> The new browsers depend on the operating system for some functions. If > the OS can't supply those functions the browser breaks. To make the new > browser work in the old OS they would have to build the missing functions > into the browser. ******************
Apple hasn't ever released Safari separately from the operating system; it's kind of like built-in furniture. New system, new browser that takes advantage of the new bells and whistles. That's just the way they do it. That having been said, you can extract Safari from the OS X installer disc using "Pacifist", available on Version Tracker, or you can do a custom install of Safari from the CD with the OS on it. In addition, you can get Safari 3.3 Beta on Version Tracker (which works in 10.4). Maybe I missed it, but I don't know why it's so important to get the new Safari (when you don't have Leopard). Is it really that much more desirable than Firefox (or iCab, or Camino)? I'm still using some nice antique browsers I downloaded from a site in New Zealand (or elsewhere in the antipodes--I forget exactly where), when I'm on a computer with Os 9. Most of the time, they work as well as the latest Firefox on OS X; especially since most problems in accessing websites are caused by factors other than the browser you're using. --Constance Warner ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
