Apple quietly releases Safari 3.2.1

WoodPeckr

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It's been a bad couple weeks for the Mac folks....:eek:

'Stability improvements'

By Kelly Fiveash • Posted in Applications, 25th November 2008 11:57 GMT

Apple has pumped Safari with yet another update less than two weeks after version 3.2 of the browser was released.

The Cupertino-based company has been scurrying to fix a host of bugs in Safari that left many Mac fanboys in a spin, with the revamped browser consistently crashing on launch.

Safari 3.2.1 was shoved out the door yesterday by Apple, which offered a vague maxim about “stability improvements” being added to the browser.

Version 3.2 landed on 13 November and immediately got a frosty reception from Safari users who complained that the update, which came loaded with improved anti-phishing protection and the latest security fixes, caused frequent crashes.

Yesterday's stealth patch, which had no Apple fanfare whatsoever, is now available for download both for Mac OS X and Windows XP or Vista.

Apple closed a number of security holes with the release of Safari 3.2 including an update to the framework that underpins the browser – Webkit, and a bug in its autocomplete feature.

However, many have grumbled that Safari 3.2 had not been scrutinised and tested enough prior to release. Whether Safari 3.2.1 will right those wrongs remains to be seen. ®




....And then Mac is also dealing with this farkup.....

Did Parallels ship pre-release version 4 code?
 

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Big deal...I run Safari 3.1.2 and it's fine. If you don't like 3.2, then, just downgrade it. I'd love to see a piece of software that's good enough that it does require a .x patch.

As for Parallels? That has nothing to do with Apple. I purchased Fusion and it's FANTASTIC. I get a real laugh out of seeing Win XP on an MBP.
 

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I did not notice any problems with Safari crashing, and I have 2 machines with 2 very different processors.

As for Apple "quietly releasing", I generally either find out when Software Update tells me or after I visit VersionTracker.

No big deal.
 
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