September 8, 2024

Safari 3 Beta Update 3.0.4 for Windows

Posted November 15, 2007 at 10:53am by iClarified · 4265 views
The Safari 3 Beta for Windows version 3.0.4 Update is recommended for all users running Safari 3 Beta for Windows. It includes new features as well as improvements to stability, compatibility, performance, and security.



New features
* Allows windows to be resized from any side
* Includes an additional font smoothing option ("standard")
* Adds International text input methods
* Adds advanced text options (contextual forms, international scripts)
* Supports NTLM
* Includes auto-detection of PAC files
* Supports listing FTP directories
* Links to proxy settings from Safari (Safari respects the proxy settings in the Windows Internet control panel)
* Adds cookie management
* Adds LiveConnect support
* Includes tooltips
* Adds spell checking and grammar checking
* Allows printing of page numbers, titles, margins
* Improves bookmark collection interface
* Maintains original order of imported bookmarks
* Adds an interface for editing AutoFill information
* History searches now search the full text of visited websites
* Adds a new preference to manually mark RSS articles as read
* Includes support for tilt wheels

New keyboard shortcuts added
* Alt-Enter in the Address field opens the same page in new background tab
* Alt-Shift-Enter in the Address field opens the same page in new foreground tab
* Ctrl-Enter in the Search field opens search results in new window
* Alt-Enter in the Search field opens search results in new background tab
* Alt-Shift-Enter in the Search field opens search results in new foreground tab
* Ctrl-Enter for (www/com) completion in the URL bar
* F6 to switch between the content area and URL bar
* Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab to navigate between tabs
* Backspace and Shift-Backspace to go back/forward between Web pages
* Ctrl-F4 to close a tab
* Ctrl-E to focus the search field
* Windows-M to minimize
* Ctrl-mouse wheel to zoom
* Shift-mouse wheel to scroll horizontally

Stability
* Improves application stability

Compatibility
* Increases standards and site compatibility

Performance
* Improves JavaScript performance
* Improves application launch performance