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| DATE | Jul 6, 2008 |
| TICKET | #338058 |
| STATUS | Closed |
| SUBJECT | Safari |
| CAT | Computers, Operating Systems, Applications or Connected Devices |
| TYPE | Operating System Features, Bugs and Problems |
| DESC | Apple |
| DESC | 10.3.X (Panther) |
| PLATFORM | Apple Macintosh (PowerPC G3,G4,G5) |
| MODEL | iMac |
| PROC | 800 MHz |
| RAM | 1 GB SDRAM |
| DRIVE | |
| NAME | Steve |
| USERNAME | sncohenpa |
| TECHNICAL | Little Experience |
| ISSUE | Just Started Looking |
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TICKET ARCHIVE -> Safari
sncohenpa - Jul 6, 2008 - 7:40 pm
I'd like to know what updates, if any, are available for Mac OSX (10.3.9), specifically, for Safari.
Thanx!
Steve
Thanx!
Steve
DeltaMac - Jul 6, 2008 - 7:55 pm
The updates for Safari are available through your Software Updater. The newest version of Safari that can run on your 10.3.9 system, is version 1.3.2
If you would want to upgrade to a newer version of Safari than you have now, you will need to upgrade your OS X version to 10.4.x
Web browsers are moving ahead fairly quickly.
FireFox 3 also requires OS X 10.4 or higher
If you stay with FireFox 2, then OS X 10.3.9 will be good with that...
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
- Dale
If you would want to upgrade to a newer version of Safari than you have now, you will need to upgrade your OS X version to 10.4.x
Web browsers are moving ahead fairly quickly.
FireFox 3 also requires OS X 10.4 or higher
If you stay with FireFox 2, then OS X 10.3.9 will be good with that...
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
- Dale
sncohenpa - Jul 7, 2008 - 6:54 pm
Thanx for your response. I tried to install Safari 1.3.2, but the system said I couldn't make the installation. I'm using 10.3.9, so it should work. What is FireFox? Is it a browser? If so, does it work like Safari?
Steve
Steve
DeltaMac - Jul 7, 2008 - 7:57 pm
Safari is updated through your Software Update pref pane. I'm not aware of a separate download just for Safari version 1.3.2
Which version of Safari do you have now?
FireFox is the most popular web browser on any platform, behind Internet Explorer (which is no longer available in a useful version for OS X)
Safari is a good web browser, and provided by Apple. It is by no means the only good browser available for use in OS X and on your Mac.
Here's a list of some of the browsers that I use from time to time
Safari
FireFox
Camino
OmniWeb
Opera
iCab
SeaMonkey
Mozilla
Shiira
(maybe a dozen others)
Do a search at versiontracker.com for 'web browsers', if you are interested. You would also see the others in the above list, with links to download each one for you to try out, again, if you are interested in trying other web browsers.
All web browsers operate in the same basic fashion.
They use your internet connection to allow you to browse (connect) to your choice of internet sites.
How they display the various internet pages, and how the interface controls appear are the main differences that you would notice. The internal code that helps determine how fast the browser software displays a web page, and the quality of the finished page are where the differences show up, and the main 'bragging' points for the different developers. "Safari is much faster at displaying web pages than any other web browser"
Your actual use, and experiences may be different with different browsers.
Which version of Safari do you have now?
FireFox is the most popular web browser on any platform, behind Internet Explorer (which is no longer available in a useful version for OS X)
Safari is a good web browser, and provided by Apple. It is by no means the only good browser available for use in OS X and on your Mac.
Here's a list of some of the browsers that I use from time to time
Safari
FireFox
Camino
OmniWeb
Opera
iCab
SeaMonkey
Mozilla
Shiira
(maybe a dozen others)
Do a search at versiontracker.com for 'web browsers', if you are interested. You would also see the others in the above list, with links to download each one for you to try out, again, if you are interested in trying other web browsers.
All web browsers operate in the same basic fashion.
They use your internet connection to allow you to browse (connect) to your choice of internet sites.
How they display the various internet pages, and how the interface controls appear are the main differences that you would notice. The internal code that helps determine how fast the browser software displays a web page, and the quality of the finished page are where the differences show up, and the main 'bragging' points for the different developers. "Safari is much faster at displaying web pages than any other web browser"
Your actual use, and experiences may be different with different browsers.
DeltaMac - Jul 7, 2008 - 8:49 pm
One more question - you said you tried Safari version 1.3.2
There is a version 3.1.2 available at the Apple web site, but that version certainly won't work with OS X 10.3.9.
You don't have the numbers reversed, do you? (3.1.2 instead of 1.3.2?)
There are a variety of better browsers, if you were to upgrade to OS X 10.4 or higher.
There is a version 3.1.2 available at the Apple web site, but that version certainly won't work with OS X 10.3.9.
You don't have the numbers reversed, do you? (3.1.2 instead of 1.3.2?)
There are a variety of better browsers, if you were to upgrade to OS X 10.4 or higher.
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