Comments on: The same thing we do every night, Pinky http://webkit.org/blog/83/the-same-thing-we-do-every-night-pinky/ All about WebKit development Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:40:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: richcon http://webkit.org/blog/83/the-same-thing-we-do-every-night-pinky/#comment-17501 richcon Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:38:19 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/?p=83#comment-17501 I just took a new look at the Market Share numbers, and the latest numbers (December 2006) has Internet Explorer at 79.64%. IE has dropped below 80%! (And Safari's up to 4.24% and Firefox is at 14%!) I take it we'll be seeing January's numbers soon. I just took a new look at the Market Share numbers, and the latest numbers (December 2006) has Internet Explorer at 79.64%. IE has dropped below 80%! (And Safari’s up to 4.24% and Firefox is at 14%!) I take it we’ll be seeing January’s numbers soon.

]]> By: journeyguy http://webkit.org/blog/83/the-same-thing-we-do-every-night-pinky/#comment-16215 journeyguy Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:45:29 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/?p=83#comment-16215 I thought I would give Safari a break and downloaded the latest nightly build and began to run it through some basic tests. I can't even get it to login to my Wordpress blogs without sending a bogus redirect. No thanks. I stick by my earlier contention. Safari is lost in the jungle. I thought I would give Safari a break and downloaded the latest nightly build and began to run it through some basic tests. I can’t even get it to login to my Wordpress blogs without sending a bogus redirect. No thanks. I stick by my earlier contention. Safari is lost in the jungle.

]]> By: hyatt http://webkit.org/blog/83/the-same-thing-we-do-every-night-pinky/#comment-14768 hyatt Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:36:30 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/?p=83#comment-14768 journeyguy, this is an area we're actively working on. You will find vastly improved support in the WebKit nightlies. journeyguy, this is an area we’re actively working on. You will find vastly improved support in the WebKit nightlies.

]]> By: journeyguy http://webkit.org/blog/83/the-same-thing-we-do-every-night-pinky/#comment-14199 journeyguy Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:49:00 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/?p=83#comment-14199 I have no idea how Safari can keep climbing in market share when it does not support most WYSIWYG features on blog platforms. Is it a nice browser? YES. But it's got to be able to compete and at least keep up with the features on most interactive web sites. I have no idea how Safari can keep climbing in market share when it does not support most WYSIWYG features on blog platforms. Is it a nice browser? YES. But it’s got to be able to compete and at least keep up with the features on most interactive web sites.

]]> By: Daily Clerks http://webkit.org/blog/83/the-same-thing-we-do-every-night-pinky/#comment-14185 Daily Clerks Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:07:35 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/?p=83#comment-14185 [...] t Filed under: Software, Internet Tools, Apple, .Mac In a post cleverly titled The same thing we do every night, Pinky (an Ani [...] [...] t

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]]> By: Jeff http://webkit.org/blog/83/the-same-thing-we-do-every-night-pinky/#comment-14045 Jeff Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:47:05 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/?p=83#comment-14045 Safari has been stable for me, but begins to consume massive amounts of memory and CPU after running for about two weeks. I have seen numbers of up to 700 MB of real memory usage and 2 GB of virtual memory. Safari has been stable for me, but begins to consume massive amounts of memory and CPU after running for about two weeks. I have seen numbers of up to 700 MB of real memory usage and 2 GB of virtual memory.

]]> By: Mactonex http://webkit.org/blog/83/the-same-thing-we-do-every-night-pinky/#comment-13774 Mactonex Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:34:51 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/?p=83#comment-13774 Sadly, I have to agree, Safari is just not as stable as it used to be. Over the last few months I have been having random freezes at least a couple of times a week, sometimes a couple a day. Doesn't seem to be anything common between the websites that causes it, but it's definitely not the software it was in terms of stability. Still love it though. Sadly, I have to agree, Safari is just not as stable as it used to be. Over the last few months I have been having random freezes at least a couple of times a week, sometimes a couple a day. Doesn’t seem to be anything common between the websites that causes it, but it’s definitely not the software it was in terms of stability.

Still love it though.

]]> By: Myrd http://webkit.org/blog/83/the-same-thing-we-do-every-night-pinky/#comment-13640 Myrd Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:11:57 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/?p=83#comment-13640 I would disagree about Safari's stability. It was really stable with Tiger release. But the same version is now much less stable, from my experience. Why? The version that shipped with Tiger was heavily tested to work well with the websites that were around at the launch of Tiger. Since then, many websites have update their code, to use more and more AJAXy stuff. Suddenly, I'm getting crashes (not super often, but often enough to be annoying) in stuff that never crashed like GMail and Slashdot. And large pages on Digg can slow Safari to a crawl. When Safari 2.0 was released, it was _not_ that unstable, but the landscape changed while Safari stood still. However, WebKit has been receiving constant development, and doesn't experience most of these issues (though it does have some new quirks that WebKit team is working to resolve, of course). The problem is, the official Safari hasn't received any of these fixes that have been made god knows how long ago to the WebKit code, and it's just not the same experience in terms of stability, as it used to be. I would disagree about Safari’s stability. It was really stable with Tiger release. But the same version is now much less stable, from my experience. Why? The version that shipped with Tiger was heavily tested to work well with the websites that were around at the launch of Tiger.

Since then, many websites have update their code, to use more and more AJAXy stuff. Suddenly, I’m getting crashes (not super often, but often enough to be annoying) in stuff that never crashed like GMail and Slashdot. And large pages on Digg can slow Safari to a crawl. When Safari 2.0 was released, it was _not_ that unstable, but the landscape changed while Safari stood still.

However, WebKit has been receiving constant development, and doesn’t experience most of these issues (though it does have some new quirks that WebKit team is working to resolve, of course). The problem is, the official Safari hasn’t received any of these fixes that have been made god knows how long ago to the WebKit code, and it’s just not the same experience in terms of stability, as it used to be.

]]> By: Andre T http://webkit.org/blog/83/the-same-thing-we-do-every-night-pinky/#comment-13632 Andre T Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:34:58 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/?p=83#comment-13632 Besides being an excellent rendering engine and having a good integration with the OS, I have found another appealing point to Safari: its stability. I only reboot my PowerBook when an OS X upgrade is performed (about every one or two months) and Safari usually runs the whole time, used to browse a couple hundred web pages each day, no sweat. A big thanks to all involved! Besides being an excellent rendering engine and having a good integration with the OS, I have found another appealing point to Safari: its stability. I only reboot my PowerBook when an OS X upgrade is performed (about every one or two months) and Safari usually runs the whole time, used to browse a couple hundred web pages each day, no sweat.

A big thanks to all involved!

]]> By: Chris http://webkit.org/blog/83/the-same-thing-we-do-every-night-pinky/#comment-13629 Chris Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:07:06 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/?p=83#comment-13629 Lookout MSIE!! Safari is sneaking up behind you.... Lookout MSIE!! Safari is sneaking up behind you….

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