As we mentioned before, there was a painful conflict between the new Safari 3.1 and the older Gmail code (UI 1) still active for some users. Google is now pushing out the newer codebase, and it appears to solve the problem (at least for us).
As Google, says in their blog post:
How to access what's new:Links:
Just sign in to Gmail. You'll know when you're in new version of Gmail when you see a link for "Older version" at the top right of the screen.
With the new release of Apple's Safari 3.1, it has become clear there is a conflict between it and Gmail for folks using version 1 of Gmail (which includes most Google Apps and some localized accounts). When trying to type in the rich text fields, the modifier keys cause the focus to change. Trying to type a capital "I" by pressing shift will cause the focus to leave the rich text field without every typing the "I".
To say this is annoying is a major understatement. It is maddening,
Workaround:
If you can, switch to the "new" version 2 Gmail. If the new version is not available, you might be able to switch from "rich text" to "plain text" to avoid the problem.
This has been a known issue through the development of Webkit, so I'm not sure how Apple and Google could have let this very annoying problem happen. Hopefully, they will get it fixed ASAP.
Apple has released Safari 3.1 for both Mac and Windows. Apple has incorporated the latest WebKit changes. Here are some highlights from Apple's changelog:
