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Safari 3 Beta Updated, Security Problems Fixed
Llywelyn writes "Apple has released an update to the Windows Safari 3 Beta. According to Macworld the updates '...include correction for a command injection vulnerability, corrected with additional processing and validation of URLs that could otherwise lead to an unexpected termination of the browser; an out-of-bounds memory read issue; and a race condition that can allow cross-site scripting using a JavaSscript [sic] exploit.' It is available through either the Apple Safari download site or through Apple's Software Update."
The reality is that we're back to where we were a decade ago; two big browsers (IE and Firefox) and a bunch of relatively meaningless small players. I can't imagine any reason that anyone would want to actually use Safari. There's barely an excuse for it in OSX, and certainly none in any other environment.
Firefox ain't perfect, but it does the job fine for me, substantially better than Safari.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Ah yes, the old "it doesn't work for me, so it can't possibly have worked for anybody else" mentality.
Why does everybody who's found a bug of some kind [in anything, not just Safari] assume the particular set of circumstances which trigger it (which are usually largely unknown to the user insofar as it relates to the software in question) are so common that everybody must be suffering from it?
A software bug (or "bug") is an error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in a computer program that prevents it from behaving as intended (e.g., producing an incorrect result).
Call it flamebait if you like but even beta software, given that it's a public beta, that doesn't give basic web browser functionality (proxies) is pure and utter garbage. If I try to get to a web page, Safari picks up the proxy from IE and prompts for username and password, and then promptly crashes when I enter them. If you try to turn proxies off, you quickly discover that you can't do that as the button to modify proxies is greyed out. In it's current state I can use Safari at work to look at web pages on my hard drive, but not for web browsing. There is no excuse whatsoever for this. Many users are behind a proxy, and it's not an optional extra. The people who insist it's buggy because it's on windows (conveniently ignoring all the software that does work well....or at least better than this shit) are idiots. This is an excellent way to turn potential converts to your browser off for good. I've uninstalled at work and won't be touching it at home. Thanks for wasting my time Apple.
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