“…so they are no longer worth bothering with.”Well actually, Leopard WebKit requires some resident version of Apple Safari in order to
*function and it might as well be the latest / last version of Safari offered by Apple for Leopard. In this case, Safari 5.0.6 (which is still available from Apple via Leopard software updates). I did perform the last updates for 10.5.8 this morning - which included Safari 5.0.6
and to test the above
*fact, I placed Safari 5.0.6 in the trash and attempted to open WebKit.
No dice. Dialog box noted no necessary Safari app resident. So back out of the trash it came.
Table of Safari 5 - Versions History / from Wikipedia (image below).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_version_history#Safari_5I did compare performance of Safari 5.0.6 alone, against Leopard WebKit and found it to again be severely lacking. YouTube wouldn’t load or
very limited slow-load, compared to WebKit. AND there were other shortcomings as well. Suffice it to say, WebKit beats Safari hands-down. (Und no more TenFourFox here.)
Safari 5.0.6 (6-20-2011) vs. Leopard WebKit (10-08-2018).
In the meantime, I again strongly suggest, that those who might have simply accepted (or those that have completely avoided browsing altogether - using the later G4’s with the much “lesser-performing” available browser options)… NOW
try Leopard WebKit with OS 10.5.8. (Especially in dual boot Quicksilvers and MDD’s.)
•Do all of the Apple OS 10.5.8 updates first and then download Leopard WebKit from the SourceForge link provided above. Follow the simple install instructions and once again, quite surprisingly... enjoy browsing with Quicksilvers and MDD’s.
No more searching, downloading and then transferring needed files from a newer machine to the G4 - when I can simply boot into Leopard and easily then transfer files to OS 9...
on the same machine.
...and then there's also the dual-boot Mac Mini to consider!
¡Ay, caramba!