[cosmo-dev] Safari 2

[Aparna Kadakia]

+1 for going with option #1
Getting Hub statistics might help make a case for it.

On Nov 12, 2007, at 7:02 PM, Matthew Eernisse wrote:

> I think we should seriously consider option 1 -- discontinuing  
> support for  Safari 2. To validate this idea, would it be possible  
> to find out the number of Hub users are actually still using it?
>
> Whatever we do, I think we should only be supporting one version at  
> a time.
>
> If we do go that route, it's worth noting that I'm in the opposite  
> boat -- my creaky old G4 will not run Leopard. I would need  
> something to run it on.
>
>
> Matthew
>
>
> Travis Vachon wrote:
>> Hi folks
>> With the release of Leopard many of us (developers and qa) are  
>> currently unable to test Safari 2. I'm not totally sure what the  
>> best solution to this is. Ideally we could install Safari 2  
>> alongside 3 and continue testing happily, but so far the search  
>> for easy ways to do this has been fruitless.
>> I'd like to use this thread to consider a number of possible ways  
>> we can handle this. Off the top of my head:
>> 1) Discontinue support for Safari 2.
>> 2) Provide a semi-public instance of Tiger for testing and set  
>> appropriate parties up with access.
>> 3) Invest some cycles figuring out a way to run both Safari 2 and  
>> 3 on Leopard.
>> 4) ??
>> For what it's worth I think we should seriously consider 1) in the  
>> next few months. In my mind Safari's browser share doesn't justify  
>> supporting old versions in the same way we support IE 6. That  
>> said, if a Tiger release of Safari 3 is in the works it might be  
>> good to wait for that.
>> In the mean time I'm not sure which of 2 or 3 I find more  
>> appealing. Both seem like a non-trivial amount of pain, but 3  
>> seems like a potential goose chase.
>> Thoughts?
>> -Travis
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