« CS3 integration is perfect | Main | Why Safari/Win? »
June 12, 2007
Safari/Win & plugins
Safari/Win & plugins: Researching this today... Apple's FAQ says that their new Windows browser uses application-level Netscape Plugins (like Firefox/Win), rather than system-level ActiveX (like MSIE). A report on a Director mailing list (unlinkable) says that the Safari/Win installer slurps up plugins installed to other browsers. This implies that, if you've got some old browsers installed on your machine, Safari/Win may pick up old plugins. I don't see this referenced in the FAQ, and search reveals little, too. I don't think this will be a big issue -- most people likely to test the Safari beta would not be using Internet Explorer as their everyday browser, I think -- but if things act weird with Flash in Safari/Win, then doublechecking Player version in that new browser would be the first diagnostic step.
Posted by JohnDowdell at June 12, 2007 09:47 AM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mtadmin/mt-tb.cgi/8806
Comments
Hey John, that was me; a point of clarification: the installer doesn't "slurp up" plug-ins from other installations -- it doesn't actually copy them into Safari's local plug-ins folder -- Safari/Win simply finds those other installations and uses them if a local plug-in isn't available.
I think this will be more of an issue for developers/testers looking to test plug-in detection/degradation (how I discovered the behavior) than the end-user's general experience, though it could also be a useful datum for support personal if the 'feature' sticks in the final release.
Posted by: Lewis Francis at June 13, 2007 06:24 AM