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06.12.2007

Safari on Windows

Safari 3 Installation Welcome Screen

I think that it’s pretty safe to assume that by this point you’ve either used Safari on a Mac or you haven’t. I’ve used Safari for a num­ber of years, but it has never become my browser of choice. Why? Quite sim­ply: Fire­fox is more exten­si­ble and Camino is quicker on a Mac.

The intro­duc­tion of Safari 3 to XP and Vista def­i­nitely changes the play­ing field. It’s tough to say whether Safari will enjoy the same sort of growth that Fire­fox has expe­ri­enced over the past cou­ple of years, but being avail­able on both Mac and PC now cer­tainly can’t hurt.

Browser Test­ing

Safari 3 Beta on Win­dows is going to make browser test­ing that much eas­ier. See­ing as the iPhone will use Safari as it’s browser du jour, Win­dows designers/developers will be able to develop and test appli­ca­tions for it with­out hav­ing to own a Mac. I own two older Macs, and will test sites in Safari from time to time, but it’s never been a high pri­or­ity for me. (Heck, even my site has some issues with the footer in Safari… which I hope to address soon.)

Safety

Because it’s not heav­ily inte­grated into Win­dows, you breathe a lit­tle bit eas­ier know­ing that the browser (prob­a­bly) isn’t going to suf­fer from the same problems/exploits that Inter­net Explorer has to deal with.

Typog­ra­phy

Safari’s also going to change the way you view things on the web. Seri­ously. Have you seen how gor­geous typog­ra­phy looks in Safari? Microsoft ClearType can’t touch it. Nei­ther can any other browser on Win­dows. I can only hope that Microsoft and Mozilla see Safari on Win­dows and work to improve how type looks in the browser. Aliased type is eas­ier to read, and gives sites more of a printed-word feel, in my opinion.

Gate­way Drug

Oh, and did I men­tion that Safari is yet another Apple gate­way drug? Between Quick­time, iTunes and now Safari, Apple is attempt­ing to bring part of the Mac expe­ri­ence to PC users. The best thing Apple ever did was open the iPod up to Win­dows. It makes sense for Apple to release (free) soft­ware for the PC as long as it serves as a mech­a­nism to get PC users to buy Mac hardware.

All in all, the intro­duc­tion of Safari can only be a good thing for users. It prob­a­bly won’t become the browser of choice for a num­ber of them, but hav­ing a choice is what’s most important.

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4 comments on “Safari on Windows”

  1. Posted by tgpo on Tuesday, June 12th, 2007.

    Bugs are already being found in this Beta soft­ware. Includ­ing a Zero-Day exploit.

    http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/07/06/12/012023…

  2. Posted by Chris Harrison on Tuesday, June 12th, 2007.

    Bugs are to be expected in a beta app, right? Plus, con­sider the source of the first claimed exploit… does that guy have any cred­i­bil­ity at all left?

  3. Posted by tgpo on Tuesday, June 12th, 2007.

    Bugs are already being found in this Beta soft­ware. Includ­ing a Zero-Day exploit.

    http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/07/06/12/0120230.shtml

  4. Posted by Chris Harrison on Tuesday, June 12th, 2007.

    Bugs are to be expected in a beta app, right? Plus, con­sider the source of the first claimed exploit… does that guy have any cred­i­bil­ity at all left?