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Safari comes to Windows: Public beta posted

updated 03:00 pm EDT, Mon June 11, 2007

Safari Windows

Safari is now platform-agnostic. Apple's venerable Web browser has made its way to Windows, with a public beta immediately available. The company says it is using the success it found in building Windows applications like iTunes to develop the best browser for Windows. Apple claims it is already the fastest browser for Windows, touting an application launch time of .88 seconds vs. 2.48 seconds for Internet Explorer 7.

Other performance stats: "Safari loads pages up to 2 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2. And it executes JavaScript up to 2.8 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2."

Apple says this testing was conducted in June 2007 on a 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo-based iMac system running Windows XP Professional SP2, configured with 1GB of RAM and an ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB of VRAM. HTML and JavaScript benchmarks based on VeriTest�s iBench Version 5.0 using default settings.

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06/11, 02:19pm | report spam | close Reply |
iLife is Next For PC

This is just the start. iLife is next : )

doemel
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06/11, 03:34pm | report spam | close Reply |
OMG WTF

seems like Jobs wants to unswitch some switchers

doemel
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06/11, 02:44pm | report spam | close Reply |
and...

...how will Apple get more people to move to the Mac now? i mean, 90+ % of today's computer users use their computer 90+ % of the time to surf the web (while listening to music). now we've got Safari for Windows (web), iTunes for Windows (music) AND 90+ % of the web p*** content is encoded for Windows Media Player only, so why would anyone still wanna get a Mac?

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yawn

Sorry, but I can't imagine switching to Safari. Firefox just offers way to much control to slip into Safari's "Off or on" approach to settings (pop-ups, cookies, etc). But at least there's one less excuse for web-site developers to say "We don't have any macs, so we can't test our site with safari".

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06/11, 04:09pm | report spam | close Reply |
Hmmm?

Maybe Apple derives some revenue when more people use Safari -- from Google, etc.? That's the only benefit I can see. Give Windows users too much Mac stuff and why would they switch?

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I think...

I think the main reason is to draw Windows developers to the iPhone. Safari is (or is going to be) the best platform to test iPhone applications which are going to be Web2 and AJAX driven.

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dvelopment tools?

So how do they do their development for windows? I was pretty sure that Safari is a cocoa app, so does that mean they have cocoa ready to go for windows (isn't this the fabled yellow box after all?).

What does this all mean, somebody help?

TheSnarkmeister
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Get a life...

No one ever switched to Mac because of Safari. Apple's not losing anything on this. It's the one smart thing they unveiled today.

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dev tools

Apple is recomending AJAX and WEB 2.0 protocols. Windows already has tools. Safari on windows give them an iPhone test platform... That is all.

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poking bankers in the eye

This is to force all those financial institutions with web sites that only work with IE to follow web standards.

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06/11, 01:53am | report spam | close Reply |
zzzzzzzz

This is unexpected, but not really going to affect me that much. I can now use the same browser when switching between Windows and OS X on the same machine. Yay!!!!

How about some new hardware? Really.

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Search is MUCH better

Try out the search in Safari 3�� it's finally a good search tool!

On the other hand, View Source doesn't seem to work any more. S***!

Safari 3 text fields also are resizable, something new. Javascript support is MUCH faster, comparable to Windows at last.

There's spellcheck enabled in online forms now, which is new as well.

Overall, lots of updates have been going on, I see!

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chappy, chappy...

'fraid that's sure to chap someone's hinee in Redmond!

testudo
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Re: bankers

This is to force all those financial institutions with web sites that only work with IE to follow web standards.

Right. Like Firefox or the like wasn't enough. But, by god! Apple's released Safari for Windows! They're going to be going h***-bent on standards from this day forward! You are so right!

Or they're just not going to care like they do now.

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Good for Safari users...

I don't give a rat's a** about Safari running in Windows but if it will encourage web developers to make their sites compatible than I'm all for it. As it is things are really pretty good as far as commercial sites are concerned, for me at least. Having a Windows version out there will only help I hope.

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06/11, 02:27am | report spam | close Reply |
User experience

The more folks are exposed to Apple products, the more like they are to at least look at an Apple machine when it's time to purchase a new machine. I don't think we'll see iLife on Windows as it IS a switcher draw. Let folks play with Apple software, not really a baffling strategy.

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06/11, 04:36pm | report spam | close Reply |
new features?

Does anyone know of any new features in Safari 3 apart from the Windows thing?

coldfusion1970
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06/11, 04:37pm | report spam | close Reply |
good or bad

Is it wrong that i'm jealous that Windows users get Safari?

I like the little advantages that we have over the PC crowd.

The only plus is having Safari available to me in Parallels and Boot Camp instead of having to use the clunky PC version of Firefox.

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Doesn't work

Just installed Safari 3 (which looks just like the old version) and it doesn't work. It searches for the URL but doesn't display the page unless I highlight the URL and click go. This time really get back to the drawing board Apple.

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Wait, Duh!

Oh yeah, iPhone, Safari brower, Windows users using iPhone. CONNECT THE DOTS! We'll probably see synchronizing bookmarks, prefs, etc. too.

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Safari

I guarantee Safari on Windows is about only one thing: the iPhone. The iPhone will use Safari. It is likely Apple wants to give Windows using iPhone users the option to use the same browser on their PCs. After-all, many people will want to sync their iPhone and computer browser information.

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Find feature much better

Searching for words on the page is much better. I finally don't have to go around squinting to find the light blue highlight on the page.

Just wish they would allow you to double click on the tab bar to make a new tab...

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banks ain't the only,,

,,websites that may be forced to use web standards. be nice if my company's Lotus and timesheet programs worked correctly with Safari. maybe this will force some lagging corporations to upgrade. probably not thought, some of our stuff won't even work correctly with IE 7....

ronjamin
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its a Mac Virus!!!

Safari, in addition to iTunes and Quicktime, is a Mac Virus that runs in the minds of a Windows user. . . How can we forget the Halo effect. . . Theres nowhere but UP for Apple desktops. . . . this is just eye candy to entice more disgruntled Windoze users.

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Safari comes to Windows: Public beta posted

updated 03:00 pm EDT, Mon June 11, 2007

Safari Windows

iLife is Next For PC

OMG WTF

and...

yawn

Hmmm?

I think...

dvelopment tools?

Get a life...

dev tools

poking bankers in the eye

zzzzzzzz

Search is MUCH better

chappy, chappy...

Re: bankers

Good for Safari users...

User experience

new features?

good or bad

Doesn't work

Wait, Duh!

Safari

Find feature much better

banks ain't the only,,

its a Mac Virus!!!

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