[cosmo-dev] Safari 2

[Bobby Rullo]

-0 to dropping Safari 2.0 right now.
+1 to waiting a bit (like a couple of months)

I don't think it's a great idea to drop support of an OS's default  
browser mere weeks after the new version has been released.  Believe  
me, I hate Safari 2 quirks as much as anyone else, but I don't want to  
turn anyone off from Hub adoption.

There is a way to test multiple versions of Safari in one OS X - check  
out:

http://michelf.com/projects/multi-safari/

Bobby

On Nov 12, 2007, at 10:14 PM, Aparna Kadakia wrote:

> +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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