Safari for Windows - Stick to Firefox
In a surprising move, Apple launched Safari 3’s Beta for both Macintosh and Windows. Why would Apple do that, given Firefox exists?
Over the past few years I’ve been using both Macintosh & Windows. The browsers provided by each of the software manufacturers have never been as good as others available on the Internet. Both Explorer and Safari always fell behind the curve. And unfortunately, Safari for Windows (and Mac for that matter) still doesn’t measure up.
Apple claims speed increases in the latest inception of Safari over Explorer and Firefox. Hunting the web you’ll find many groups that have already done benchmark testing to see if it’s true. So far, the reviews seem to be mixed.
What is clear regarding the latest version of Safari is simple. It’s no Firefox.
Fortunately, the latest version of Safari displays XHTML and CSS properly. After a recent change to Gadget’s Airstream Chronicles I received several complaints from Windows users who browse the web with Internet Explorer. Amazingly enough, Firefox, Netscape, & Safari could read the new version of the site perfectly. Explorer choked, and it seems it was dying on the updated Style Sheets. Geeze, Microsoft still can’t get it right, even if industry standards comply with the updated site. Safari on Windows does in fact display the updated site properly, so there’s a plus in Apple’s favor.
Why the big software vendors think it’s necessary to create their own browser is beyond me. My simple suggestion to everyone out there. Get Firefox, enjoy your web browsing experience! Sorry Apple, sorry Mircrosoft……you’re still not getting it in the browser space, and that’s fine, there are other people who do get it.
Need to read some reviews? Here you go:
http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/06/wwdc_safari_3_o.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070612-afirst-look-safari-3-on-windows.html
Take it from me, both Windows & Mac users: Stick to Firefox!
