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Safari beta for Windows gets security & feature updates

For those of you running Safari on Windows... yes, we see you there in the back, howzitgoin? The 3.0.4 security update version of SfW is now available, featuring the bundle of new features and stability/performance improvements already available in 3.0.4 (yay for keyboard shortcuts & horizontal mouse wheel scrolling) plus a new fix for one security flaw, a bit of a doozie: a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could have opened the browser and the host machine to attack. See the Apple site for the full feature lists.

If you're running Safari on XP or Vista, we'd love to hear about it; in particular, why? Better security and performance? Less trouble than Firefox, less hackable than IE? Testing sites for Mac or iPhone users? Speak up, the Internet is listening.

Update: Clarification, the security update is the new part of Safari, the 3.0.4 feature updates were already in the previous build.


Changes in Safari 3.0.4 for Windows beta via apple.com:

  • Latest security updates

  • Improved stability

  • Improved compatibility

  • Improved JavaScript and application launch performance

  • Resize windows from any side

  • New keyboard shortcuts

  • Additional font smoothing option

  • International text input methods

  • Advanced text (contextual forms, international scripts)

  • NTLM support

  • PAC file auto-detection

  • FTP directory listings

  • Link to proxy settings from Safari (Safari respects the proxy settings in the Windows Internet control panel)

  • Cookie management

  • LiveConnect support

  • Tooltips

  • Spell checking

  • Printing page numbers, titles, margins

  • For detailed information on this update, please visit Apple's Safari 3 page