Troubleshooting Safari 1.0: WebConnect function in Quicken; Child Protection/Filtering?; more
Troubleshooting Safari 1.0: WebConnect function in Quicken; Child Protection/Filtering?; more
WebConnect function in Quicken Safari 1.0 still does not synchronize with the WebConnect function in Quicken 2003, forcing some readers to continue using Internet Explorer 5.2.3 as their default browser. One MacFixIt reader writes:
"I am using Quicken 2003, OS X 10.2.6 and Safari 1.0. Bank of America is the bank from which I download data. When I use the "Download" function in Q2003, the application opens up my default browser, goes to the bank's Web site. I log in and issue a command to "Download to Webconnect".
"When I use Internet Explorer, Q2003 immediately responds to the downloaded file --bringing in the data, matching it with existing records and proposing categories for the new transactions. This matching functionality is a timesaver as there are some transactions I've already entered manually.
"When I use Safari 1.0, Quicken 2003 does not respond to the file downloaded from the bank. The only option is to 'Import QIF' in Q2003 --which means the sorting and matching functionalities are bypassed."
This problem has been corroborated by a number of other Quicken WebConnect customers.
Child Protection/Filtering? Tommy B notes a lack of parental control/blocking software for Safari 1.0 - a standard function in Internet Explorer. If you have any suggestions, drop us a line at late-breakers@macfixit.com.
Banks advising customers against Safari MacFixIt reader Jim Hays notes that as of June 25 technical support personnel at Fidelity Investments Bill Pay site are advising Macintosh users that the only Macintosh browser that is compatible with their web site is Netscape 7. He writes:
"I have confirmed that neither Safari 1.0 nor Internet Explorer 5.2.3 works correctly with the site. However, Internet Explorer 5.2.2 apparently works just fine. Going back to 5.2.2 is a much better solution, in my opinion, than shifting to Netscape."
A better e-mail button Rich Shrieve offers a better JavaScript e-mail button solution than yesterday's code. The revised version adds the web page's title to the body of the e-mail and also formats the URL to work with a broader span of e-mail clients (some require brackets "" to render the link to be clickable):
javascript:location.href='mailto:x@x.com?SUBJECT='+document.title+ '&BODY='+document.title+'%5Cn%3C'+escape(location.href)+'%3E'
Some good news about Enterprise applications While we continue to have problems in-house with the WebTrends statistics reporting software when accessed with Safari 1.0, Fons van den Berg notes that the Safari 1.0 release finally incorporates full support for the Blackboard servers used by a number of universities:
"The Safari betas usually worked fine (albeit that pages did not always render ?nice?), although not officially '100% guaranteed' by Blackboard. There used to be some issues though with the Blackboard Knowledge Base which relies on /works mainly with JavaScript where the betas were not able to ?open? the database or display query results.
"The official release however has made these problems go away. Big hurray for Apple on this one, making everything work in this widely used educational / enterprise application and preventing me from having to do my work on a PC."
UPDATE: Knowledge Base Apple has posted several new Knowledge Base articles addressing some Safari issues previously noted here on MacFixIt as well as some others:
- Safari: Does Not Resolve Certain Aliases Safari does not resolve aliases under certain circumstances. This document describes them.
- Safari: Internet Explorer Bookmarks Not Imported When Alias Is Used If you are using an alias in the place of your Internet Explorer bookmarks, or if you place an alias in the path to them, they are not automatically imported by Safari.
- Safari: Can Only Drag One Bookmark at a Time From Internet Explorer You can only drag one bookmark (or favorite) at a time from Internet Explorer to Safari.
- Safari: Only Visible Portion of Page Is Printed Safari may only print the visible portion of a webpage, cutting off the portion you must scroll to see.
- Safari: Do Not Drag Install You should not drag copies of Safari 1.0 or later to install them. If you do, Safari may not work, or may give unexpected results.
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