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I'm feeling seriously dissed... lol

Haven't had the courage to try out this beta yet. I'm curious to know how it's working for those of you braver than I. I'd be using it on a 14" G4 iBook. Thanks for any info.

Its amazing how fast Apple does updates compared to Microcrap.....

DavidO... I'm running it now on a lampstand iMac, seems stable enough, MDN loads faster. CNN and FoxNews load about the same.

The Safari Beta works well for me, DavidO. Installed it on a 2.0 GHz Core Duo MacBook. However, I get the spinning beachball if I let the app sit open for a very long while (>1d uptime).

Safari beta has been pretty good, not sure why but lately it has been acting a bit wonky, w/ the update it seems much better/snappier. Not sure if the 2.0 versions had it.. but there are some nice right click features with the tab bar like "New Tab" "Reload All Tabs" "Add Bookmarks For These (x#of) Tabs", etc.

I've been using Safari 3.02 beta for a few weeks now and LOVE IT! The options to save a bookmark for multiple tabs and the option to reopen all windows/tabs from the previous session are great additions. So far, it's been pretty stable. My only recurring problem is sometimes having problems typing an address into the URL line. It will occasionally be very slow and hesitate several seconds for each character typed. No problems entering in the Google bar or using bookmarks though when the URL problem occurs.

PS: I'm using a G5 iMac with OS 10.4.10.

safari now seem a lot slower.

Been running the beta on an intel iMac since the day it was released. Love it. No real issues encountered, and I like the "you have text on this page that is not saved" deal, usually related to leaving comments or editing stuff with google. great feature.

the updated "find" in the pages is by far the best feature, I'd risk the beta just for that. they give you an uninstaller to revert with the main installer, so take the plunge.

Safari Beta hustles for me on my 800MHz G4 iMac.

What I'm still ticked off about is that Apple hasn't updated the graphics to match the Windows version.

... and don't tell me they will update in Leopard. If 3rd party developers can change the graphics of Safari, then so can Apple.

My one and only issue with Safari 3 is that it modifies Webkit in such a way that websites I made in Freeway don't properly display slave images anymore: not in Safari, not in Shiira. My other machine still runs Safari 2 and there everything is just fine.

Safari stills exists?
People actually use it?

What has the world come to-first rate OS and hardware, third rate browser :(

Safari is by a long way the nicest rendering browser out there - crisp and clean.

Oh, and the fastest too.

@nekogami13

Oh, very funny - not ... did you manage to think that up all by yourself, how is the life of a eleven year old these days?
As a long time Safari user and soon to be updated to the 3.0.3. beta - For me Safari 3 is excellent. You can keep your IE, Firefox and others as they are IMHO not up to it, and they all sit on my dock updated, but rarely used.

@Lazy European
You're right about the Freeway sites problem...and the newest release doesn't seem to help at all!

Resizing text areas, re-arranging tabs and a warning about closing multiple tabs make it worth it to me. Other than that, it's not really much different. I'd say it is capable to be your full time browser unless there is a huge vulnerability that has not been discovered.

For the final I'd like to see rss feeds load a bit quicker. Still seems slow to me.

Oh I forgot to mention the 'Web Inspector.' SUPER useful tool for web designers.

I just have to say how pleased I am with the new Netscape Beta. It is quite fast, and each and every site that I go to loads correctly and completely.

I recommend the new Netscape to you all, try it out!

The javascript support in safari 3 is far, far faster than in 2. On ppc anyway.

Has also been more stable for me. But that might just be the js engine not locking up.

I've been using Safari 3 Beta on both my XP (LabRat) and my G5 (OverKill) since Day 1. All sorts of "stable" on both, but one small problem. It won't upload my shows. It seems to be doing it, the progress bar does its thing, then ... nothing. Media not on the host, though the ancillary content has been added and properly posted. I'll keep trying, but I expect to be reverting to Firefox (my backup) until this gets fixed.

DLMeyer - the Voice of G.L.Horton's Stage Page pod cast - currently featuring the ICWP Retreat

Did I miss something? What's with releasing a major Safari update outside of a major OS update? Is the big deal that it's now on Windows? Is that it?

Cheers

Hope this fixes a session problem I'm having with certain CMS software. 3.0.3, here I come!

I just downloaded Safari 3.0.3 for Macintosh.

Macsweep did you hit the submit button a little early ?

.... one thing I noticed fixed is the scroll bar is rendering better, before, occasionally, it was too long but corrected itself once moved/clicked. Also MDN's rss feed still doesn't show a preview only the title of the article. You see it half second, then you don't, hmm. machine specs: ibook 12" 1.2 GHz, 768 ram. 10.4.10

Safari on Windows Problem,

Safari doesn't respond to my back or forward mouse buttons in Windows XP. The forward and back buttons on the browser work fine. Can Safari go back or forward from a mouse button?

iTunes does this sometimes too. Sometimes I can go forward or back pages on iTMS from my mouse and sometimes it doesn't work I have to use the iTunes navigation buttons.

Any solutions or anyone else have that issue?

Many thanks to those who responded to my question above (July 30, 11:30 PM) about how folks were doing with the Safari 3 beta. I read the following comments, got brave, and decided to give it a try. After using it for 36 hours I have only positive things to say: totally stable and faster, with helpful new features (including spell checking in this MDN window as I type!). Thanks again.