I installed Safari 3 Beta on my work Windows machine to test some sites. It was running fairly well, but one site that I hit crashed every time I hit a menu option. I did some googling, and the error code I received matched that of an application hitting a bad batch of memory. In other words, this is due to a memory corruption error; Aviv Raff lamented the same issue. In addition to the memory problem, MacRumors.com reports additional security breaches.
In any vein, I’m definitely holding off on installing Safari 3 Beta on my MacBook until a more stable release. Not only do I wish to avoid the problems, but the Beta overwrites Safari 2, much to an over-eager web developer’s chagrin.
Only install Safari 3 Beta if you are using Windows and if you need to quickly see how a page is rendered in Safari. Otherwise, hold your horses.
