Hey Guys,
It may come to you guys as an old news, but here it is. Apple's very own browser, Safari's beta refresh is released with version 3.0.4. Version 3.0.3 was given with Digit DVD this month. The last version had very high memory usage, and perhaps on my system only, crashed every here and there. Although i didn't liked it much but its response time is very good. On my Vista system, it open websites atleast 2.5x faster then IE and Maxthon and atleast 1.5x times Firefox. I dont use Opera for some personal dislikes.
But i am very much pleased with this latest release. Crashes are reduced very much and it is running quiet stably for last 2 days with about 2.5 hours of browsing 2 times a day without closing it, ie. i hibernated my system. Speed is as good as previous one. Memory usage has been reduced considerably. Its using between 52 to 68 MB normally, although sometimes it still goes as high as 138MB!!! but this comes to normal after sometime. I guess this department needs some more thought by Apple engineers.
Although untill now, i preferred Maxthon very much coz of its small install base (as IE is already installed
) and ggod features including skin support. But this one looks more asthetically pleasing to me and i have started to love it. Its hinting technology for ClearType kind of text is quiet easy on eyes.
This is for the first time i am having these kind of feelings for an Apple product
Just kidding, Apple's a great company making products with a difference, although i am also very pleased with my Vista Ultimate SP1 RC.Personal choice, i guess.
Here is the official ChangeLog:
New features
-Allows windows to be resized from any side
-Includes an additional font smoothing option ("standard")
-Adds International text input methods
-Adds advanced text options (contextual forms, international scripts)
-Supports NTLM
-Includes auto-detection of PAC files
-Supports listing FTP directories
-Links to proxy settings from Safari (Safari respects the proxy settings in the ---Windows Internet control panel)
-Adds cookie management
-Adds LiveConnect support
-Includes tooltips
-Adds spell checking and grammar checking
-Allows printing of page numbers, titles, margins
-Improves bookmark collection interface
-Maintains original order of imported bookmarks
-Adds an interface for editing AutoFill information
-History searches now search the full text of visited websites
-Adds a new preference to manually mark RSS articles as read
-Includes support for tilt wheels
New keyboard shortcuts added
-Alt-Enter in the Address field opens the same page in new background tab
-Alt-Shift-Enter in the Address field opens the same page in new foreground tab
-Ctrl-Enter in the Search field opens search results in new window
-Alt-Enter in the Search field opens search results in new background tab
-Alt-Shift-Enter in the Search field opens search results in new foreground tab
-Ctrl-Enter for (www/com) completion in the URL bar
-F6 to switch between the content area and URL bar
-Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab to navigate between tabs
-Backspace and Shift-Backspace to go back/forward between Web pages
-Ctrl-F4 to close a tab
-Ctrl-E to focus the search field
-Windows-M to minimize
-Ctrl-mouse wheel to zoom
-Shift-mouse wheel to scroll horizontally
Stability
-Improves application stability
-Compatibility
-Increases standards and site compatibility
Performance
-Improves JavaScript performance
-Improves application launch performance
Security
-For information about the security content of this update, visit *docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307225
-Allows you to clicking the lock icon to see detailed information about a site's certificate
Download it from here: *www.apple.com/safari/download/
It may come to you guys as an old news, but here it is. Apple's very own browser, Safari's beta refresh is released with version 3.0.4. Version 3.0.3 was given with Digit DVD this month. The last version had very high memory usage, and perhaps on my system only, crashed every here and there. Although i didn't liked it much but its response time is very good. On my Vista system, it open websites atleast 2.5x faster then IE and Maxthon and atleast 1.5x times Firefox. I dont use Opera for some personal dislikes.
But i am very much pleased with this latest release. Crashes are reduced very much and it is running quiet stably for last 2 days with about 2.5 hours of browsing 2 times a day without closing it, ie. i hibernated my system. Speed is as good as previous one. Memory usage has been reduced considerably. Its using between 52 to 68 MB normally, although sometimes it still goes as high as 138MB!!! but this comes to normal after sometime. I guess this department needs some more thought by Apple engineers.
Although untill now, i preferred Maxthon very much coz of its small install base (as IE is already installed
) and ggod features including skin support. But this one looks more asthetically pleasing to me and i have started to love it. Its hinting technology for ClearType kind of text is quiet easy on eyes.This is for the first time i am having these kind of feelings for an Apple product
Just kidding, Apple's a great company making products with a difference, although i am also very pleased with my Vista Ultimate SP1 RC.Personal choice, i guess. Here is the official ChangeLog:
New features
-Allows windows to be resized from any side
-Includes an additional font smoothing option ("standard")
-Adds International text input methods
-Adds advanced text options (contextual forms, international scripts)
-Supports NTLM
-Includes auto-detection of PAC files
-Supports listing FTP directories
-Links to proxy settings from Safari (Safari respects the proxy settings in the ---Windows Internet control panel)
-Adds cookie management
-Adds LiveConnect support
-Includes tooltips
-Adds spell checking and grammar checking
-Allows printing of page numbers, titles, margins
-Improves bookmark collection interface
-Maintains original order of imported bookmarks
-Adds an interface for editing AutoFill information
-History searches now search the full text of visited websites
-Adds a new preference to manually mark RSS articles as read
-Includes support for tilt wheels
New keyboard shortcuts added
-Alt-Enter in the Address field opens the same page in new background tab
-Alt-Shift-Enter in the Address field opens the same page in new foreground tab
-Ctrl-Enter in the Search field opens search results in new window
-Alt-Enter in the Search field opens search results in new background tab
-Alt-Shift-Enter in the Search field opens search results in new foreground tab
-Ctrl-Enter for (www/com) completion in the URL bar
-F6 to switch between the content area and URL bar
-Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab to navigate between tabs
-Backspace and Shift-Backspace to go back/forward between Web pages
-Ctrl-F4 to close a tab
-Ctrl-E to focus the search field
-Windows-M to minimize
-Ctrl-mouse wheel to zoom
-Shift-mouse wheel to scroll horizontally
Stability
-Improves application stability
-Compatibility
-Increases standards and site compatibility
Performance
-Improves JavaScript performance
-Improves application launch performance
Security
-For information about the security content of this update, visit *docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307225
-Allows you to clicking the lock icon to see detailed information about a site's certificate
Download it from here: *www.apple.com/safari/download/
chances of some malware et al affected!
