This should be of interest to anyone deploying 7.1. The massive security patch for OS X 10.4 that just came out this week, with 41 overdue patches and updates to bring the OS up to 10.4.11, includes Safari 3.0.4!!! This version of Safari appears to work fine (and FAST) with mid-tier 7.1 - I got a new Incident submitted from the Incident Management Console within 45 seconds of logging in (yes, I used a Template for part of it). Yes, the mid-tier had prefetched ITSM 7 forms into a persistent cache. The only drawback we see to Safari is that unlike FireFox (and IE on Windows), Safari can only set pop-up blocking OFF, or ON. There is no provision to define and store exceptions to pop-up blocking. It still has issues with returning to the Home Page from the Incident Console (the Close button still does not work properly), and with logging out from anywhere in the application (think Floating License left in use), so FireFox 2.0 is still the optimum browser for Mac users.
Christopher Strauss, Ph.D. Call Tracking Administration Manager University of North Texas Computing & IT Center http://itsm.unt.edu/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of strauss > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 2:13 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: OSX 10.5 + Safari + ARS 7.1 = :) > > Ever since the release of OS X 10.5 the IT trade press (eWeek, ZDNet, > etc.,) has been full of reports of security and compatibility > problems, especially with the default installation of the > firewall that replaces the 10.4 firewall. Basically, a system > is much less secure after an upgrade from 10.4, and requires > a lot of obtuse tinkering at the command line to get it > locked back down - something most users will not (or > cannot) do effectively. Also, they are reporting that file > handling has new problems, with data loss during file moves, > and that wireless connectivity is degraded. Basically, worse > problems than we saw with the initial release of Vista except > for compatibility of apps. Most folks here are saying that > they will wait until Apple releases some patches to address > these issues before they will upgrade the machines they > depend on to do work - and these are the hard-core, veteran > Mac users saying it! > > During the 7.1 beta and since we have also seen better > results with FireFox 2.0 than Safari 3.0.3 beta from OS X > 10.4.x against mid-tier 7.1, but have not tried the release > version of Safari 3 - no one has volunteered a system to risk > in an upgrade to 10.5. Before the month is out, I'll have to > upgrade something and test it, but other priorities beckon. > > Christopher Strauss, Ph.D. > Remedy Database Administrator > University of North Texas Computing Center > http://remedy.unt.edu/ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
