Safari for windows

marc2003 · 12 Jun 2007 at 08:09

FirebarUK said:
You guys are just jealous that Apple release all the cool stuff

what i don't find cool is how i'm forced to use their skin. why can't it look like, you know... windows. i've always hated applications that have their own skins. even ati's hideous control center skins could be changed back to system.

edit: i love trying other browsers sometimes. you just don't realise how much you take adblock plus for granted.

spot the difference....

now of course i might be jumping the gun here. is there anything like this for safari?

FirebarUK · 12 Jun 2007 at 09:43

^ LOL, don't forget MS HATE google, this was probably the first extra feature they put into ie7.

You'll need to wait for skins and addons, its only just been released as a Beta!

Ol!ver · 12 Jun 2007 at 09:58

FirebarUK said:
^ LOL, don't forget MS HATE google, this was probably the first extra feature they put into ie7.

You'll need to wait for skins and addons, its only just been released as a Beta!

But the pic is FF not IE7

FirebarUK · 12 Jun 2007 at 10:15

Whoops

Wyrdo · 12 Jun 2007 at 10:27

Just installed it on my PC here at work but it's not letting me edit proxy settings, blah.

tripitaka · 12 Jun 2007 at 10:32

Me too.

Shame, I'll have to try it out at home instead.

Kol · 12 Jun 2007 at 11:40

Installed it last night. I like it, visually. However, unlike in firefox and IE7, I can't go back/forward a page ie. my wheel can click left/right and there doesn't seem to be an option

FirebarUK · 12 Jun 2007 at 11:43

Yeah, support for mouse buttons is limited atm.

MikGriff · 12 Jun 2007 at 12:20

Anyone else find that scrolling is terribly slow aswell ?

I cant find an option for it either.

OcUK loads a hell of a lot faster for me in Safari than in Firefox.

reefoid · 12 Jun 2007 at 13:07

Tried it for 15 minutes last night then uninstalled. I have the blurry text issue, didn't seem any faster than Firefox and I have Firefox configured just how I like it. I'm sure it will suit some people, but not me.

braveheart · 12 Jun 2007 at 14:30

Not for me - nae thanks, I stick with Fx 2 and wait for Fx3 due in November (just now Fx 3 Alpha 5 is just testing for development)... I dont think Apple claimed to be faster than FF and IE7 - that make no difference, is it? I dont see any faster in this browser... Sorry Apple Im stay with Mozilla.

one thing is FF has spelling check & restart same site -- Safari dont have one.

Craig321 · 12 Jun 2007 at 14:30

It's alright, but I'm not a huge fan of it...

I starts nice and quickly compared to my Firefox. Firefox probably starts slower for me probably due to me having about 7 home pages & quite a few add-ons

It seems about the same speed as Firefox for me (I have Fasterfox & have done the tweaks).

Craig.

braveheart · 12 Jun 2007 at 15:09

Aye I did the same to check what it look like but didnt seem to be fast as Firefox (I also used FastFox as well), only people suit which one to use

I open and load Firefox so fast than much quicker - anyway when Safarai 3.0 is release for full version then you may want to test again, Im not as Im just wait for Fx 3. for Windows users now to give people to choose IE7 or Firefox or Opera or Netscape or Safari... I only used Firefox 2 as master browser, Opera 9 as 2nd browser and IE 7 64bits as 3rd browser

tehgazza · 12 Jun 2007 at 15:26

It runs lovely... but i dont get all the arguements about it, you do have to remember that this hasnt seen the light of day outside of apple untill a day or 2 ago, and then its the first beta of it to be public. Remember your problems IE7 betas? I do agree with skins though, would be nice if you could select to turn off metal looks and revert to normal XP in Apple applications (itunes,QT,safari) they got it right with updater though

Andy C · 12 Jun 2007 at 18:12

Some sites are slower and some are faster... this forum is much faster in Safari for me. As for blurry text, you can change the font smoothing settings in the preferences... it's on medium by default, but light is better on my dell 2007.

It's alright, but I prefer Firefox which is why I use it on the Mac also.

A.

braveheart · 12 Jun 2007 at 18:23

we know Safari is beta version but have look >> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40283 & http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/ but when it full version then it will fix the patch -- Beta is just testing as it too early to use.

Teaf · 12 Jun 2007 at 18:26

Tried Light smoothing here also, does make it better but still seems like it's all bolded text. Few annoying bugs in it also, but on the plus side I find it extremely fast.

v0n · 12 Jun 2007 at 20:18

Crucial and basic mistakes - font rendering looks appaling in any setting plus releasing tabbed browser without session management in this day and age is simply inexcusable. End of. If we wanted browser just faster than IE7 we all would be using Opera. There is a very narrow gap on this market and introducing a product that looks like crap and has "stuck in nineties" written all over it to market that already has something as versatile as Firefox and something as accomplished as Opera is borderline insane, if not just plain stupidity. Pathetic. Truelly pathetic.

So, now that they pooped on Microsoft's turf, we should expect MS releasing IE for Mac and rip them a new one, just like it did in old Netscape times...

Energize · 12 Jun 2007 at 20:49

v0n said:
So, now that they pooped on Microsoft's turf, we should expect MS releasing IE for Mac and rip them a new one, just like it did in old Netscape times...

That was already done.

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/internetexplorer/internetexplorer.aspx?pid=internetexplorer

I think that there was so few users though that they just gave up.

NickK · 12 Jun 2007 at 22:51

Hmm YaawTube doesn't like it, even when reinstalling flash through Safari. Already bugged it - the page chosen for the screenshot/source submission info: Paris Hilton jail song

I hate IE7's controls, I like IE7's text rendering.

Still I'll give it a little more time as it is "beta".