safari on windows /day1bug/joy/fonts!
Read the new item on Joel’s page about the subpixel rendering and all that geek stuff about the font rendering in Windows and Mac. Fonts in Safari are funny and I love them.The positives
- Downright blazing fast: while startup & loading pages.
- Fonts look lovely. Extremely smooth at the cost of being blurred too much.
Update: Version 3.0.2 has triaged all these bugs. Immense joy abounds. The bug reports:
(BUG 1) Short Description: Safari crashes while opening Gmail.
Steps to reproduce:
- Go to gmail.com
- Enter user name and password. Check ‘Remember me on this computer’ checkbox. Press Sign In.
- Dialog Pops up for remembering the form details with options: Never, Later, Not Now.
- Click on any of the buttons in the dialog. Safari Crashes…
Workarounds:Enable private browsing [ Edit -> Private Browsing]. No crashes.
I know its beta; but it sucks to see it crash.
(BUG 2) Short Description: Selected Link loses focus when trying to insert hyperlink in WordPress editor.
Steps to reproduce:
- Create a post in WordPress.
- Select text in the editor and click on the New Hyperlink button.
- Insert a link dialog opens. Selected text is unselected.
Workarounds:None. Go to editor and insert the hyperlink through manual linking in Code tab.
The Negatives
- The crashes & the bugs
- Fonts are aliased at low resolutions: 9px or less.
Tremendous joy abounds though, to see the Safari in action on Windows. Mama mia, the fonts are going to kill me. Im in love!
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- 6.13.07 / 7am
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