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› January 9, 2004
Safari 1.1.1 adds proper title support
Forgive me if others have noticed this already but updating to OS X 10.3.2 ups Safari to 1.1.1 (v100.1). I'm sure there's minor changes included in this update but the most notable for me is actual support for the title attribute. This attribute is often used to provide more information about a link or button in a form of a tool tip. And this is exactly how 1.1.1 presents them now.
Good news to those that stay current with their Mac's OS. But not so good news for Jaguar users who still don't have access to Safari 1.1. Hopefully, Apple will make available a 1.2 version for both OS X 10.2 and 10.3 so that this staggered support can be eliminated.
Also, I don't know how keen I am with Apple quietly adding things to Safari in minor updates to the OS. I'm fine with this sort of thing to auxiliary applications such as Address Book and Internet Connect. But I would prefer (and deservedly so I think) an application as important as Safari gets its own announced updates that details what has changed/fixed/added.
For more info on what else may have been added to Safari 1.1.1, check out Dave Hyatt's progress report.
Timo Posted…
Safari has always supported the title attribute, which was shown alongside the url in the status bar, you have pointed out that they now show the title text as a tooltip, which is great.