New Safari Seeds Continue Performance Improvements, Bug Fixes

MacRumors · Mar 1, 2008, 12:57 AM

According to sources Apple has released a Safari seed to developers that promises a "significant" amount of bug and performance fixes regarding the following areas:

- large plaintext pastes
- photo uploading to auction websites
- Handling of "unsafe" Javascript
- Writing direction shortcuts

The seed build numbers are 9B4021 for Leopard, 8S4021 for Tiger, and 31A15 for Windows.

Evidence has recently been surfacing that Apple is planning to bring a host of performance improvements to Safari. An earlier Safari beta appears to have incorporated recent rendering improvements to WebKit.

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Stridder44 · Mar 1, 2008, 12:59 AM

Good it needs it.

tba03 · Mar 1, 2008, 01:01 AM

so safari will really feel snappier!

quigleybc · Mar 1, 2008, 01:05 AM

i like safari seed

Whistleway · Mar 1, 2008, 01:07 AM

Safari is the worst software on OS X next to the finder.

It needs a lot of love..

MacFly123 · Mar 1, 2008, 01:08 AM

I am a Safari fan and take some heat for it sometimes. I was under the impression that it was very secure but now these anti-fishing things that are being reported are a little troubling. You going to take care of that stuff too Apple???

sk8monkey · Mar 1, 2008, 01:09 AM

thats handy, but doesnt really effect me.. yet..

i get my mac on thursday!!!

applefan69 · Mar 1, 2008, 01:11 AM

whats with hate towards safari?

Safari starts up WAY WAY faster then firefox, and safari loads pages just as fast, or in some cass faster then firefox.

In features department all firefox has over safari is plugins and skins. But i can live without those, so why all the hate against safari? i use it every day.

KingYaba · Mar 1, 2008, 01:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tba03

so safari will really feel snappier!

People need to stop saying this.

lostfan916 · Mar 1, 2008, 01:19 AM

Yay it's on the Dev Connection site.

Downloading......

Stridder44 · Mar 1, 2008, 01:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by applefan69

whats with hate towards safari?

Safari starts up WAY WAY faster then firefox, and safari loads pages just as fast, or in some cass faster then firefox.

In features department all firefox has over safari is plugins and skins. But i can live without those, so why all the hate against safari? i use it every day.

That doesn't mean it isn't laced with bugs that need fixing.

stoutboy1 · Mar 1, 2008, 01:27 AM

Safari is fast, fast at crashing that is... I hope their next release is a lot more stable.

lostfan916 · Mar 1, 2008, 01:27 AM

It IS snappier!

iJesus · Mar 1, 2008, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lostfan916

Yay it's on the Dev Connection site.

Downloading......

shhhh, you're not supposed to say anything!!!!!!!

Quote:

Pre-release software is Apple confidential information. Your unauthorized distribution of pre–release software or disclosure of information relating to pre–release software (including the posting of screen shots) may subject you to both civil and criminal liability and result in immediate termination of your ADC Membership.

lostfan916 · Mar 1, 2008, 01:29 AM

I didn't disclose info! I just said I was downloading... for all you know I could've meant pr0n.

And my snappier comment could be describing firefox.

kennethkao · Mar 1, 2008, 01:30 AM

I've benchmarked the Safari 9B4021 for Leopard on an iMac Core 2 Duo 2.2GHZ using Sunspider Javascript.

The result is 3098.6ms +/- 0.2%
which is faster than the last bulid.

iJesus · 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lostfan916

I didn't disclose info! I just said I was downloading... for all you know I could've meant pr0n.

And my snappier comment could be describing firefox.

About 169 MB of it!

The latest webkit build feels a lot snappier to me though

=)

queshy · Mar 1, 2008, 01:54 AM

How many times snappier will it be?

NEENAHBOY · Mar 1, 2008, 01:55 AM

I'm a tad confused. The OP seems to indicate that they're ramping towards a release, but aren't Safari updates part of OS X point updates, meaning we'd have to wait quite a while for 10.5.3 before we feel the love?

Beric · Mar 1, 2008, 01:55 AM

Could someone tell me the story behind the "snappier safari" joke? I hear it all the time, and use it myself, but I wanted to know what it was from.

Anyway, I look forward to a better safari. I was telling a guy the other day how good Safari is, and how it's so much better than Microsoft's browser, but I forgot it's name, Internet Explorer, it's been so long since I've used Internet Explorer. Safari is such a great browser.

dejo · Mar 1, 2008, 02:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NEENAHBOY

...but aren't Safari updates part of OS X point updates...

Not necessarily.

bdkennedy1 · Mar 1, 2008, 02:00 AM

I'm going to have to disagree. My web pages load instantly on Firefox and Safari has to "think" about it on my 10mbps connection.

Quote:

Originally Posted by applefan69

whats with hate towards safari?

Safari starts up WAY WAY faster then firefox, and safari loads pages just as fast, or in some cass faster then firefox.

In features department all firefox has over safari is plugins and skins. But i can live without those, so why all the hate against safari? i use it every day.

sanmarcos · Mar 1, 2008, 02:03 AM

You can now double click the tab bar to open a new tab

dejo · Mar 1, 2008, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sanmarcos

You can now double click the tab bar to open a new tab

lostfan916 might not be violating their NDA but somebody is...

QuarterSwede · Mar 1, 2008, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sanmarcos

You can now double click the tab bar to open a new tab

You can do that in the current build (3.0.4). Useless feature in my opinion (just Cmd+L then type address then Cmd+Enter).

Mar 1, 2008, 12:57 AM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	New Safari Seeds Continue Performance Improvements, Bug Fixes According to sources Apple has released a Safari seed to developers that promises a "significant" amount of bug and performance fixes regarding the following areas: - large plaintext pastes - photo uploading to auction websites - Handling of "unsafe" Javascript - Writing direction shortcuts The seed build numbers are 9B4021 for Leopard, 8S4021 for Tiger, and 31A15 for Windows. Evidence has recently been surfacing that Apple is planning to bring a host of performance improvements to Safari. An earlier Safari beta appears to have incorporated recent rendering improvements to WebKit. Article Link

Mar 1, 2008, 12:59 AM	#2
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MacFly123 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Dec 2006	I am a Safari fan and take some heat for it sometimes. I was under the impression that it was very secure but now these anti-fishing things that are being reported are a little troubling. You going to take care of that stuff too Apple??? __________________ - Steve Jobs' best friend!

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Mar 1, 2008, 01:01 AM	#3
tba03 macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2007	so safari will really feel snappier!

Mar 1, 2008, 01:07 AM	#5
Whistleway macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2005	Safari is the worst software on OS X next to the finder. It needs a lot of love..

Mar 1, 2008, 01:11 AM	#8
applefan69 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2007	whats with hate towards safari? Safari starts up WAY WAY faster then firefox, and safari loads pages just as fast, or in some cass faster then firefox. In features department all firefox has over safari is plugins and skins. But i can live without those, so why all the hate against safari? i use it every day.

Mar 1, 2008, 01:19 AM	#10
lostfan916 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NorCal	Yay it's on the Dev Connection site. Downloading...... __________________ Santa Rosa Macbook - iPhone 3G White - 500GB Time Capsule Flickr - Twitter

Mar 1, 2008, 01:27 AM	#12
stoutboy1 macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2007	Safari is fast, fast at crashing that is... I hope their next release is a lot more stable.

Mar 1, 2008, 01:27 AM	#13
lostfan916 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NorCal	It IS snappier! __________________ Santa Rosa Macbook - iPhone 3G White - 500GB Time Capsule Flickr - Twitter

Mar 1, 2008, 01:29 AM	#15
lostfan916 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NorCal	I didn't disclose info! I just said I was downloading... for all you know I could've meant pr0n. And my snappier comment could be describing firefox. __________________ Santa Rosa Macbook - iPhone 3G White - 500GB Time Capsule Flickr - Twitter

Mar 1, 2008, 01:30 AM	#16
kennethkao macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2008	I've benchmarked the Safari 9B4021 for Leopard on an iMac Core 2 Duo 2.2GHZ using Sunspider Javascript. The result is 3098.6ms +/- 0.2% which is faster than the last bulid.

Mar 1, 2008, 01:54 AM	#18
queshy macrumors 68040 Join Date: Apr 2005	How many times snappier will it be? __________________ "I always feel sorry for the guy in the iPhone commercials. He always gets a call right in the middle of trying to do something" (one1).

Mar 1, 2008, 01:55 AM	#19
NEENAHBOY macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Chicago, IL	I'm a tad confused. The OP seems to indicate that they're ramping towards a release, but aren't Safari updates part of OS X point updates, meaning we'd have to wait quite a while for 10.5.3 before we feel the love?

Mar 1, 2008, 01:55 AM	#20
Beric macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jan 2008	Could someone tell me the story behind the "snappier safari" joke? I hear it all the time, and use it myself, but I wanted to know what it was from. Anyway, I look forward to a better safari. I was telling a guy the other day how good Safari is, and how it's so much better than Microsoft's browser, but I forgot it's name, Internet Explorer, it's been so long since I've used Internet Explorer. Safari is such a great browser.

Mar 1, 2008, 02:03 AM	#23
sanmarcos macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2007	You can now double click the tab bar to open a new tab

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