For the first time, Apple has decided to escape platforms and enter the browser wars.
Safari, Apple’s OSX browser is now available for Windows XP and Windows Vista machines — and it is blazing fast.
I was skeptical when I first heard about it a month ago. I have had issues with websites and Safari for a long time. Nothing ever seemed to work correctly, it couldn’t read Javascript or it wouldn’t display many of the attributes. Safari was something I would eventually test a web design in only because there were a tiny number of people who insisted on buying Macs.
But the other day I decided to check it out. I downloaded a copy and installed it on my Vista machine and was immediately impressed by the blazing speed of things. It is light weight, sleek, and not full of many frills.
If you have a Vista or XP machine, go read up on this browser. Heck, download it and try it out for yourself.
April 29th, 2008 at 5:24 PM
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OK, call me “Tiny.” my wife does.
Seriously, got tired when I was home of a 98 that forced me to use other computers… elsewhere. Could have bought another Micro; but took a chance on a used G4. (10.something.) A few things it doesn’t like, but otherwise it seems to work well and have far less issues that any other computer I’ve used. It seems to follow me instead of making me try to figure out what the hell it wants.
Guess I must have been “Mac” all along: just didn’t knoew it.
April 29th, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Chuckle.
I went back to correct “know,” and no matter what I did I couldn’t get a place to click to correct the post. Did I mention “there seem to be a ‘few’ gltches.” Honestly, the Micro seemed far worse, believe it or not: even when it was new and 98 not so “ancient.”
April 29th, 2008 at 5:40 PM
Well, ironically, Safari 3.1 for windows is MUCH better than Safari for Mac.