[Rodney King]

Hmm.. I thought Apple software didn’t have bugs.

[big'ol_freeper]

Pfft. Ok.

[Disturbin]

“Larholm agreed. “Given that Apple has had a lousy track record with security on OS X, in addition to a hostile attitude towards security researchers, a lot of people are expecting to see quite a number of vulnerabilities targeted towards this new Windows browser.””

The popular attitude of some pro-Mac folks is that there are no security risks associated with Macs.

[Liberty Valance]

"...in the Windows version of Safari Apple"

That explains that.

[SolitaryMan]

I found this on PC mag this morning and tried to post it here, but FR will not allow PC Mag content on the web site.

I installed Safari on my Vista desktop and XP laptop the day it was released. I’m using Safari right now on my laptop, nice program, but not nearly as customizable as IE or Firefox. I had to uninstall it from my Vista machine as it would not display any text in the title bar, address bar, drop down menus or even on the web page. definitely buggy.

[Star Traveler]

That’s why they call it a beta version.

I won’t be getting it until it goes final and probably, also, one revision past final. Then it will be stable and holes will be plugged.

Windows hasn’t had a Safari browser before and thus it will always have bugs when it’s first worked out in a new OS environment (i.e., Windows).

It’s going to be necessary for Safari on Windows because of Safari being necessary for the iPhone and how developers will be able to work with iPhone. Thus, they are coming out with it now, to get ready for it.

It’s not just going to be Apple Macintosh people who get iPhones, but Windows people who get it, too.

Regards,
Star Traveler

[snarks_when_bored]

Safari loads faster than Firefox, but each time it starts it insists on trying to connect to this or that IP number. No program should try to connect to the internet without asking the user whether it's okay to do so.

Also, the tab text and status bar text are too small and don't seem to be scalable. And the gray background color of the tab bar and the status bar is too dark.

[ken5050]

I skimmed the headline..initially I thought it was about mutant tse-tse flies infecting tourists on photo-safaris in Africa..

[Oystir]

I have access to the apple version of safari and I tried the windows version the other day. I don’t find it all that intuitive and the claim that it is faster than explorer seems dubious - on some pages it is very, very slow.

[SmoothTalker]

Isn’t this a beta and not an actual supported release? You expect a lot more bugs in betas. I’m sure they will be gone for the real version.

[goldstategop]

Apple released an update this morning that should resolve the issues that have come to light.

[Swordmaker]

8 bugs found in Beta Safari 3.0... PING!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[drlevy88]

Danish researcher Thor Larholm wrapped up Safari's opening day with the most damaging disclosure of all: a remote execution vulnerability accompanied by proof-of-concept exploit code. That code -- Windows Safari users can click here for a demo -- could be used to hijack the PC, said Larholm, who plucked the vulnerability from the browser and built the exploit in just two hours.

Do these browsers run as root? If so that's the fundamental problem.

[Tribune7]

Larholm agreed. "Given that Apple has had a lousy track record with security on OS X . . .

He's living on Bizarro world were 0 virii = bad security.