How Good is Safari

[lancer1993]

I downloaded the original beta and I think it killed my system, it was either Safari or Nortons.

I ended up with no modem, Nortons would not work, Classic would not load. I had to spend 2 days to do a fresh install. I now have a backup copy of OS X done with Carbon Copy Cloner.

I have read about other who had problems. With the latest Beta have the big bugs been fixed?

[hulkaros]

Originally posted by lancer1993
I downloaded the original beta and I think it killed my system, it was either Safari or Nortons.

I ended up with no modem, Nortons would not work, Classic would not load. I had to spend 2 days to do a fresh install. I now have a backup copy of OS X done with Carbon Copy Cloner.

I have read about other who had problems. With the latest Beta have the big bugs been fixed?

Probably it was Norton that shot the Sheriff ahem I mean your Mac

Seriously some people had issues with the first public beta of Safari but with the next versions so far I never heard, read or let alone see a problem occur with Safari...

However, with Mr.Norton it is a whole different story

Safari IS good as of now and it can only become A LOT better if not the best browser for Mac

[edX]

yea, what hulkaros said.

[Gregita]

Forgive me for saying so, but something has to cause a crash....You don't just download a beta...and poof everything disappears....There has to be more to the story. Did your system crash while you were using Safari? Perhaps you could submit a bug to Apple if Safari was really what caused it. And, another thing, if you don't know if Norton or Safari caused it, why automatically assume it is Apple's fault? They always warn you when you download beta software that it could cause problems, but I have never had any...and believe me I have tested plenty of AOL betas in my time...If anything could crash OS X, AOL could hehe...

[twister]

Just wondering why you downloaded the original beta? From what i've heard, people had some major issues with the very first release. Then they came out with a fix, and then they came out with v60. I, personally have never had any issues with any. However I am afraid of Norton and any software like that. Not sure why but I don't touch it.

I hope your got things fixed though.

[Giaguara]

The second release came out, if I remember right, like 2 or 3 days after the first.

But with the current publicly released I've had one kernel panic. I imagine Norton makes more probably damage than Safari though.

[fryke]

Yup, just forget about Norton. It's better for your health and that of your computer. :P

Safari has been very stable for me in version 1.0v60 (the second public beta). However, MacCentral seems to have found a way how to disable popup-blocking in Safari. Sometimes, not always, the feature is suddenly turned off when visiting MacCentral, and up pops its ad-window. After that, I have to turn off popups again. Too bad... I hope Apple will adapt here, or I will have to get MacCentral's news through /. exclusively...

[twister]

I get no pop-up ads at MacCentral