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Apple Quietly Releases Safari 3.2

Posted by kdawson on from the new-shinies dept.

99BottlesOfBeerInMyF writes "Yesterday Apple quietly slipped out an update to their Safari Web browser to version 3.2. The notable feature is that it finally adds anti-phishing technology, an area where Safari has lagged behind competitors. Aside from that, it provides some security fixes, improved JavaScript performance, and a slightly newer version of Webkit, pulling their Acid3 score up to 77." Apple forums across the Net are reporting frequent crashes in Safari 3.2, some possibly caused by 3rd-party add-ons, others perhaps related to the anti-phishing feature.

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  1. Crashes by Rick+Zeman · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apple forums across the Net are reporting frequent crashes in Safari 3.2, some possibly caused by 3rd-party add-on

    Yep, PithHelmet (anti-ad plug-in) causes 3.2 (Mac, of course) to blow up every time when using multiple tabs. Removing its bundle from /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/ made it stable as a rock again (no problems at with about 15 tabs open, with varying kinds of embedded content), but, sadly, I'm buried with ads again.

    1. Re:Crashes by frdmfghtr · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yep, PithHelmet (anti-ad plug-in) causes 3.2 (Mac, of course) to blow up every time when using multiple tabs. Removing its bundle from /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/ made it stable as a rock again (no problems at with about 15 tabs open, with varying kinds of embedded content), but, sadly, I'm buried with ads again.

      Try this: Adblock for Safari

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      Government's idea of a balanced budget: take money from the right pocket to balance...oh who am I kidding?
    2. Re:Crashes by DavidDK · · Score: 4, Informative

      GlimmerBlocker is a more stable ad-blocker. It's an http proxy and not an awful InputManager hack, so you can freely upgrade Safari without having Safari going into crash me mode.

  2. EV-SSL by lseltzer · · Score: 4, Informative

    It also now supports EV-SSL. That and the anti-phishing were two major beefs of companies like PayPal.

  3. Re:Update of Windows version too? by Ilgaz · · Score: 5, Informative

    Windows version is there too and it is a serious sounding security update.

    The actual release notes are at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298

    You should subscribe to Apple Security Updates mailing list for non PR infested update announcements.
    http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/security-announce