Safari for windows?

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I just saw this
The Link

havent tried it yet. will when I get home. has this been out awhile?

They claim its faster than IE and firefox 2
 
Was released today.

Jobs can claim all he wants, but it doesn't have the functionality of Firefox.

I think it really is a base to get across to more iPhone users eventually.
 
is it faster than firefox? I know some Apple users who swear buy it

I've actually been using OPERA more on my PC than firefox lately. Its faster and just as secure..if not more
 
you mean the firefox functionality that most people dont utilize?

its speed and simplicity make it a better option for the average internet user.
 
i have a mac and i use firefox on it. I love all the plugins that are available even though i only use 3 or 4 consistently. I still like the options, and i was never that impressed with safari
 
just in some testing on different sites...Safari is loading pages a bit faster than firefox...and Im on a fast DSL connection
 
The feature to resize text boxes is very nice

esp for message boards like even this one where the box is small
 
Im sure they will come out with a first release

this is only beta and some have already found some bugs and security concerns

but it is what it is...a Beta product thats not meant for first release yet
 
A mac user here too. Firefox seems to run slower initially and when browsing, and opera is a mess.. so I Safari. Just updated to version 3.0
 
i've never used Opera on a Mac but on a PC its very good....faster than firefox and just as secure.

You cant add all the extensions firefox has but you can block content like Ads now...which was always my must have firefox add on (adblockplus). Opera also has a built in Java script blocker (like No script) that you can set page by page.

I also can never remember Opera crashing...while firefox sometimes does.

I use firefox at work now...and rotate from that and opera at home
 
I use a mac, and I have firefox, but I don't use it for much more than testing my site's compatibility. Safari gets the job done. The new features in the beta are nice, and hopefully everything will be much more smooth when the final product is released.

Unfortunately, the windows version of the beta, from what I've heard, needs a lot of work.

Safari is (eventually) for people who want hassle free browsing that works, and not so much for geeks who want to control every byte of data that comes through their network connection.

The only problem is that people are still designing sites to work primarily with IE, and have very little to no consideration as to how their sites work with other browsers. When I create a site, I'll make sure that my code validates, and that it works in Safari and Firefox, but if there are things that don't work correctly in IE (things like CSS), I'm not going to bend over backwards to "fix" my site just for microsoft's crappy browser.
 
Using Safari on Windows now (at work) ... not bad for a beta but I still prefer Firefox due to extensions like Adblock and others which add a lot to the browsing experience.

On my Macs at home I use Firefox, not Safari, for the same reason. If Safari were as easily extensible as FF I would probably use it.
 
i have a PPC pwerbook at home and unfotunately a windows box at my office. i am getting a new intel mac this month however. i have found that camino runs faster on my PPC Mac and Firefox fastest on the PC. safari is much faster on an intel mac than a PPC. the new safari is much fast faster on a PPC than the old one so im giving it a try for a while...
 
There is a 3.01 version out now to fix some security holes

since its beta I imagine they are going to be releasing quite a few updates before a full version
 
wow....its much better than Internet Exlorer for sure. IE sucks **** through a straw

its very fast...faster than Firefox on my machine

Im not using it as a full time browser right now as its still in the Beta phase but its kept improving with each of their beta versions...final release could end up being very good
 
Is it now a final release? It is now 3.1, however there is no "beta" in the naming anywhere. Is it actually an official release?

Apple Safari 3.1
 
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