14 DAY TRIAL // Hours after Apple's release of Safari 3.2, Apple Discussions was filled with complaints from users who updated the browser to the latest version. 80 percent of the users are reporting issues with the update, particularly with the anti-phishing feature, which crashes the browser once every few minutes. However, the original problem seems to be incompatibility with third-party software.
PatrickL notes that Safari crashed on him “five times in 20 minutes,” pointing out to the new security tweaks as being the main problem. “...I turned off the new anti-phishing feature and it works fine,” says Patrick. “I was logged into my company's Exchange email, GMail and Yahoo! No nefarious website, whatsoever, and it was crashing all over the place.”
User mikelouw chimes in saying “I can't even force quit. Whole computer freezes and I have to power down. Just like windows.” Good comparison there...! He goes on explaining that, while he doesn't have any Internet plugins apart from Flash, “when I turn off 'Warn when visiting a fraudulent website,' the crashing stops.” Disappointed, he realizes that “the main reason for the update is unusable.”
Needless to say, other users' comments on the official Apple Discussions forum sound pretty much the same. Furthermore, most of the posters reporting issues with Safari 3.2 appear to be hard-core users of third-party add-ons.
One user is particularly decided to drop a line, to teach some sense into anxious Mac users who install an update the moment it becomes available. “I am quite a serious computer user and Safari user,” nerowolfe says, adding that he never installs an update “the instant it comes out. As a serious user, I wait and watch first,” he writes.
Of course, without those who immediately install an update and report the issues afterwards, users like nerowolfe would be forced to do the same, while Apple wouldn't be able to deliver a fix in the shortest time possible.
How's your experience after updating to the new version of the browser?