Well, to be fair, it is beta software, but a bug all the same.
Lots of bugs, in fact.
The problem is with Apple’s Internet browser, Safari. It’s a great bit of software (better than Firefox in many respects) and I was delighted to hear that its latest beta is now available for Windows. (I don’t like using Windows but don’t have much choice as the WAN adapter won’t work with Linux and I can’t afford a Mac.)
Imagine my shock, therefore, when Safari was not only slow, sluggish and buggy (as described on the Apple discussion forums) but failed to open at all!
*dramatic Psycho music*
Well, it didn’t completely fail to open. However, I did have one of those unwelcome encounters with Microsoft’s ‘we’re sorry for the inconvenience but your program crashed - please tell us and we’ll make it better, honest’ dialogue boxes.
I didn’t send it to Microsoft.
After browsing Apple’s discussion forums still further (in Firefox, as Safari wouldn’t get past displaying the toolbar) I found that Apple had actually forgotten to compile one of the drivers (?) for AMD processors. Oops…
I did test Safari on a (Intel) Celeron machine earlier this afternoon, and it worked fine - until you tried to use the BBC website when it crashed completely.
Oh dear.
That’s beta software for you. I eagerly await the patch.
