Earlier this week Apple released its latest version of Safari (Safari 1.2) for OS X 10.3. However some people who have yet to make the upgrade to Panther from older versions of OS X where left out. This has caused several users of this Mac only browser crying foul, Macworld UK explains.
Apple is implementing system-level features within its Safari browser, and has responded to complaints from some Mac users. The company released Safari 1.2 this week, saddening many Mac users because the company did not release a version of Safari for Mac OS X 10.2 or earlier operating systems. Many complained of feeling forced to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.3 by Apple"s decision. Apple, which distributed Safari 1.1.1 in the box with its Panther operating system, rejects the complaints – as the new version of its standards-based Mac browser leans heavily on the new operating system and some of its over 100 new features, it said.
Apple says: "Safari 1.2 has been designed to leverage advances in Panther not present in the Jaguar release of Mac OS X. These Panther technologies are needed to deliver Safari v1.2"s most significant improvements. For example, personal certificate support is made possible by Panther-specific security technologies that are simply not available on Jaguar." The company explains that is does in fact continue to offer support for the Jaguar-friendly Safari 1.0: "Safari v1.0 continues to be available for customers running on Jaguar-based systems and has recently been updated with the latest security improvements," it points out.