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Safari: Didn’t get it at first, but now I do

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

I must admit that when I saw the news about Apple releasing a version of its Safari browser for Windows, I wondered why the hell anyone would care, unless they happened to be Apple devotees who wanted a familiar browser to use on a Windows box. After all, if you want an alternative to Microsof ... Continue reading »

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  • jeremy liew

    2 years ago

    A trojan horse it may be, but I think that it will be hard for Safari to win much share on Windows. It’s hard to displace the default. I was GM of Netscape, so I have some first hand experience in this....

    I blogged about this in Jan when the rumors first surfaced - click on the link below if you’re interested in more.

    http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2007/01/14/safari-for...
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  • heri

    2 years ago

    for me, safari for windows is the worst product apple has released in a couple of years. it can't handle international characters like french, italian or dutch websites. (even thought it's ok if you have a US or Canadian English OS)

    some screenshots here
    http://heri.madmedia.ca/articles/2007/06/11/new...
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  • Brent Ashley

    2 years ago

    I can't figure out why they made it so mac-like that it doesn't even give you sizing handles on the edges but forces you to resize only with the bottom right corner.

    At least I can tab to checkboxes and buttons with Win Safari, unlike on the mac (in both safari and FF, seems to be a mac thing). Everywhere but the mac, logins are username [tab] password [tab] rememberme [space-to-check] [tab] submit [space-to-press]. On the mac I have to leave the keyboard and navigate the mouse to the checkbox and button.
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  • SpragueD

    2 years ago

    I think you're overestimating this. If they were really looking for a way into leveraging Windows as a development platform for desktop and mobile platforms they would embrace/extend Silverlight.

    This looks like a day late and a dollar short of a strategy.
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