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Apple posts Safari 1.2 with improved Java, security

updated 04:35 pm EST, Mon February 2, 2004

Safari 1.2

Apple today released , which "improves compatibility with websites and web applications by providing increased support for standards, adds support for personal certificate authentication, and works with Java 1.4.2 to enable websites that rely on LiveConnect for communication between JavaScript and Java applets. This update also provides improved application stability, full keyboard access for navigating web pages, and the ability to resume interrupted downloads." It is available via the Software Update in Mac OS X 10.3 or later. Update: Not (yet?) available for Mac OS X 10.2 users.

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LiveConnect

Rock on! I did some development for a Java applet that required LiveConnect (not my design). I had to work in Virtual PC, which was slow at best. Not only will this make my development easier, but it'll open up many new Java applets to Mac OS X users.

Good work, Apple! (Now, what took you so long?)

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Typical Apple

Apple site and software update only provides Safari 10.2 for OSX 10.3. You're SOL if you have a computer a couple of months old running 10.2.8

Pay - Pay -Pay

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Typical whiner

Waaa waaa waaa, Apple doesn't give me stuff on a silver platter for free for all eternity because I bought something from them once, waaa waaa waaa!

Cry me a river.

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Re: Typical Apple

You're wrong. Just go to the following URL and Safari 1.2 is downloadable for both 10.2 and 10.3. So what if its not available for you on Software Update just yet.

http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

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Shut up and read!

And it works on Panther AND Jaguar, so it will work with your old school 10.2.8 system. Learn to read!

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cut your hair

You damn hippies!

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What improvements???

Still hangs with Citibank's online banking. Still doesn't handle some complex Java stuff that Mozilla's Firebird beta handles flawlessly. Still loads Apple's own secure Webmail page half as fast as Mozilla's Firebird and Camino browsers. Still won't let me personalize my History settings or manage cookies for individual websites. Not much of anything I had hoped to see, but maybe I'm missing some cool stuff under the 'hood?

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No, YOU learn to read

From the page given above:

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Requirements for Safari 1.2:

Mac OS X 10.3 or later
Any Macintosh computer

Requirements for Safari 1.0:

Mac OS X 10.2 or later
Any Macintosh computer

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What improvements???

Still hangs with Citibank's online banking. Still doesn't handle some complex Java stuff that Mozilla's Firebird beta handles flawlessly. Still loads Apple's own secure Webmail page half as fast as Mozilla's Firebird and Camino browsers. Still won't let me personalize my History settings or manage cookies for individual websites. Not much of anything I had hoped to see, but maybe I'm missing some cool stuff under the 'hood?

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Dammit Mattingly!

I thought I told you to trim those sideburns!

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Re: Typical whiner

Please, Apple's a bunch of crooks lately. Even Micro$oft supports their software for longer than Apple does as of late.

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FAST!

Wow. On a dual 2 GHz G5 (fast broadband connection), Safari is noticeably faster than it was before. Great work, Apple!

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Open Source

And Safari is based on open source KHTML. So Apple is s******* us with software that isn't even theirs. How lame. It looks to me like the new "features" in this release are actually compatibility fixes that should have been in the 1.0 release. But if you want a browser that works like it should, you have to pay. What a crock of BS.

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RIPE.

this browser is just RIPE to download 10-15 minute live jams.

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2ghz

so does that mean you need a dual 2 ghz G5 processor with at least 512 megs of memory to use Safari snappily??? What did we do before we had such fast processors?

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Who uses Java Applets?

Didn't Java Applets die with Disco and the Pet Rock? ;-)
But hey, how 'bout Janet Jackson's breast?

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Pith Helmet fix for 1.2

Pith Helmet Fix For Safari 1.2:

open /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/
Right click (control+click) PithHelmet.bundle and select show package contents
Open the Contents folder and from there open the info.plist file in either textedit or Property List Editor if you have the dev tools installed
Find where it says MaxSafariBundleVersion and change the value to 125
Save and restart safari. thats it, now it works.

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Can I....

"Can I get a 'hooray!' for boobies!?"

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re: Can I....

HOOOORAAAAYY.

Question: Was it or Wasn't it staged? (the flash that is)

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Support Mozilla

and other vendors. Try FireBird, Mozilla, or even OmniWeb.

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Tabs?

Um - It doesn't allow me to use Tabs unless I have "always show tabs" checked in my preferences.

When I hit CMD-T it just gives me a blank window and deletes any others I had.

-Jason

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Jobs worse than Gates

Apple whined pitifully during the Microsoft antitrust trial. Reality check: the newest IE runs on Windows versions that go back more than five years; newest Safari requires newest Mac OS X ONLY!

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you whiny b******

how much you wanna bet this "update" is free for jaguar users eventually? give apple some credit you bozos- they don't have 55,000 employees like microsoft (who i might add still haven't added pop up blockers to IE and security holes as big as texas still exist)

eventually this will be free, so shut up. it is a browser for chrissakes. it isn't logic audio or final cut!!

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Don't like it?

If you don't like it vote with your dollars then and use Windows of Linux.

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Citibankonline?

I'm running 10.2.8 and was wondering if Safari 1.2 is fully compatible with Citibank yet. Thanks

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RE: Jobs worse than Gates

Reality check: Microsoft is a *much* bigger company than Apple, with a far larger user base.

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IE vs Safari

How come you're not complaining that MS doesn't support IE6 on Win95 and Win98??? Yes they are older than OS X 10.2 but it's the same idea. Plus some of the features in Safari 1.1.1 can't be back-ported to 10.2 but I'm sure that fixes in CSS and anything else that is possible will be back-ported (if it hasn't been done already). Calm down. You don't seem in a hurray to update to 10.3 so why should Apple hurry to back-port this for you???

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Seems to work...

...for me in 10.3 on two longstanding problem websites...

Finally after 3 years of waiting, struggle & compromise it appears I don't HAVE to use a peecee any more to do what I used to in OS-9...

Can I finally call OS-X a true upgrade...? I'd say it's there...

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re: Shut up and read!

Ha ha! ain't so cocky now that someone's pointed out your poor reading skills, hein?

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You all are so very, very

sad...

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Re;huray!!

Anyone got it tivo the half time - I had to BBQ didn't see it.. can someone post it some where -?? please...

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i like janet b****

i am not so smart i wanna see jhanet jackson boobie with star pasty and i gonna post it up ons some mac nn do'nt got s*** to do with nothing mac i sure do like me my neon lit up g5.

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Janet flash

go to pic 6 of 8...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/us_sport/photo_galleries/3450553.stm

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Tabbing to links

Why in the world do people like tabbing between links on a web page. Most pages have so many links you'd have tab for a minute to get anywhere. Plus, it makes tabbing between form controls even more annoying...

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WRONG

"Reality check: the newest IE runs on Windows versions that go back more than five years; "

No, you are wrong, the newest IE does NOT run on Windows 98 or earlier. Windows 98 is just barely 5 years old.

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WRONG is wrong

IE6 not only runs on Win98, it is considered a required critical update as older releases of IE are no longer supported by security fixes.

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Re: IE

Hey, let's not forget MS has announced they are NO LONGER making a standalone version of IE for windows. Which means if you want IE 6.5 or 7, you better save up for XP SP2 or longhorn.

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re: Pith Helmet fix

Bless you! I wasn't really upset about having to use Mozilla until it was patched, but this saves me the trouble of updating my Mozilla bookmarks and prefs and everything else.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Tied to OS

M$ was officially judged a monopoly because they tied the browser to the OS. Which turned out to be a bogus "reason." Now, they've done the same thing again, but obviously feel confident because they are only doing exactly what apple is doing... forcing a paid OS upgrade to be able to use the browser.

Except, microapplesoft has legions of pathetic, rabid dog fans who will drown out anyone voicing concern about their tactics.

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Buy our new OS

So where's the Macnn story that Apple has terminated development on Safari for 10.2 users. This isn't exactly System 7.5 you know.

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annoying

What did Apple update??? Yes, Safari is a little faster than Firebird, Camino or other browsers, but not that much. And, Safari has few of the key user features of other browsers, such as history, image and site-specific cookie management. Plus, none of the sites that I access regularly that didn't work properly or at all in Safari 1.1.1 -- Citibank online, Westlaw, NY Daily News online, etc. -- works any better in version 1.2. I will stick with Firebird for the time being!

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Re: buy our new OS

So where's the Macnn story that Apple has terminated development on Safari for 10.2 users. This isn't exactly System 7.5 you know.

Well, if they posted that they'd get lots of complaints from readers stating (quite correctly) that it IS NOT NEWS, as in "the last release of Safari didn't work on 10.2 either, so what's new here?"

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not for 10.2

can't remember where I read this, maybe Hyatt's blog, but Safari 1.1 and later require certain OS components that don't exist in 10.2.

does Safari 1.0 run any worse in 10.2 then it did when you bought it? was there written promises of upgrades for free?

it would be cool if they could do an upgrade for 10.2 users (probably be a pretty big update... since it has to update part of the OS as well)

As for compatibility with some websites, use the "Report bugs to Apple" feature under the "Safari" application menu.
better then what exists to report bugs to Microsoft about IE... (which of course, is now killed)

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Elect Kerry

Guess what. John Kerry is a decorated war veteran who served with distinction. George Bush went AWOL during his brief service (Absent WithOut Leave) and ironically, is leading our armed forces into two simultaneous conflicts (I won't mention how they LIED about Iraq having WMD just to serve their own cause).

Which person would you rather have leading our military?

You Republicans have more money than brains.

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re: Elect Kerry

What the f*** does this have to do with Safari? get out of hear you political troll.

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Oh well

One would have hoped by now that Safari would have more features. But I have to keep reminding myself that Safari wasn't intended for people like me who actually care about the latest browser features.

Panther users: don't worry about it. 1.2 is basically a bug fix. Move along, nothing to see.

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Printing - Not fixed yet.

This browser is just getting better and better, but one thing which hasn't been fixed is printing: Every time I print a page with forms (buttons and popup menus etc) they all get screwed up on output. Is there a workaround? Are Apple aware that their software can't print? Other than that - it's a bloody cool browser! I don't care what anyone says.

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Apple posts Safari 1.2 with improved Java, security

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Shut up and read!

cut your hair

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No, YOU learn to read

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Dammit Mattingly!

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2ghz

Who uses Java Applets?

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