Upgraded from the beta to Safari 4 using the automated installer on an iMac 24" with 10.5.7. No issues at all with update. It does seem to be even faster than the beta (which was fast). So worth the upgrade.
Glenn Nicholas 2009/6/9 Dark1 <da...@iinet.net.au>: > Hi Ronni > > Thanks for all the info. Some of those features are already present in the > beta version but it certainly looks like it's still worth upgrading. I'm > running a 2.66GHz (Overclocked to 3.8GHz) Nehalem Quad Core Hackintosh so > there's certainly no problems with my computer not being fast enough to get > all the bells and whistles. > > Ruben > > Hi Ruben, > > Firstly it is FAST ... really fast on an Intel MacBook Pro! > Safari 4.0 has almost 50 security fixes, both in the browser and WebKit. > Lots of potential security holes plugged. > > One major change to the interface from the beta involves tabs. In the beta, > Apple experimented with a Chrome-style "tabs-on-top" that it has abandoned > in the public release. The font for the tabs was often hard to read, and > made Safari look excessively like Chrome. The new tab style now looks much > like the old tab style. > > Cover Flow is now available as a graphic way to browse your bookmarks and > history, however, if you've got a somewhat older computer you still won't be > able to use any of these graphics improvements. > > Another new change in the public release is that browser crashes caused by > plug-ins like Flash are now sandboxed. If Flash or Shockwave crash, only > that plug-in will be affected. The page that it's on will continue to > function, and you can reactivate the plug-in by reloading the page. > > Safari 4 is also the first non-beta browser to fully complete the Acid3 Web > standards compliance test. <http://acid3.acidtests.org/> > > The URL bar does feature "smart" surfing, but only for including your > history and bookmarks--much like Internet Explorer. Chrome and Firefox > remain the only browsers to default to Google's "feeling lucky" style of > searching from the location bar. > > There are system files in the OS X System folders changed by the Safari 4 > install (that's why there is a restart of the computer). > > Apple's big claim with Safari is that it's the fastest browser on the > market, and from latest results around the Internet ... Apple just might be > correct. > > > 150 features > <http://www.apple.com/safari/features.html> > > I should perhaps mention that latest version of Safari 4 is different in > some respects than Safari 4 Beta. > There is no uninstaller. The only way you can revert back to Safari 4 beta > version either using a Time Machine backup, or recent backup, or > reinstalling the OS using an "Archive & Install". > > But I don't think you will want to after using the new release of Safari 4. > I have not experienced any problems since installing Safari 4. > If your computer is up to date and you are not experiencing any problems, > everything is in good working order, you should be right. > > The other thing to check is, if you use any add on plugins in Safari make > sure you have the latest updates of them and that they are compatible with > Safari 4. > The problems people have had seem to be related to incompatible plugins / > add ons. > > > Cheers, > Ronni > > > On 09/06/2009, at 4:05 PM, Dark1 wrote: > >> Is there any advantage in upgrading to 4.0 from the 4.0 beta? Everything >> seems to be running fine on the beta and as far as I'm aware the lastest >> version doesn't offer any additional features. >> >> Ruben >> >> Tony, >> Try: <http://store.apple.com/au> >> Loads lightening fast on my MacBook Pro using Safari 4. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo >> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB >> OS X 10.5.7 >> >> >> On 09/06/2009, at 3:54 PM, Tony Cockbain wrote: >> >>> I can get <apple.com/au/> but when I click on 'Store', Safari 4 quits. I >>> have no trouble in getting to Store with Firefox. >>> >>> Tony Cockbain >>> Editor >>> Australian Journal of Earth Sciences >>> PO Box 8114 Angelo Street >>> South Perth WA 6151 >>> Australia >>> Tel 08 9367 7037 (61 8 9367 7037) >>> Mobile 0439 690 947 >>> geoe...@arach.net.au >>> >>> "Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion" [Francis >>> Bacon] >>> "The Great Tragedy of Science — the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by >>> an ugly fact" [Thomas Huxley] > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
