soaked and soaped

After my girlfriend upgraded to Safari 3.1 via Apple’s Software Update utility, none of the apps which use the WebKit Framework worked and kept crashing (Safari, iChat, Skype, etc.).
The really bad thing was that also the Software Update and the Application Installer itself didn’t start up after the update. So no chance to reinstall the update with a GUI.

For the case you ran into the same troubles, here is how we fixed it:

• Download the Safari update from http://apple.com/safari (hopefully you have a non Webkit Browser installed like Camino or Firefox, or get the update somehow else)
• Open the downloaded .dmg file
• Put the .pkg-file which is contained in the .dmg-file somewhere where you can find it later (e.g your home directory)
• Start up the Terminal application
• Enter this command sudo installer -pkg <path-to-pkg-file> -target LocalSystem (replace <path-to-pkg-file> with the actual path to .pkg-file)
• It will ask for your password. Type it in and press enter
• Restart your computer when asked to do so

It’s Halloween and the Safari team added native CSS animation goodess to Webkit.
This means, what we usually do with frameworks like script.aculo.us, etc. can now be specified with WebKit’s own CSS syntax. As great as the demos look, the whole thing raised a question in me: Who should be responsible for animation? Presentation (CSS) or Behavior (JS)?
It’s definitely a hot topic and could start a lot of discussion.

Though I prefer the second choice, I think the whole thing’s awesome!