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> Is PC version safe to install? I've grown to be hesitate about what I
> install.
I've had no problems, but one annoyance: Apple's update program. I get a
popup every day or 2 telling me I need to update Safari & Quicktime & a
couple of other Apple programs I can't recall & there's no way (that I've
found) to shut this off.
Garret Mott
Auto-Mate Software www.automatesoftware.com
Northeast DataFlex Consortium www.nedataflex.com
> I've had no problems, but one annoyance
Thanks Garret.
[L]
> Sure. Updates have corrected early release issues. I don't use Safari as
> my default browser (prefer FF) but it's fine for site testing.
Thank you.
[L]
>> Sure. Updates have corrected early release issues. I don't use Safari
>> as
>> my default browser (prefer FF) but it's fine for site testing.
One more question: do websites render identically in Safari, regardless of
whether it's running on a Mac or a PC?
[L]
My understanding is that Safari 3.0 for Win is the same as Safari 3.0 for
Mac. But only Mac OS X Leopard & Tiger users can get Safari 3.0. All
others OSs are stuck with Safari 2.0 which many say is an inferior browser.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles..._0.html&page=3
--Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
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"Leroy Schulz" <mail@frostbytes.ca> wrote in message
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> >> Sure. Updates have corrected early release issues. I don't use Safari
> >> as
> >> my default browser (prefer FF) but it's fine for site testing.
>
> One more question: do websites render identically in Safari, regardless
of
> whether it's running on a Mac or a PC?
>
> [L]
>
>
> My understanding is that Safari 3.0 for Win is the same as Safari 3.0 for
> Mac. But only Mac OS X Leopard & Tiger users can get Safari 3.0. All
> others OSs are stuck with Safari 2.0 which many say is an inferior
> browser.
The download link shows Safari 3 for XP and Vista (though in a public beta
form). Sorry, I must be misunderstanding what you're saying.
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
[L]
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:24:20 -0600, Leroy Schulz wrote:
>> Safari PC does not allow the loading of a local URL (file)
> That's interesting.
BTW - to clarify this (followup on Nancy's post), you CAN copy/paste a
local file URL into the address bar, but you can NOT launch the program and
pass a local file URL.
We ran across this while adding support for it into PageSnip (one of the
cool things about it is that you can return to the URL where a snip was
taken - in the browser of your choice. PageSnip automatically detects and
offers to launch the URL in IE, FireFox, Opera and Safari PC.
> Is PC version safe to install? I've grown to be hesitate about what I
> install.
I've had zero problems with it being installed.
It is a bit of a boring and unintuitive interface (as you might guess - I
am not a Mac person<g>), but I've had no problems as a result of using it
for testing with PageSnip.
;-)
Charles
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:35:46 -0700, Nancy O wrote:
> To test sites locally, I open in default browser, copy and paste url into
> Safari for Windows. It works fine, providing you don't use spaces in your
> url, or if you do, replace those spaces with %20 (which FF does
> automatically).
Your right on that Nancy.
As I replied to Leroy in my other post - our use of it with PageSnip is for
being able to launch the Safari.exe with a URL as a parameter (to return to
where a snip was taken - in the browser of your choice).
It does NOT support that yet, but I've heard rumors at Apple that the next
release may fix that problem.
;-)
Charles
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:42:21 -0400, Garret Mott wrote:
> I've had no problems, but one annoyance: Apple's update program. I get a
> popup every day or 2 telling me I need to update Safari & Quicktime & a
> couple of other Apple programs I can't recall & there's no way (that I've
> found) to shut this off.
Hi Garret,
This is not Safari - but rather Quicktime that is annoying you.
Fortunately there is an old DOS trick that will help<g>
Go into the C:\Program Files\Quicktime folder and rename the qttask.exe
program to qttask.ex_.
Then create a FOLDER there and name it qttask.exe
When Apple tries to launch their check for updates (from pretty much any
page with an embedded QT object) the embedded viewer will not be able to
start qttask.exe.
Normally it would download a new copy and run it anyway, but since a folder
exists with the name that it expects to use to save the EXE, the download
will fail and you won't be saddled with a check for updates that you don't
want.
;-)
Charles
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:03:12 -0600, Leroy Schulz wrote:
> The download link shows Safari 3 for XP and Vista (though in a public beta
> form). Sorry, I must be misunderstanding what you're saying.
Mine is Version 3.xxx (see attached)
Unless perhaps they are calling it V3 when it is really V2.
Sort of like C7<g>?
;-)
Charles
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Thank you Charles!
It is QuickTime, but the updater annoyed (notice the tense) me about Safari
as well.
I shoulda remembered that trick! You must be almost as old as I am ;-)
Garret Mott
Auto-Mate Software www.automatesoftware.com
Northeast DataFlex Consortium www.nedataflex.com
"Charles Edmonds" <cje_ByteMeSpammers_@lansrad.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:42:21 -0400, Garret Mott wrote:
>
>> I've had no problems, but one annoyance: Apple's update program. I get
>> a
>> popup every day or 2 telling me I need to update Safari & Quicktime & a
>> couple of other Apple programs I can't recall & there's no way (that I've
>> found) to shut this off.
>
> Hi Garret,
>
> This is not Safari - but rather Quicktime that is annoying you.
>
> Fortunately there is an old DOS trick that will help<g>
>
>
> Go into the C:\Program Files\Quicktime folder and rename the qttask.exe
> program to qttask.ex_.
>
> Then create a FOLDER there and name it qttask.exe
>
> When Apple tries to launch their check for updates (from pretty much any
> page with an embedded QT object) the embedded viewer will not be able to
> start qttask.exe.
>
> Normally it would download a new copy and run it anyway, but since a
> folder
> exists with the name that it expects to use to save the EXE, the download
> will fail and you won't be saddled with a check for updates that you don't
> want.
>
> ;-)
>
> Charles
>
>
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Charles,
3.03 is the most recent. it fixes a number of security-related issues and
other problems.
Still beta.
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"Charles Edmonds" <cje_ByteMeSpammers_@lansrad.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:03:12 -0600, Leroy Schulz wrote:
>
>> The download link shows Safari 3 for XP and Vista (though in a public
>> beta
>> form). Sorry, I must be misunderstanding what you're saying.
>
> Mine is Version 3.xxx (see attached)
>
> Unless perhaps they are calling it V3 when it is really V2.
>
> Sort of like C7<g>?
>
> ;-)
>
> Charles
>
>
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:02:14 -0400, Garret Mott wrote:
> It is QuickTime, but the updater annoyed (notice the tense) me about Safari
> as well.
Me too<g>
> I shoulda remembered that trick! You must be almost as old as I am ;-)
LOL - hey now, I RESEMBLE that remark<g>
;-)
Let's just say that I remember when DataFlex was "new" technology and that
the first hard disk drive for a PC that I ever saw was a 5 MB external
drive that took three days to format (plus you still had to boot on a
floppy with a device driver to access it).
.... and I was into computers well BEFORE that<vbg>
;-)
Charles
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:42:04 -0400, Chuck «BeyondFusion» wrote:
> 3.03 is the most recent. it fixes a number of security-related issues and
> other problems.
Thanks Chuck - will download the new revision.
;-)
Charles
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:42:04 -0400, Chuck «BeyondFusion» wrote:
> 3.03 is the most recent. it fixes a number of security-related issues and
> other problems.
Just a followup - you still can't run the app and start with a local URL
that begins with file:///
;-)
Charles
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> Sort of like C7<g>?
Don't go there. <g>
[L]
Thanks Charles.
[L]
"Charles Edmonds" <cje_ByteMeSpammers_@lansrad.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:24:20 -0600, Leroy Schulz wrote:
>
>>> Safari PC does not allow the loading of a local URL (file)
>> That's interesting.
>
> BTW - to clarify this (followup on Nancy's post), you CAN copy/paste a
> local file URL into the address bar, but you can NOT launch the program
> and
> pass a local file URL.
>
> We ran across this while adding support for it into PageSnip (one of the
> cool things about it is that you can return to the URL where a snip was
> taken - in the browser of your choice. PageSnip automatically detects and
> offers to launch the URL in IE, FireFox, Opera and Safari PC.
>
>
>> Is PC version safe to install? I've grown to be hesitate about what I
>> install.
>
> I've had zero problems with it being installed.
>
> It is a bit of a boring and unintuitive interface (as you might guess - I
> am not a Mac person<g>), but I've had no problems as a result of using it
> for testing with PageSnip.
>
> ;-)
>
> Charles
>
>
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