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Safari 3 Public Beta: Missing Texts on Windows XP

UPDATE 06.15.2007
One thing that is different on the computer effected, it previously had Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 installed and uninstalled. This is not necessarily the cause. I’m still trying to find the culprit.
Out of numbers of Windows XP computers I installed Safari 3 Public Beta on, one is having a weird problem. All the texts are missing including within the page and the menu. I am not sure what is really going on since so far this only happens on one computer running Windows XP.

Click on the picture below for full resolution of the screen capture.

Missing Texts on Windows XP

I have yet installed Safari 3 Public Beta on Windows Vista. That’s coming soon.

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Safari 3 Public Beta: New “Find” Feature

Apple must have been taking a lot of note in developing Safari 3 user interface. One thing that Safari has been lacking is the “find-in-page” feature. The “Find Banner” is located on the top of the page below the Toolbar/Bookmark Bar. Mozilla Firefox has this feature for quite sometimes now; the “search bar” can be found at the bottom of the browser.

Previous “Find” feature in Safari is is almost unusable, thanks to the highlight color of the found word. This is one major improvement in Safari UI.

http://www.apple.com/safari/

New Find Feature (smaller image)
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VMware Fusion Beta 4 is Released

VMware Fusion Beta 4 is released.

Get it here:

http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/fusion/

VMware Fusion Beta 4
Beta Version | 6/7/07 | Build 48339
New feature:

New “Unity” feature: Say goodbye to the Windows desktop – VMware Fusion now lets you run Windows XP applications directly on your Mac desktop, providing full integration with Mac keyboard shortcuts and the Exposé feature in Mac OS X. Use the VMware Fusion Launch Palette to easily access all your Windows applications, and save your favorite Windows applications to the Mac OS X Dock.

Earlier today, Apple and Parallels released Boot Camp 1.3 beta and Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0 respectively.

Today is a busy day for me to try out all three. I’ll write a follow up in the next coming days.

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Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0 is Released

Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0 (Build 4124) is released.

Download it here:

http://www.parallels.com/en/download/desktop/

Upgrade from version 2.x to version 3.0 is NOT free.
http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/faq/8/#8-8

What is your official upgrade policy?
Updates usually contain minor bug fixes and improvements (for example, Parallels Desktop for Mac 2.5 is an update to Parallels Desktop for Mac 2.2). You can get updates of your Parallels product free of charge.
Upgrades introduce substantial changes and add brand new features (for example, Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0 is an upgrade to Parallels Desktop for Mac 2.5). Upgrades cost 60% of the full product price.

More info to follow.