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Found via Hacker News.
http://flashcrash.dempsky.org/
If you have even an up-to-date Flash plugin installed, it most likely will crash your browsers. It seems that this bug has been fixed in Flash 10.1 beta.
I have ClickToFlash installed, so I could actually read what this page says without having Safari crashed.
No wonder Steve Jobs won’t allow Flash on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Google Wave does work on the iPhone, but it comes with a browser requirement warning.
Apple releases Safari 4.0.4 for Mac OS X (Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard) and Windows (XP, Vista and 7).
About Safari 4.0.4
This update is recommended for all Safari users and includes improvements to performance, stability, and security including:
- Improved JavaScript performance
- Improved Full History Search performance for users with a large number of history items
- Stability improvements for 3rd-party plug-ins, the search field and Yahoo! Mail
For detailed information on the security content of this update, please visit this site: About Apple Security Updates.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10A421a also includes new build of Safari 4.0.3.
It is now Safari 4.0.3 build 6531.7.
Tuesday July 14th, 2009 afternoon; Apple seeds Mac OS X Snow Leopard Developer Preview Build 10A411. The update is available through Software Update and weighs in on 748.1MB.
As usual, Apple Developer Connection members are bound by the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).
From Software Update:
This Snow Leopard Developer Preview Update is recommended for all users running the Snow Leopard Developer Preview Build 10A402 or later. This update includes general operating system fixes for stability, compatibility, and security.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Developer Preview is not recommended for casual users and production system since it still contains numbers of software bugs.
This Snow Leopard Developer Preview Update is recommended for all users running the Snow Leopard Developer Preview Build 10A402 or later. This update includes general operating system fixes for stability, compatibility, and security.
Build 10A411 also includes Safari 4.0.3 to Snow Leopard.
iPhone OS 3.0 Safari scored 97 out of 100 in Acid3 Test. The newly seeded iPhone OS 3.1 beta (build 7c97d) includes a tweaked version of Safari that scores 100 out of 100 in Acid3 Test. Even though Safari scored 100, it still did not render the page identically to the reference page. Note the white X in the pink box on the top right corner of the test box.
Meanwhile, iPhone OS 3.1 beta Safari did not even pass Acid2 Test.
Acid2 Test reference rendering below:
Apple has updated Safari for iPhone OS 3.0 GM and now it scores 97 in Acid3 Test.
In related news, Apple has released Safari 4 for Mac OS X and Windows.
http://www.apple.com/safari/