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safari???

some of these have been fixed. but of course only microsoft releases software with bugs, right????

Supports HTTP 1.0, not HTTP 1.1

Doesn't accept gzip encoding

No javascript error reporting - doesn't comply with 15.11 ECMAScript specification.

No developer documentation.

Doesn't support application/xhtml+xml
navigator.appVersion is incorrect

Wrong support of css overflow: auto and overflow: scroll

Safari breaks Section 508, Subpart B, Technical Standards by not allowing fully functional keyboard navigation.

Doesn't support HTML Label element. (

Doesn't support javascript select() method on textarea elements.

Doesn't allow browser-based directory browsing.

CSS: hovered elements retain their hovered state.

HTML DOM EMCAScript Bindings: does not support
getElementsByTagName("*") on Node or Document.

CSS: nested Inline elements inherit properties of their nearest block level ancestor.

JavaScript: Does not support number.toString(radix);.

CSS: Incorrect and incosistent handling of percentual heights.
35 posted on 02/16/2003 3:45:44 PM PST by KneelBeforeZod (Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets)
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To: KneelBeforeZod
some of these have been fixed. but of course only microsoft releases software with bugs, right????

Well, it is listed as beta software, and it is free, and it does have a little bug in the upper right hand corner that you click on to report bugs to Apple, so it seems to me that most of us using Safari know that there will be some issues.

Safari is my main browser now, and it crashes a lot less than IE did on either platform. Netscape is, I think, out of the game. For OSX, the new Mozilla Navigator specifically designed for OSX seems to work well. Each of these programs has a popup blocker.

Generally, I think you're better off to use your system resources for attaching to the internet, as opposed to anything like MSN8, AOL, etc.

54 posted on 02/16/2003 7:37:49 PM PST by Richard Kimball
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