Re : [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-20 Thread Pierre-Henri Lavigne
MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] À : wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Envoyé le : mardi 12 juin 2007, 04 h 21 min 05 s Objet : Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows I recommend it to all those developers that are stuck in a Windows environment - I have already fixed a few bugs I would have had to use my bosses Mac to find

Re: Re : [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-20 Thread Sander Aarts
Pierre-Henri Lavigne schreef: The staff members of your enterprise in charge of selling services / web sites can use the following text as an argument to not support IE Mac: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/internetexplorer/internetexplorer.aspx?pid=internetexplorer They only recommend

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-14 Thread Rob Crowther
Apple have released a new beta version with security patches: http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce//2007/Jun/msg0.html Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread James Ellis
Hi Come October or thereabouts there will be another KHTML browser in the form of Konquerer 4 on Windows. All good news for implementing web standards. Now I don't have to buy a Mac... Cheers James On 6/12/07, Geoff Pack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This will be interesting... Safari 3 Public

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Christian Montoya
On 6/11/07, Geoff Pack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Ellis wrote: Now I don't have to buy a Mac... Then how will you test for Safari 1, 2, IE 5 Mac, etc? By posting to the Web Standards Group mailing list (with the subject line, Mac test please). -- -- Christian Montoya

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Alastair Campbell
On 6/12/07, Gary Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know its beta, but at least apple could have a link to an online bug reporter.. Wasp posted this: http://webkit.org/quality/reporting.html From the sounds of it, they may get a few entries... -Alastair

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Rob Crowther
Gary Barber wrote: Main problem I have with safari is on win xp sp2 none of the fonts it wants to use render at all. Makes life very interesting. I'm getting the same thing - no fonts render at all, including those that are part of the chrome, so I can't even type in any URLs... Pressing

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Simon Moss
I've just downloaded Safari 3.0 (522.11.3) and I'm running it on Win XP Pro SP2 and have to say I haven't experienced any problems so far (touch wood). The fonts are fine, and I even used the bug report button - it took a long time, but didn't crash as others are reporting. FWIW I have

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Rob Crowther
Simon Moss wrote: FWIW I have been running iTunes and Quicktime on this machine - I wonder if that has anything to do with it? I have Quicktime (which I've tried updating) but not iTunes. I also have Swift (open source webkit based browser) installed which may be upsetting things. I have

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Roberto Gorjão
Well, I have quicktime and iTunes. I don't have Swift. I still got all the reported problems in my Win XP SP2: no fonts and crashing bug button. And no, deleting the two .ttf files didn't solve it. Roberto - Rob Crowther wrote: Simon Moss wrote: FWIW I have been running

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Marko Mihelcic
I have to say that I have the same issue as Roberto, shame about safari looks like more of a alpha then beta.. On 12/06/07, Roberto Gorjão [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I have quicktime and iTunes. I don't have Swift. I still got all the reported problems in my Win XP SP2: no fonts and

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Tony Crockford
James Leslie wrote: Just to add to the confusion... I have winXP SP2 with quicktime installed (previously, not as part of the safari install) and am having no problems at all with it. Fonts all seem to render nicely, even the bug button brings up a bug reporting page for me directly. Me

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Frederick Matzen
Doesn't work for me either and it gets stuck using 50% of CPU. Back to Firefox... Frederick On 6/12/07, Tony Crockford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Leslie wrote: Just to add to the confusion... I have winXP SP2 with quicktime installed (previously, not as part of the safari install) and

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Sagnik Dey
The Safari on Win XP is running smoothly on my machine -Sagnik On 6/12/07, Frederick Matzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't work for me either and it gets stuck using 50% of CPU. Back to Firefox... Frederick On 6/12/07, Tony Crockford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Leslie wrote:

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Tim Palac
Downloaded this even though the others at my office were scared to. Did some testing and seems to function very well, no crashing. Enjoy having the extra Apple feel on my PC :) Worth noting that Gmail ran about 5 times faster when loading emails than Firefox or IE, my guess is that the Ajax

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Rob Crowther
Roberto Gorjão wrote: Well, I have quicktime and iTunes. I don't have Swift. I still got all the reported problems in my Win XP SP2: no fonts and crashing bug button. And no, deleting the two .ttf files didn't solve it. I think I've found most of the solution now, following reading this

RE: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Paul Bennett
Then how will you test for ... IE 5 Mac Like the rest of us - he won't :) *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Lucien Stals
I haven't had any trouble with it either. Lucien Stals [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sagnik Dey [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13/06/07 12:59 AM The Safari on Win XP is running smoothly on my machine -Sagnik On 6/12/07, Frederick Matzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't work for me either and it gets stuck using

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-12 Thread Gary Barber
Rob I suspect you are onto something. I too have a very large number of fonts. problem is if you don't have a good Font.plis to copy from. -- Gary Barber Blog - http:/manwithnoblog.com Rob Crowther wrote: Roberto Gorjão wrote: Well, I have quicktime and iTunes. I don't have Swift. I

[WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Geoff Pack
This will be interesting... Safari 3 Public Beta: http://www.apple.com/safari/ == The information contained in this email and any attachment is confidential and may contain legally privileged or copyright

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread John Faulds
Just left a comment about this on 456 Berea St - seems to be working OK for me although other Windows users seem to find it pretty much unusable. On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:26:24 +1000, Geoff Pack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This will be interesting... Safari 3 Public Beta:

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Karl Lurman
I recommend it to all those developers that are stuck in a Windows environment - I have already fixed a few bugs I would have had to use my bosses Mac to find! My only concern is that at the moment, I can get away with It might not look 100% in Safari, but it still works... With Safari on

RE: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Bryan GARNETT-LAW
I've just tried installing on XP SP2, behind a firewall, as soon as I enter authentication details it crashes. Yet at home on Vista it installed and worked fine. Perhaps firewall support is buggy at this stage. Bryan This e-mail is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Michael MD
I recommend it to all those developers that are stuck in a Windows environment - I have already fixed a few bugs I would have had to use my bosses Mac to find! My only concern is that at the moment, I can get away with It might not look 100% in Safari, but it still works... With Safari on

RE: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Paul Bennett
a friend called me on the weekend and said he can't find anything newer than IE5 for OS9 but won't upgrade to OSX because it would be way too slow on his G3. (and he doesn't have the money to buy a new machine) now that is something to think about! Ah, nothing like a good bit of hardware

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Lucien Stals
-- Lucien Stals Multimedia/Web Developer Academic Development and Support Swinburne University of Technology PO Box 218 Hawthorn, 3122, Australia email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] telephone: +61 3 9214 4474 office: AD223 On 12/06/2007 at 12:21 pm, Michael MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: iPhone might

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Cameron Singe
I normally use the university macs for testing, the scary thing is they still have IE 5.5 as the default browser *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

RE: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Philip Kiff
Michael MD wrote: Speaking of Mac browsers - a friend called me on the weekend and said he can't find anything newer than IE5 for OS9 but won't upgrade to OSX because it would be way too slow on his G3. (and he doesn't have the money to buy a new machine) now that is something to think

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Gary Barber
Main problem I have with safari is on win xp sp2 none of the fonts it wants to use render at all. Makes life very interesting. It would be nice if there was a way of reporting the bugs you get. At present there appears not to be a way of doing this. Its fine on the Mac -- Gary Barber Blog -

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Jake Badger
On the tool bar there is a big bug button, try that. :) Jake On 12/6/2007, Gary Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Main problem I have with safari is on win xp sp2 none of the fonts it wants to use render at all. Makes life very interesting. It would be nice if there was a way of reporting the

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Felix Miata
On 2007/06/12 12:21 (GMT+1000) Michael MD apparently typed: http://www.apple.com/safari/ Speaking of Mac browsers - a friend called me on the weekend and said he can't find anything newer than IE5 for OS9 but won't upgrade to OSX because it would be way too slow on his G3. (and he doesn't

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Nick Gleitzman
Michael MD wrote: Speaking of Mac browsers - a friend called me on the weekend and said he can't find anything newer than IE5 for OS9 but won't upgrade to OSX because it would be way too slow on his G3. (and he doesn't have the money to buy a new machine) now that is something to think

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Felix Miata
On 2007/06/12 14:40 (GMT+1000) Nick Gleitzman apparently typed: Felix Miata wrote: If all you use it for is running Safari or IE5 or Camino, a G3 is way more than plenty fast enough to run OS X. Yes, but Michael didn't say his friend was 'just' looking to use a browser. I got the

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Gary Barber
Press that and it hangs.. a bug activating a bug reporting tool, sweet! I know its beta, but at least apple could have a link to an online bug reporter.. -- Gary Barber Blog - http:/manwithnoblog.com Jake Badger wrote: On the tool bar there is a big bug button, try that. :) Jake On

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Jake Badger
It took a while, but it worked for me. Not that I'm claiming it's not buggy as anything. On 12/6/2007, Gary Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Press that and it hangs.. a bug activating a bug reporting tool, sweet! I know its beta, but at least apple could have a link to an online bug reporter..

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Karl Lurman
iPhone might be a different thing altogether .. just because a page renders nicely in Safari on a desktop machine doesn't necessarely mean it is going to be very usable on a tiny screen! (I haven't yet seen an iPhone but I assume the screen would be small like a mobile phone screen...?) Point

Re: [WSG] Safari now on Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Michael MD
Speaks volumes for the longevity of Macs, if you ask me. It's equivalent to saying, 'I can only run IE 4.x because I only have a 386 (486? What do I know?) processor and Win 95.' Or whatever. win95 on a 386 - forget it! you are probably talking about win3.1 :-) I had a 386 in the early