I am using tenfourfox and it's pretty good. Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 16, 2011, at 0:07, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm rather disappointed with Charles Moore's latest article (yesterday) on > LEM. > >> <http://lowendmac.com/misc/11mr/safari-4.1.3-for-tiger.html> >> >> Safari 4.1.3 for Tiger: Fast, but Not Perfect >> >> Charles Moore - 2011.03.15 >> >> Apple takes a lot of stick from users of older Mac hardware for dropping >> support for their machines from later versions of the Mac OS - and for older >> Mac OS versions from the latest software. > > Well deserved "stick", IMO. > > [snip] >> However, I want to salute Apple for just releasing one more update of its >> Safari browser for OS X 10.4 users. Version 10.4 is not supported by the >> current Safari (version 5), but along with the latest Safari 5 security >> update release, Apple also issued a Safari 4.1.3 update for us holdout Tiger >> users, and it seems to be a very decent browser - possibly the best left >> among the diminishing handful of up-to-date browsers that still support OS X >> 10.4. > > Folx, can you please double check me on the version of Safari? AFAIK, Apple > has left us Tiger users with our pants hanging open - there just is no > corresponding security update for Tiger, to go with the 9 March 2011 release > of Safari 5.0.4. > > Safari 5.0.4 update: > <http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1070> > > and it references Safari 4.1.3 for Tiger, dated 18 November 2010. > <http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1069> > > [snip] >> until I noticed that there was a lot of hard drive activity going on in the >> background even when I wasn't doing anything. I tried closing tabs. Still no >> joy. >> >> However, quitting Safari 4.1.3 ended the background busy-work Starting up >> Safari caused it to resume. Bummer, that doesn't happen with Opera, OmniWeb, >> or SeaMonkey, all of which I use regularly on the Pismo. > > This has been covered on the LEM lists repeatedly, I believe. Safari is > updating the Top Sites & its site preview images. If you turn off the Top > Sites, that background traffic goes away. > > [snip] >> the need to use an installer and restart the machine after installation >> instead of just dragging the application into the Applications Folder > > Again, covered on the lists: Safari is NOT a self contained app. It is an > app plus a bunch of shared frameworks (WebKit, et al). The only way to > complete the installation of those frameworks is to make everything accessing > them - other apps and system components - let go, which is most cleanly done > with a reboot. Now, if you want, I'm sure Apple could provide a stand-alone > version of Safari. Then you can deal with all the wasted memory from having > non-shared sharable libraries. > > FWIW, > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
