Safari was essential during the period when IE stopped development on the Mac, and before Firefox (formerly Firebird, formerly Phoenix) matured. It is also necessary, as it provides an API that other OS X applications can use to display web-type content. That's not something Firefox shares with the rest of the OS. (And Safari requires a smaller memory footprint, which it manages better than Firefox does.)
Most of the problems you complain about have been fixed in the WebKit repository--the trouble is Apple has not released it as a "forced" update to Safari. Speculation in prior threads on this list is that the updates will come with the new major release of OS X. TAG On Feb 1, 2007, at 12:17 PM, Colin Mollenhour wrote: > >> I don't know about this particular case, but I see Safari crash >> all the time >> when handling JS. Not just hang or error, etc. But hard crash. >> > Man I know I'm going to get flamed for this, but that is *lame*!! > I remember one of my professors always trying to use Safari in- > class on the projector and it would occasionally crash for > seemingly no reason... Is there really any reason at all for Safari > to exist? What is wrong with Firefox on Mac? I mean at least there > is an *excuse* for IE existing, but thanks a lot Apple for throwing > another browser into the mix. I can't fault them for that alone, > but since it is an Apple product, every Mac-lover insists on using > it. I can't complain about FF coming along because it kicks ass in > all respects, but seriously, what is the deal with Safari? And > everyone hates Internet Explorer and it's users... go figure... > > Web Developer Aptitude Test question: > Internet Explorer 5.5 is to Microsoft as ____ is to Apple. > a. iPod > b. Banana > c. Safari > d. Steve Jobs > > Bring it! > Colin > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
