Safari 3.1

**Geoff** · 27th March 2008, 04:11 PM

I don't know if anyone else noticed, but Safari 3.1 got pushed out via the Apple Update software (comes with iTunes and Quicktime) as a critical security update earlier this week.

John’s Blog Blog Archive Apple Software Update

To make things more entertaining, it seems the EULA would prevent you from installing it on 'Apple labeled' hardware, which my and a lot of other peoples Windows PCs aren't.

Apple forbids Windows users from installing Safari for Windows | The Register

And for a final kick in the teeth, it's got a security vulnerability (remote code execution):

Safari Address Bar Spoofing and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia

and some stability problems.

Safari 3.1 Crashes On Windows XP, Users Complain -- Safari -- InformationWeek

**Diello** · 27th March 2008, 04:24 PM

**ZeroHour** · 27th March 2008, 04:29 PM

Its harder then apple think to make secure software

**Michael** · 27th March 2008, 04:31 PM

I wouldn't touch Safari when we have IE7 and Firefox to choose from!

**CyberNerd** · 27th March 2008, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by ZeroHour

Its harder then apple think to make secure software

The critical bug is for Safari on Windows, not OSX so it's arguably MS's fault

I wouldn't touch Safari when we have IE7 and Firefox to choose from!

But only Safari and Opera have >95% acid3 compatibility

**ZeroHour** · 27th March 2008, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by CyberNerd

The critical bug is for Safari on Windows, not OSX so it's arguably MS's fault

Nope its not a windows hole. Its poor windows coding by apple that has caused the problem.

But only Safari and Opera have >95% acid3 compatibility

It doesnt really matter (I use Opera myself a lot) as all web devs generally make it IE compatible and FF compatible. Not many sites dont work in IE