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10.4: Retain old WebKit with Safari 3 Public Beta
Authored by: SineOtter on Jun 30, '07 07:44:02PM

MattHaffner is right: This hint allows you to run the Safari 3 beta without altering the /S/L/F version of Webkit.

Safari 3 requires some of the new features of WebKit that you can only get with the nightly or beta build- Hence why it was included in the Safari 3 beta install- But instead of doing it as a self contained framework they have it alter the /S/L/F version. This method uses the Webkit nightly build to shoe horn in the beta WebKit that Safari 3 needs without touching your /S/L/F version, leaving it at the shipping Tiger version and stepping around all the bugs caused by the beta build in other apps.

In summary: Your /S/L/F Webkit isn't touched at all (letting you keep the "old" version, not replacing it like you implied) meaning no bugs with other apps, and you can run Safari 3 using the WebKit contained in the webkit nightly build.



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