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Safari 4.0.4 available; Firefox 3.6 beta 2 released
Apple has released a small update to Safari today, which improves javascript performance and searching through history files. It also addresses some plugin incompatibility that may have cropped up for some people, especially after the 10.6.2 update. On the Firefox front, Mozilla's latest browser was released a few days ago (version 3.5.5), but they're also actively updating the next version and today have released version 3.6 beta 2.
Safari 4.0.4 should be available through Software Update (36.2MB--requires a restart), so check there first for convenience. If you would like the standalone installer it is available for download at the Safari website: http://www.apple.com/safari/
Firefox 3.5.5 is available from the Firefox website but the beta can be found here: Information, Download
Remember that the beta version of Firefox is a test build that has been released for development purposes. The software is not meant to be used for mainstream uses, but if you would like to check out the latest features you can install the beta along with the latest stable release. Unfortunately, as with all versions of Firefox you cannot run both versions of Firefox at the same time (which would be nice for testing purposes).
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OS X 10.5.8
iMac iSight 21" October 2005 edition
Flash Player 10.0 r32
Tested the below for Safari 4.04 :
Click2 Flash (including Play full screen in quicktime Player option)
SafariStand
KeyWurl
Flash video on youtube.com
MSN embedded video
Bank website
Various forums and random webpages
Custom keybindings
All working fine
Did a stress test while outside hanging washing. Results : Stress Test 10:54 Pages 138 Resources 1980 No Crashes
Hasn't crashed on me yet :)
Firefox 3.5.5 is available from the Firefox website but the beta can be found here:
You left us hanging. Where can the Beta be found?
I am on Safari 3.1.2 and OSX 10.5.6, and it crashes randomly when I access news video. Just now, it was one I was watching, paused it, switched to another tab to look at the second video, and it 'quit unexpectedly' instead of playing. This week-end CNN / Safari had installed Flash Player 10.0 r32 to allow me to watch one of their videos.
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by DCT
November 18, 2009 6:24 PM PST
- First of all, I'd rather go back to paying for MacFixIt. It takes CNET to really screw up a great and useful tool that was easy to navigate and not chock full of ads. Okay, enough on that for now. Grrr.
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(12 Comments)On to Safari 4.0.4: Evernote and 1Password don't play together well. I add them to the tool bar and one launch they are both there, next launch one is missing. Videobox and Web Snapper do the same. Every time I launch Safari, it's always a surprise to see where these add-on buttons will be in the Toolbar and, which of them "won't" be there at all.
Also, the Toolbar decides to Hide and Show all on it's own and I can't get it to stay on "Show" all the time.