Safari : Java Glossary

2008-11-27 by Roedy Green ©1996-2009 Canadian Mind Products
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Apple’s browser than is four times faster than Internet Explorer at rendering web pages. It is a stripped down browser with few configuring options. It would be best suited to a novice. The current version is 3.2.1 Last revised: 2008-11-27 Verified: 2008-11-27, and works on both Macs and PCs. You can download it free. Safari gives you simple tools to zoom in and out to correct too small or too big typo on website. Safari gives you only a handful of preferences options. Firefox 3.0.5, Sea Monkey 1.1.14, Safari 3.2.1, Flock 2.0.3, Chrome 1.0.154.36 and Opera 9.63 all have a “bug”. They will not render <col class="xxxx">s correctly. Avant 11.7, IE 8.0.6001.18241 beta 2 and IE 7.0.6000 render it correctly. The Opera people say this is a feature not a bug. The language lawyers claim the W3 spec says that the browser is supposed to ignore the color attribute from the <col class. Logically, I think the <col styles should apply to the entire column, but not to <th rows. In addition Firefox, Sea Monkey, Safari and flock also ignore the <col align attribute. Opera and IE render it properly. Last revised: 2008-12-23

Note how Safari sometimes does not render the lime green bread crumb pointer at the top of each page correctly. It truncates the text. Hitting reload seems to fix it.
Safari does not have skins. You cannot modify its appearance or colour scheme in any way.
Safari under XP does not display arrow characters correctly, even when it has the necessary fonts.
Safari downloads often appear not to work. The problem is the download dialog window is hidden. If you aren’t careful you will get dozens of downloads of the same file going at once. It does not warn you.
Safari downloads don’t by default let you chose where to keep them.
Safari does not automatically upgrade or even have button to let you check for updates. However, it is in beta, so that is not unusual.

Safari also refers O’Reilly Books online book division. You can pay to read their books online. This is quite a bit cheaper than purchasing paper books.

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