Apple Releases Safari 4.....
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 9:25 and breaks the functionality @ Dutch Rabobank Internet Banking.
I got the Safari 4 update this morning, and with most Apple updates I just install them. After the update I launched it and was (at first) surprised at the Interface. It opened with 'Top Sites'. An overview of Websites along with thumnails... Nice.
Since I had a web browser open, I launched the Rabobank Internet bankieren website. Since Apple boasts with the fact that Safari 4 passes like a gazillion Acid tests (and Microsoft like only 1)
Safari 4 ACIS tests results (according to Apple)From another source:
On February 24 2009, Safari 4 was the first fully functional build browser to pass Acid3.[22]
On 08 June 2009, Safari 4 was the first official release version of a desktop browser to display a score of 100/100 and pass the Acid3 test.
The main page worked fine, but transferring funds leaves you with empty screens etc. There is no way of managing your money with Safari 4.
I haven't search for workarounds, since I don't want to search through knowledge bases, or sniffing through settings within Safari (or OSX). A browser should work.
So they might be perfect in a lab environment, but I'd rather have a less perfect browser which enables me to manage my money.
So, to summarize:
Safari 4: 100% ACID 3 proof, and a 100% failure rating in displaying websites
(since I only tried one website)
Anyway, back to FireFox for me.
B.t.w. I have tried the same with Internet Explorer 8 on a worklaptop (since it got pushed through my throat), and that one works fine. Even when it's not in its compatibility view mode (for displaying non-standard websites). Must the one of the few times that Internet Explorer seems to work....
Reader Comments (2)
I started using Safari few days back and I fall in love with this browser. It's actually Firefox + social networking = Safari..
That's very nice, but Safari != FireFox, because of the plug-in community of FireFox. The lack of 'life-saving' plug-ins like NoScript, DownThemAll, Exif Viewer, ScreenGrab makes FireFox far more superior (at least to me).
Speed and Acid compliancy... well, highly overrated, since speed is relative, and 100% Acid 3 makes me unable to access my money.....