Is Anyone Using Safari 3 Yet?

I want to download the beta version but I just wanted to ask and see if anyone was using it yet and if so what you guys thought of it..?

I've been using it. So far, I have had no issues whatsoever. It is noticeably faster! The new features are very usable. Go for it!

I've been using it for a couple of months. It doesn't seem much different from 2 useability wise, apart from the search function. Unfortunately it does like to crash a little too frequently.

I haven't had any crashing issues yet.

The new features aren't earth shattering, but they are a nice addition. I like the fact that you can drag a tab off of the browser window and it will open it in a new window. Also, you can shuffle around the tabs by dragging them to a different location. These are both nice features.

Probably the biggest new feature is that you can use Safari on Windows.

I've been using it and I enjoy it. It is much faster, the live search feature is amazing. If you install the twice tab plug-in it's even better.

I use Safari 2.. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I use Safari on my XP machine too, it smokes even Firefox for a beta.

Been using it about 3 weeks now - love it. Had no problems, no crashes, it is faster. I usually do not do "betas" but decided that it is Mac therefore.......

PapaNoHair said:

I usually do not do "betas" but decided that it is Mac therefore.......

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Bah. I installed it on my PC at work (which I care little for, anyway.) Under Windows, it crashes fairly often and reliably on certain websites.

I have thus been wary of installing it on my Macs (which I do care about.)

i've been using it on my macbook since it came out and it hasn't crashed once. i've tried the windows version and it seems much less stable. it crashed about 3-4 times the first day.

Using Safari 3.0.3. No crashes, no problems at all.

Somewhere in all this must be a common denominator: why 3 crashes regularly for some but never for others.

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Somewhere in all this must be a common denominator: why 3 crashes regularly for some but never for others.

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It likes us better?? ;D

lol. I don't know but for some reason i dont see what the fuss is?

I used Safari then downloaded 3 this morning and I don't know if it is only me but FireFix still seems quicker.

But I'm happy to use either to be honest. I try and tell myself to use Safari cause it's Safari lol but.. it just seems slower to me

technologist said:

Bah. I installed it on my PC at work (which I care little for, anyway.) Under Windows, it crashes fairly often and reliably on certain websites.

I have thus been wary of installing it on my Macs (which I do care about.)

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Agreed although overall I have had no issues with on my Windows boxes. I wanted to give it a try there and leave my Macs alone till Leopard comes out and with it as then it will not be BETA anymore. Then I will purchase Leopard and try it. On the PC I did not care and that way got sort of a preview without messing up my perfectly working Macs and Tiger.

Only issues with the Windows version were with Beta 1. After the .2 and .3 updates it's pretty stable. Like tech said though some sites mess with it, but that happens on the Mac with Safari 2 with a very few sites.

Only problem I have with Safari 3 is some flash plugin crashes, which the at the same site FireFox handles well enough. Periodically, with FireFox, other windows open up behind it, and it won't let you select them, you have to minimize FF.

Installing Safari3 Beta is a no brainer. Its very stable and has some nice features. Of course, it needs some work on the Windows end, but for Mac, it is a must upgrade..

I've had crashing. I've only had my mac for 2 weeks, my son used Safari for one day and it crashed. We use Firefox with no problems.

Not me. Safari beta doesn't interest me, especially with the problems encountered by some wishing to downgrade back to Safari 2.x.

Besides the next Tiger update, 10.4.11 is said to focus mostly on Safari 2.x problems.

I will go with Safari 3 only when I upgrade to Leopard... which I will let pass till there are two updates released to fix the usual first version OS bugs.

I wasn't sold on Safari 3 until I reached 3.0.3 The browser is working much better for me than it did during the first two builds.

I've tried it twice, and reverted back to Safari 2 twice. The reason: I use Safari with hacked .nibs files. Safaristand has awesome picture tabs, and I erased the original tabs from Safari, but with Safari 3, that isn't possible yet, so I'll continue to use Safari 2, until its fixed.