[cosmo-dev] Safari 2

[Travis Vachon]

+1
On Nov 14, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Mikeal Rogers wrote:

> I don't think this adds confusion, I think it basically solves our  
> dilemma.
>
> We've always supported the "latest" Safari 2 as updated through the  
> operating system. If Tiger users have a Safari upgrade path it's  
> only a matter of time before the vast majority are using Safari 3.
>
> +1 to cutting Safari 2 for Safari 3.
>
> -Mikeal
>
> On Nov 14, 2007, at November 14, 20071:56 PM, Ted Leung wrote:
>
>> Not to add any more confusion, but as of 10.4.11, Safari 3 is the  
>> default on Tiger, as well...
>>
>> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306297>
>>
>> Ted
>>
>> On Nov 12, 2007, at 5:21 PM, 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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