Linked List: April 17, 2005

Sunday, 17 April 2005

10.3.9 Fixes Font-Related Login Delays ★

As I hoped, Mac OS X 10.3.9 apparently fixes the font-cache-related login delays I wrote about a few weeks ago. From the release notes:

Addresses an issue in which the startup time in Mac OS X 10.3.6 through 10.3.8 may be extended if a large number of PostScript fonts are installed.

Safari 1.3 and Mac OS X 10.3.9 ★

It’s old news now (sorry, I was traveling) but Apple has released Mac OS X 10.3.9, which in addition to the usual assortment of bug fixes, also includes a major update to Safari’s WebCore rendering engine. According to Dave Hyatt, Safari 1.3’s renderer is “virtually identical” to Safari 2.0’s.

Excellent news for web developers, and excellent news for anyone who isn’t planning to upgrade to 10.4 in the near future.