I can’t help but be curious about this Windows version of the Safari web browser. First, a disclaimer: I am not an Apple user; I use only Windows and Linux systems. With that said, I have many friends and business acquaintances who use Apple computers exclusively. I’ve heard the same thing from nearly all of them: Safari is a horrible browser on the Apple. Now, if the Apple users don’t like it, why would Windows users want to use it?
NOTE: Someone will undoubtedly cite the Zeldman post about text rendering in Safari versus FireFox; however, if one reads the large number of blog posts that reference Jefferey Zeldman’s post, he will quickly find that far more people like some other browser because Safari doesn’t work as well with many modern web technologies.
To me, FireFox is a great browser for the Windows and Apple platforms. Though I have not had any of the problems with Internet Explorer that many people have complained about. I actually use FireFox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. Using these three I can quickly test my web pages to make sure they work in all of the common browsers. I’m just not sure what Safari adds to the mix.
Safari gives you the ability to track and display your most visited sites in a nice tab, but this is already in Chrome in an almost identical implementation and it is in FireFox through a simple menu. Safari lets you click and drag to rearrange them, but that’s not worth changing browsers. Don’t get me wrong. I think the MAC OS is a great OS – particularly now that it runs on Unix, but why would a Windows user want an inferior Apple browser? We’ve had enough problems watching Internet Explorer grow up of the past 15 or so years. I’m just curious.
