Safari on Windows... (IE-killer)

itunes is awful for me no matter what os i'm on. i mean, you get used to sitting around waiting seconds every time you do something, and having it use both cores to spin the beach ball... but i've not noticed any improvement over windows when i used it on my macbook. that's not fair.

 

KDE 4.0 will reportedly have a windows port.

 

After several days' use, I dumped Safari. Just had a feel of early Netscape browsers and really didn't offer anything compared to Firefox. The faster page loading really isn't a big deal - it's not that much faster and how fast does a page need to load anyway? It may make a bigger difference if you're on dial-up.

 

tried it and dropped it after a day.

it doesn't matter how fast Apple claims Safari renders pages, the limiting factor in speed is the user input. Safari has no keyword/nickname bookmarking or keyword searches or mouse gestures. in that regard, it is even less functional than a basic install of Firefox. sure it's a stripped down no-frills browser with an awesome rendering engine, but the download size is twice that of Opera for Windows and it only has maybe a quarter of the functionality; that does not strike me as being very efficient.

 

I dropped it in less than a day. I guess I just love my Firefox. I already have Opera to fall back on if need be.

 

I dropped it in two days, because the spell check doesn't work.

 

Remember it's only a beta - partly to allow devs to get a feel for Safari as it will be the platform for iPhone development.

I tried it and as much as I wanted to like it (I can definitely notice some speed improvements over Firefox) there are just too many things that I expect to be able to do and cannot in Safari at this point. Many of my mouse commands don't register - double click the tab bar to open a new tab, middle click to open close tabs, being able to send links to a new tab from Netvibes, etc. It makes browsing a chore. I shouldn't have to adapt to my browser.

It will be awfully useful for web design debugging though. I've never owned a Mac so I never know what my websites look like in Safari.

 

Most people I know that have Macs like Firefox better than Safari.

 

You know some pretty smart people.

Matt

 

:O

But I think I'll stick with GNOME and Swiftfox...

 

When Safari returns in a full fleged 1.o form, then i''ll give it a shot. if not i will end up saying how bad it is /was when it is still in beta.

 

I just downloaded the beta and installed it. My only complaint is that when I maximize the window I can't access my taskbar. The only way I can get to other open windows (I was comparing the same web page with IE7, FF, & Safari) is to minimize Safari or to turn off the autohide on my taskbar so its always visible.

My question: Is there anyway that I can access my taskbar with leaving it up or minimizing Safari?

 

The Windows key brings up the taskbar. Ctrl-Esc does as well.
There's always Alt-Tab or Windows logo + Tab to switch to other programs.
Alt-Ctrl-Tab brings up the taskbar for you to select an open program as well.



Most of it doesn't bother me as much as its tab behavior (i.e. it won't force new windows into new tabs no matter what I set in preferences or what keystroke/mouse combo I use).

It doesn't handle drop-down menus well either, such as the Thread Options button on top of this forum.

 

Comparing Opera to Safari, Opera is faster when loading new pages. For loading pages that has been accessed before Safari is a bit faster (I suspect I can get Opera to load faster too by playing with some caching options). However Safari renders some stuff incorrectly like for MSNBC the navigation menu does not work. All in all it isnt I think Ill pass on Safari. No real benefit over my already very good Opera.