A slew of problems, error messages and just plain sobbing …
“big problem with safari 3 beta”
“Same problem here. Installer crashed, can’t launch any Cocoa app. iTunes, Coda, Adium, etc… all fail to launch …”
“Safari 3 Beta for Windows – app text not showing”
“I dont meet the requirements?”
10.49 is the only listed requirement for Mac users but I couldn’t get the installer to work on mind … maybe that’s a good thing … 
Apple Discussion Forum Link.
26 Comments
June 11, 2007 at 8:24 pm
No issues here so far running Safari on XP with latest updates.
June 11, 2007 at 8:51 pm
The Safari OS X beta crashed multiple times on me when trying to view the Apple.com Leopard demo. Guess I’ll wait until it’s out of beta before trying again
June 11, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Seems OK here and iTunes launches as well. Dual 2GHz PowerMac G5 with ATI X800 video card, Mac OS 10.4.9, 3.5GB RAM
June 11, 2007 at 9:22 pm
No trouble here. I’ve been running webkit nightlies for months. The nightlies introduced lots of fun improvements to CSS support that have now been rolled into Safari 3.
http://www.css3.info/preview/
June 11, 2007 at 9:24 pm
Also, new UI trick: try command-f on pages and source code.
June 11, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Safari Beta on XP, when connecting to a Proxy Server crashes every time it tried to authenticate. Already a slew of reports on this at Apple’s Discussion Boards.
June 11, 2007 at 9:37 pm
No issues here. I’m making this post on Windows Safari (XP).
First impressions – much better font rendering; does seem fast; I like the movable tabs (ala Firefox); the implementation of the “find” command is much improved – like Firefox, but much more visual.
(METROXING: That’s cool. Glad to hear it’s working for some – there seems to be no set pattern for what is working and what is not but glad to hear others are on their way …)
June 11, 2007 at 11:31 pm
I, too, like the added function of the Find, and have not had any problems with installation or iTunes. However, I do miss the Undo function. Anyone else finding that Undo is a bit hit-and-miss in the Beta?
June 11, 2007 at 11:59 pm
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June 12, 2007 at 5:04 am
No problems here. Installed easily & running fine.
June 12, 2007 at 5:07 am
No Problem with Safari 3.0b.
I’m using it now!
June 12, 2007 at 5:17 am
Working fine (MORE than fine!) on a MacBook 1.83 / 2 gig / 10.4.9
June 12, 2007 at 5:46 am
Since you said I shouldn’t I had to go ahead and try it. Got as far as the screen that says I have to restart after installing. I have over 20 apps running at the moment and don’t want to quit and reopen them all. Will set aside some time later to try it out. Thanks for the heads-up.
June 12, 2007 at 8:06 am
Mac user at home, WinXP at work. Installed the beta at work and crashed when I tried to access Yahoo mail. Seems awfully counter productive to release a beta this unstable to the Windows people.
June 12, 2007 at 8:47 am
You aren’t missing anything. I have installed this on Windows XP and to be honest I wish it hadn’t installed. It is without a doubt the most pig-slow, crash-prone browser I have ever encountered (yes, that includes the infamous IE6). Apple’s dubious claims that it is ‘twice as fast as Firefox 2′ make the situation even more laughable.
June 12, 2007 at 8:59 am
[...] in this setup) but it would at least be sort-of excusable for a Beta release. Unfortunately, from the comments at ‘Two a Day’, it seems that I am not alone: Mac user at home, WinXP at work. Installed the beta at work and [...]
June 12, 2007 at 10:29 am
damn, i even can’t read this blog properly. sorry apple, but safari sucks!
June 12, 2007 at 11:46 am
wow, so is´nt just me who are trapped on the internet
sofia
http://sofiawinterborn.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/sofiai-am-trapped-between-earth-and-heaven-in-the-cyberspace/
June 12, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Everything fine here! Seems faster, more responsive than before. Can’t understand the issues some people seem to have, probably conflicting with unsupported third party apps.
June 12, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Larry: ‘unsupported third party apps’? Like what? Safari has humungous page loading times, and even stalls, when I try to load simple, text and image, third-party-plugin free pages like the BBC News homepage. Plus the fact that other browsers (IE7, Firefox 2, Opera, KMeleon, et al work on my computer without any problems.
If this is what Apple considers ‘beta’ standard software (bear in mind that without being able to perform its basic function – web browsing – it shouldn’t have got past Alpha stage) then I think they just gave their potential Leopard sales a big shot in the foot, instead of in the arm.
June 12, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Can’t even install this software. I have 2 iMacs I’ve tried to install it on, a G5 model and a 24” Intel Dual Core Duo, both of which are running 10.4.9, and the installer refuses to install stating: “You cannot install Safari 3 Beta on this volume. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update.” Weird for 3 reasons: 1) that it’s happening at all on these machines, 2) it’s happening on both machines, and 3) nobody else is reporting it. I have a G4 Powerbook; I’ll see if I can install it on that… Anyone else notice this issue?
(METROXING: I think you might be where I stood yesterday morning – by moving Safari out of APPLICATION, the installer is/was too dumb to find it – hence the non-sensical mis-leading error message … see today’s post
)
June 12, 2007 at 1:51 pm
If you get the ‘Drive Does not qualify’ problem, then put the original Safari back in the Applications folder.
If you have moved it, then the installer will refuse to install 3.0 beta.
June 12, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Of course it’s not going to work perfectly. It’s beta software. The early betas of Apple’s first Safari release were the same way. Worked great for some, not for others. Read the disclaimer. “Hold off on installing beta”? Well, sure, hold off, if you can’t stomach the inherent risks in installing beta software.
I installed it on my G4 iMac at work and it’s fabulous… and then installed it on my old G4 PowerBook at home. It’s faster than any Mac browser I’ve used. Works as promised. Absolutely no crashes.
June 12, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Why the hell are you Early Friggin Adopters bitching and bellyaching!? Frigtards! Did you bitch and moan this much when Steve “Balm on your butt” Ballmer unloaded a half cooked Vista beta?
You know what? Probably better you’re NOT going to become Apple Inc. customers… bunch of whiny primates.
(TIZMANIAN: Lighten up, Francis. The reason Apple geeks get fired up about beta releases is that they expect more than the shovelware that tends to roll out of MSFT for most of their first iterations.)
October 1, 2007 at 3:53 pm
[...] in this setup) but it would at least be sort-of excusable for a Beta release. Unfortunately, from the comments at ‘Two a Day’, it seems that I am not alone: Mac user at home, WinXP at work. Installed the beta at work and [...]
January 17, 2008 at 12:42 pm
hmmmm…very interesting!
Thanks