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Apple Safari 1.2

Posted by malebolgia on 03 February 2004 - 06:06 · 12 comments & 403 views

Apple Computer Inc. on Monday released an update to its KHTML-based Web browser, Safari. In addition to stability enhancements, Safari 1.2 also includes several new features requested by users.

What's New:

Improved compatibility with websites and web applications.
Support for personal certificate authentication.
Full keyboard access for navigation.
Ability to resume interrupted downloads.
Support for websites that use LiveConnect for communication between JavaScript and Java applets (requires Java 1.4.2)

Download: Safari 1.2

News source: MacCentral

Dave arrived and set his laptop up, an IBM ThinkPad A31. He didn't connect to the Internet - too dangerous, and against regulations, if I recall - but instead ran his presentation software using movies and videos where others would have actually gone online to demonstrate their points. While he was getting everything ready, I took a look at the first FBI agent I could remember meeting in person.

Dave had some surprises up his sleeve as well. You'll remember that I said he was using a ThinkPad (running Windows!). I asked him about that, and he told us that many of the computer security folks back at FBI HQ use Macs running OS X, since those machines can do just about anything: run software for Mac, Unix, or Windows, using either a GUI or the command line. And they're secure out of the box. In the field, however, they don't have as much money to spend, so they have to stretch their dollars by buying WinTel-based hardware. Are you listening, Apple? The FBI wants to buy your stuff. Talk to them!

Dave also had a great quotation for us: "If you're a bad guy and you want to frustrate law enforcement, use a Mac." Basically, police and government agencies know what to do with seized Windows machines. They can recover whatever information they want, with tools that they've used countless times. The same holds true, but to a lesser degree, for Unix-based machines. But Macs evidently stymie most law enforcement personnel. They just don't know how to recover data on them. So what do they do? By and large, law enforcement personnel in American end up sending impounded Macs needing data recovery to the acknowledged North American Mac experts: the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Evidently the Mounties have built up a knowledge and technique for Mac forensics that is second to none.

(I hope I'm not helping increase the number of sales Apple has to drug traffickers.)

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#1 Posted by sodapop on 03 Feb 2004 - 06:11: I'm using it right now, Seems fast and stable.

(3 replies) #2 Posted by Cowpie on 03 Feb 2004 - 06:33: WHERES THE PC VERSION!

#3 Posted by Mav Phoenix on 03 Feb 2004 - 07:11: It's using an open source engine though (KHTML) it should be ported.

(3 replies) #4 Posted by OrangeSoul on 03 Feb 2004 - 07:22: If the creator of this program is so mad at microsoft he should mainstream this program to more users in the windows world so that people can use it

#5 Posted by Sushubh on 03 Feb 2004 - 08:50: hopefully they make this for windows someday.
and hopefully it does not suck like the too crash prone quicktime.
iTunes was better, maybe this would be awesome!
I can do with another alternative for IE other than Opera and the moz kids.

#6 Posted by angelrendon on 04 Feb 2004 - 23:25: I don't really need safari on my Windows...I'm perfectly satisfied with Firebird, which is extremely similar and faster.

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