Safari : Java Glossary

Safari

Apple’s browser than is four times faster than Internet Explorer at rendering web pages. It is a stripped down browser with few configuring options. It would be best suited to a novice. The current version is 5.1.2 Last revised/verified: 2011-11-30, and works on both Macs and PCs. You can download it free. Safari gives you simple tools to zoom in and out to correct too small or too big typo on website. Safari gives you only a handful of preferences options.

Advantages

It has a HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) viewer and a save-as.
Developers can write extensions-ins using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

Disadvantages

You can’t get it to launch your favourite editor to edit the HTML.
It is a bit slower than the competition starting up.
It does not have themes/skins, though extensions can change the look.
Safari under XP does not display arrow characters correctly, even when it has the necessary fonts.
When you access local files you cannot type things like E:\mindprod\jgloss\jgloss.html. Instead you must type file:///e:/mindprod/jgloss/jgloss.html.
Safari downloads often appear not to work. The problem is the download dialog window is hidden. If you aren’t careful you will get dozens of downloads of the same file going at once. It does not warn you.
Safari downloads don’t by default let you chose where to keep them.
Safari does not automatically upgrade or even have button to let you check for updates.

Browser Colgroup Support
browser	version	col class supported	col align supported	HTML5 entities supported
Firefox	10.0.1
SeaMonkey	2.7.1
Safari	5.1.1
Chrome	16.0.912.75
Avant	2012:21
Opera	11.61
IE 9	9.0.8112.16421
IE 8	8.0.7601.17514
IE 7	7.0.6000

Those browsers marked with an x all have a bug. They will not render <col class="xxxx">s correctly. The ones with a tick render it correctly. The Opera people say this is a feature not a bug. The language lawyers claim the W3 spec says that the browser is supposed to ignore the color attribute from the <col class. Logically, I think the <col styles should apply to the entire column, but not to <th rows. In addition Firefox, SeaMonkey, Safari and Flock also ignore the <col align attribute. Opera and IE render it properly.

Firefox, SeaMonkey and Opera support almost all the HTML5 entities. Oddly Opera sometimes supports entities and sometimes does not. It appears to be random. Chrome and Safari support many of them.

Colgroup Test
	Style Test	Alignment Test
On Every row	style	alignment
Using Colgroup	style	alignment

If both cells in the lefthand Style Test column arethe same colour, then your browser (the one you are using now to view this page) supports <col class=.

If both cells in the righthand Alignment Test column right-align, then your browser supports <col align= correctly.

Dreamweaver lets you apply a css style to all rows individually. Last revised/verified: 2012-02-11

Safari also refers to O’Reilly Books online book division. You can pay to read their books online. This is quite a bit cheaper than purchasing paper books.

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