Comment from Elliott Berglund
If you think Firefox 3 alphas are fast, then give the Opera 9.5 alphas a try, blows everything out of the water, and it supports all current finalized CSS3 standards
View ArticleComment from Peter Gasston
Unless Apple make Safari integrate better with Windows, I can't see them winning many people over. It looks heavy and ugly outside of OS X, and doesn't respond to the Win+M shortcut to minimise all...
View ArticleComment from Adrian
A couple of points that I'm really tired of having to make: 1. Not all developers/designers work on Mac 2. Not everyone cares about the IPhone 3. Safari's support for JavaScript is appaling 4. Safari's...
View ArticleComment from WulfTheSaxon
I personally don't think Safari is significantly faster than Firefox. Besides, Firefox 4 will introduce blazing-fast just-in-time JavaScript compilation with Tamarin. And, as far as features go, I...
View ArticleComment from Ulf
I guess, Jonathan is right about the iPhone thing and that Apple has to open the market, but seriously - who will change their browser of choice now? Lot's of people still use IE, because it was...
View ArticleComment from Jeff
Why're so turned of by it? Seems like a good idea to me, especially considering the upcoming iphone...http://thenewsroom.com/details/394435?c_id=wom-bc-js
View ArticleComment from Ricardo Zea
Safari sux! Period. Just what we need, another browser AND another browser that renders HTML the way it wants it not the way it should. I'm tired of filling my CSS with 'html>body...' (hacks for...
View ArticleComment from Dan Acuff
Yeah, I tested in Safari on Windows and it is the same comment numbering problem. Looks good in Opera though.
View ArticleComment from Ryan Barr
"Firefox has definitely put a dent into the behemoth that is Internet Explorer and with the introduction of Safari for Windows, things could get interesting."*cough*down-with-IE*cough* But really, yes...
View ArticleComment from Prashant
It's obvious that Apple have done this so they have a chance to take over the browser market. Most users use Windows and by porting it over to Windows users may be convinced to use this over IE or...
View ArticleComment from Scott Johnson
I'm certainly not the typical user, and I usually don't notice things that a typical user would notice. In fact, the first time I loaded up Safari on my WinXP machine, I couldn't help but notice how...
View ArticleComment from Robert
Why Safari on Windows? It's actually rather simple - to test web apps in because Apple will not be providing any SDK for the iPhone. Instead, build a web app! Since web apps are the way to go to write...
View ArticleComment from Bramus!
@ Jake, Dinoboff & cpawl : it indeed has something to do with the non-English XP I'm using. Hoping to see an updated build soon ;)
View ArticleComment from Tom
I tried the beta on Windows XP. I was overwhelmed initially, but on subsequent use, I must say that there’s not a whole lot of “new†things here when compared with Firefox. Of course, Apple does...
View ArticleComment from Jermayn Parker
For me it will be good to test for Mac users, I have not had any troubles yet but it will be nice to use and see... I do not think honestly that it will affect the browser wars much though
View ArticleComment from Ben Henschel
@Brian G - I agree with you, I think it is pretty stupid to hinder designs because IE 6 or other older browsers don't support what you are trying to do (particularly the lack of support with PNG...
View ArticleComment from cpawl
Bramus - no offense but it can also have something to do with you choice of CSS code there.
View ArticleComment from Dinoboff
@Bramus & Jake: I read somewhere else that WebKit has some issues with non English version of windows
View ArticleComment from Jake
@Bramus! Thank you, I thought I was going crazy. I was seeing the same issues at work and my friend wouldn't confirm it. He even sent me a screenshot of the same page working that I was having trouble...
View ArticleComment from Daniel
Maybe it's because Trolltech have been porting Webkit back to QT? Making webkit based windows browsers inevitable.
View ArticleComment from Bramus!
@ Kalle : I wouldn't say that; things just got worse! Don't believe me? Compare this (mac version) to that (pc version) or open Google with Safari 3 (PC) and you'll see why. I'm suddenly getting IE Mac...
View ArticleComment from James
One of the biggest reasons i can see for Apple porting Safari to windows is to increase the user base and ensure that developers see Safari as a major browser and develop web apps that run as expected...
View ArticleComment from Martijn
Is it just me, or does the comment numbering fall out of place in this Safari for Windows? Sorry for not having an other browser open, so no cross-browser results. Just saying what I see in this
View ArticleComment from Sam Kellett
I think it's the direction Apple's taking now. I do think Leopard will be available on PC's too. Apple seem to be going in the direction of software and accessories now (the name change fortified that)...
View ArticleComment from Kalle Persson
I believe that with Apple releasing Safari to the masses that are Windows users, life just got a little bit better for us web developers.
View ArticleComment from Jonathan Snook
@Chris: good point. As Mozilla has obviously proved, getting paid for the search box is a lucrative business. @Carlos: But is the average user that concerned with rendering speed that they'd seek out...
View ArticleComment from Carlos Bernal
Another more practical reason is...speed. Loads pages SOOO much faster.
View ArticleComment from Matt Croydon
Actually, WebKit has been on mobile devices for more than a year now in the form of the Nokia Web Browser which is based on an open source port of WebKit to Symbian OS and S60. The browser was in the...
View ArticleComment from Chris Griffin
Ah didn't finish my point in the previous comment. Since Windows owns 95% of the OS market share (?) they just opened up that revenue stream to a lot more users.
View ArticleComment from Chris Griffin
Another big reason: Money. That search bar in the top right corner, browsers make money every time somebody uses it. Mozilla made 50 million in 2005 from their Firefox search bar alone.
View ArticleComment from Brian G
I plan on building standards compliant websites, and in the next year I will be phasing out any non-standard compliant hacks. If a user complains that one of my sites doesn't work in their browser of...
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