Linked List: November 14, 2007

Wednesday, 14 November 2007

This One Goes to 11 

Apple released Mac OS X 10.4.11 — the first time, to my memory, that they’ve released a point-upgrade to the previous Mac OS X generation after the release of a new one. The most significant change in 10.4.11 is that it now includes Safari 3.0 and a major new version of WebKit. Apple did the same thing with 10.3.9 and Safari 2. [Update: I was wrong; 10.3.9 didn’t include Safari 2, but it did include a significantly updated version of WebKit, with many of the rendering engine changes corresponding to Safari 2.]

Replacing WebKit is a rather significant change with potential compatibility ramifications. Recall, for example, that FileMaker was incompatible with Leopard until they issued a compatibility update, because it wasn’t compatible with Safari 3’s version of WebKit.

Mentat ‘Teams’ Features Now Free 

Mentat’s free service now allows as many projects as you want, plus participation in collaborative shared projects.

Lifehacker: Top 10 Quicksilver Plugins 

Gina Trapani’s favorite Quicksilver plugins.

iPhone Web Developer Sample Code 

Mark Malone’s web site has some terrific demos of MobileSafari web design techniques. Things like creating iPhone-style buttons, changing the tap highlight color to something other than gray (-webkit-tap-highlight-color), fixing divs to the top and bottom of the viewport, and much more. A veritable gold mine.