Apples Safari browser available for Windows

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HuwR
Apples Safari browser available for Windows
11 June 2007, 18:05


http://www.apple.com/downloads/


Contrary to what Apple would have you believe, it is NOT twice as fast as IE at all, in fact from what I have tested so far it is actually IE that is twice as fast as Safari<

 

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Podge
11 June 2007, 18:43


On the forums it seems pretty quick. Using it now.<
HuwR
11 June 2007, 19:08


I ran my tests on Apples own website bigsmile<
Podge
11 June 2007, 19:25


Been looking at that too. Still seems pretty quick to me.

All I know is that I REALLY want one of these - http://www.apple.com/iphone/ads/<
JJenson
11 June 2007, 19:42


They look cool except you have to sign up with AT&T wireless to get one. I used to have them and got all kinds of fake charges and it followed me for about 4 years before it finally gotten taken care of like a month ago. But the phone looks sweet I will wait for Verizon to get it.<
HuwR
11 June 2007, 20:34


I'm waiting for one of these http://htctouch.com<
Jezmeister
12 June 2007, 06:02


Originally posted by HuwR
Contrary to what Apple would have you believe, it is NOT twice as fast as IE at all, in fact from what I have tested so far it is actually IE that is twice as fast as Safari

it doesn't appear to be faster than Opera either, if anything Opera is slightly faster (as well as a lot nicer :P)
anyway on first use it managed to annoy me - some stupid autocomplete in the address bar making it kinda hard to go to lower directories on a site you've visited before... i presume it can be turned off but stupid all the same.<
Panhandler
12 June 2007, 09:21


Originally posted by HuwR
http://www.apple.com/downloads/


Contrary to what Apple would have you believe, it is NOT twice as fast as IE at all, in fact from what I have tested so far it is actually IE that is twice as fast as Safari

I recently added a Mac Pro 3.0 Quad and Safari doesn't seem to run any faster. Due to the lack of a right click button on the Apple mouse, I gravitate toward IE every time. <
AnonJr
12 June 2007, 09:50


Seems that it will run faster once it gets going... not that there aren't other issues.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/11.html

But, it will simplify compatibility testing. tongue<
HuwR
12 June 2007, 11:19


when I referred to it's slowness, I was infact speaking of page renderring which for me on a dual core PC with 2Gb of ram is taking twice as long in Safari as it is taking in IE<
AnonJr
12 June 2007, 12:04


Ah. I thought you were referring to the load time like most of the articles I've read. Does it really render that slowly? (I'm at work right now and I had to go through the 7th circle of hell just to get IE7 on my workstation...)<
HuwR
12 June 2007, 12:29


there website does yes smile Snitz seems to do ok though, but the font renderring is just horrid.<
AnonJr
12 June 2007, 14:24


That was one of the other complaints that I've seen mentioned. wink I'll probably download and install it on my development machines at home, but only because 12% of the people who come to www.jesusjoshua2415.com are running Safari - and I'm too cheap to get a Mac. clown<
Jezmeister
12 June 2007, 15:19


So much for more secure than IE hmm tongue<
muzishun
12 June 2007, 23:00


Originally posted by Jezmeister
So much for more secure than IE hmm tongue
Well, it is technically still a beta... however, I do agree that it's quite ironic that Safari was hacked on the first day of its first Windows release.
I'll wait for the final release. I probably won't switch to it completely, but I'll definitely use it for testing purposes.<
golfmann
13 June 2007, 15:24


Maxthon 2
smile<
Podge
13 June 2007, 15:44


Firefox 3<
JJenson
13 June 2007, 23:27


I like that maxthon browser its nice so far.<
Coen
10 November 2008, 12:17


Are newbies allowed to do it?
Coen Bros<
ruirib
10 November 2008, 13:44


Originally posted by Coen
Are newbies allowed to do it?
Coen Bros
Allowed to do what?<
balexandre
10 November 2008, 14:00


Originally posted by HuwR Snitz seems to do ok though, but the font renderring is just horrid.

Quite good here (the font) and the speed, it is very fast!

P.S. I know... I'm using Safari for Mac, but just to let you guys know that is fast comparing to Opera and FF3
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MarkJH
10 November 2008, 14:11


Have it installed on my PC for browser compatibility reasons.
The font rendering is TERRIBLE!<
HuwR
10 November 2008, 15:37


The font rendering is TERRIBLE!
agreed, they are not even the right fonts let alone the right size, just compare it to any other browsr and you will see the fonts are just rubbish, I can't vouch for the MAC,but on the PC the only browser that is slower at renderring is google chrome, and that uses the same renderring engine.<
AnonJr
10 November 2008, 17:04


Funny, on my home PC and IBM laptop I've noticed Google Chrome renders pages faster than IE7 and Fx3.<
pdrg
15 November 2008, 11:36


Blooming heck this thread is a blast from the past - a major and cryptic necro from Coen!<
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