safari.
Safaris are for big, strong dudes.
Acronym for big, strong dudes is "BSD"
BSD is dying.
Apple has a BSDish system under the hood.

ergo: Apple is dying.

You had me there for a second

[arvindn]

Phew... When I saw a link to an RFC which was purportedly about about security I was sure it was the evil bit thingy. Had to click on the link to verify that it was a different RFC!

Re:What the heck is...

[Rosyna]

Well, even if it was mentioned you probably wouldn't read it since you missed the huge X icon and the words Apple at the top of the news item.

Re:mmmm, Safari

[RobotRunAmok]

A good percentage of the people who come to my site are on *some* revision of safari.

Hey, now *there's* a bellwether for you! Who needs Gallup Polls and sophisticated statistical sampling when an AC will share abstracts from his homepage's usage log with us, eh?

Tabs could be trouble at work

[Wyatt Earp]

I surfed over to the Debka file for and my tab for that page reads.

http://www.debka.com/

DEBKAfile, Political Anal

Not something I'd want my boss seeing.

Re:What the heck is...

[Renegade Lisp]

Well, even if it was mentioned you probably wouldn't read it since you missed the huge X icon and the words Apple at the top of the news item.

To be honest, I noticed both. The word "Apple" did provide some indication that this was going to be Mac-related, and at the same time I started to wonder why the "X" looked so different from when I had last seen it on the XFree86 home page. All of this sent my mind into a "I-know-there's-something-fishy-going-on-here" mode, which lasted for about thirty seconds. Which reminds of this thing that a guy once said to his girl-friend:

" Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints don't work. Strong hints don't work. Obvious hints don't work. Just say it!"

:-)

Bush using a Dell?

[Anonymous Coward]

I didn't know Dell made Speak 'n Spells