On Apr 6, 2009, at 10:48 PM, joe wrote:

> I still think it's the best browser I've used in a while.

Agreed.

> I do have these problems:
> 1)It causes messages in Mail to be half invisible until you select a  
> part of the text

I'm not sure what you're talking about? My Mail.app behaves normally.

> 2)With Webkit, it always reports problems on startup (which I've  
> figured out is the ClickToFlash plug-in that I like a lot, so I  
> don't mind just clicking "continue" whenever I start up).

Webkit nightly builds are completely different than Safari 4 beta.  
Webkit works as a "self-contained" application, it doesn't install a  
new version of webkit or the associated frameworks, but rather  
utilizes copies within it's own Contents package. Safari 4 beta  
actually installs newer versions of webkit and associated shared  
files. This is a big difference. With Webkit nightly you can trash an  
old version and use a new version instantly. With Safari 4, you'd need  
to use an installer, and if you decided to downgrade you'd need to use  
the special "uninstaller", and perhaps even reinstall Safari 3.

Webkit DOES NOT support plugins or extensions like Safari does, so  
you'll ALWAYS get the warning when you start any version of Webkit and  
you have any plugins or extensions such as ClickToFlash.

> 3) When I open a link from a Mail message and I already have Webkit/ 
> Safari opened, it opens a second instance of the application.


This occurs when you have both Safari and Webkit. The problem is a  
preferences issue. You're probably using Webkit, and your preference  
is for Safari as your "default" browser, and when you click ANY link  
(not just from Mail messages, ANY link), the default browser will open  
in addition to the one you're already using. This isn't a good idea to  
run multiple versions of webkit simultaneously. I normally try to  
change my default browser preference to whichever I happen to be using  
to avoid this scenario. If you don't have multiple versions on your  
computer (i.e. Safari & Webkit both) then there's no way to open two  
instances together. If you do, make certain your default browser  
preference is whichever version you're using, or another browser such  
as Firefox, so you can avoid two versions running together.


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