The Question
Eternal
Using it right now... it's actually not bad. Not bad at all. Only real gripe is it doesn't recognize my mouse's "back" button.
Safari For Windows
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Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
Why would there even be Safari for Windows?
It's an afterthought on the Mac system as it is.
It's an afterthought on the Mac system as it is.
FBI parte due
Folces Weard
It's alleged to be among the fastest browsers available. From what I've heard, though, it's not on Windows.
Lilac
Luci ain't got nothin' on me.
Can it do tabbed browsing?
Does 'ctrl-tab' and 'ctrl-shift-tab' allow me to browse through my tabs?
Can I type 'alt-d' to kick me to the address bar? (Yes, I know that F6 also works.)
If no to any of the above, Safari = FAIL.
(Coincidentally, Firefox on Macs don't have the 'alt-d' shortcut. It irks me to no end.)
Does 'ctrl-tab' and 'ctrl-shift-tab' allow me to browse through my tabs?
Can I type 'alt-d' to kick me to the address bar? (Yes, I know that F6 also works.)
If no to any of the above, Safari = FAIL.
(Coincidentally, Firefox on Macs don't have the 'alt-d' shortcut. It irks me to no end.)
ctmelvital
more cookies please?
I had to use it on a Mac once or twice. There's no way I'll do that to my computer if I can avoid it.
Ishcabittle
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So Safari on Windows is the version 3 public beta, so there are bits and pieces of it that don't quite add up to scratch yet, but it's pretty badass. Yup, tabbed browsing, although i'm not sure about the keyboard shortcuts yet.
One thing I did do was hit a bunch of pages and time the rendering between Safari 3, Firefox 2.0, and IE7, and on three separate PCs Safari beat them all. Pretty cool, for a development house that has two other applications for windows.
One thing I did do was hit a bunch of pages and time the rendering between Safari 3, Firefox 2.0, and IE7, and on three separate PCs Safari beat them all. Pretty cool, for a development house that has two other applications for windows.
Ishcabittle
Member
I hear you - if you don't like it you don't like it.
The Question
Eternal
Yeah, I must admit that for a beta, it actually isn't all that bad. Speedwise, it kicks ass. As far as the hardware input goes, it's got a way to go yet. Time for Apple to catch up to mice with "back" buttons. They may have invented the damn thing, but you'd think they'd keep on inventing it instead of slipping behind on something so crucial to the computing environment.
Colonel Kira's Left Tit
Bearded Belly of Bajor
Competition is always good, though I doubt I'll bother trying out Safari. I don't use Windows all that much anymore, and I doubt they're putting out a Linux version anytime soon. And Firefox usually works pretty well, aside from being a resource hog.
Ishcabittle
Member
omg who here has an iGoogle homepage with more than three widgets on it? my poor powerPC G4 1.67MHz gets bogged down to 80% proc use on that page alone... stupid browsers.