Safari on Windows? Yawn.

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has announced that it is releasing its Safari browser for Microsoft Windows. The initial reactions are negative. Here’s a roundup on reactions regarding Safari for Windows: * Alec Saunders: Take a pass on Safari * Chris Pirillo: Safari on Windows? Yawn. * Mike Cane: Apple Safari Browser For Win XP: Super Fast And Super Sick * Ars Technica: Microsoft, Mozilla execs respond to Safari on Windows announcement * Ars Technica: First look: Safari 3 beta on Windows vs. Firefox 2 and IE7

But the rendering and the javascript support is not. A very big effort is needed to make Safari into a really respecable browser. Sorry guys, but this is yet another ‘Not recommended’ post. Chris Pirillo has an opinion on Safari as well… but it puts him to sleep [IMG google-on-safai] Technorati Tags: apple, safari, windows, rendering

No .NET apps. Er, no Silverlight apps. So, your favorite app from the Windows Mobile Smartphone you were hoping to give away won’t work.” TechCrunch: “Nothing earth shattering coming out of the Apple WWDC conference today in San Francisco.” Chris Pirillo: “Sarcasm aside, it seems that Apple is opening up a new browser holy war with the release of Safari for Windows. Is it just me, or is this particular announcement about three years too late? It’s difficult enough to get a site to look fine in

[IMG Apple Safari]Alerté par Chris Pirillo via son twitter, j’apprends que le navigateur Safari est disponible pour Windows Vista et XP ! C’est dans une version 3 public beta que Safari se présente. D’entrée, Apple annonce la couleur en affichant

It’s so people who are developing apps for the iphone don’t necessarily have to have an iphone or even a mac to get it to “look right”. pretty smart in those regards.

“It’s difficult enough to get a site to look fine in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera!”

It’s not difficult to get a site to look good in Safari and Opera — they (and to a slightly lesser extent, Firefox) are standards compliant. The problem is Internet Explorer. Design your site for Safari/Opera and then fix any problems.

Chris,

The reason for Safari on Windows is to provide a Windows-centric development environment for the iPhone.

M

Oh the huge manatee!

I’ve always wondered how my sites look on Safari. I’m looking forward to it, at least as a way to check websites out for appearance.

I code for web standards, not for specific browsers, and at the end of the day I rarely have to adjust to any browser to get the functionality that I want. It works in safari, ie, firefox, opera, wii, the ds, and even those weird limited browsers that randomly populate mobile phones.

Don’t blame Apple for bringing Safari to a larger audience. It gives developers a way to verify that their web apps will be happy running on iPhone. If you’re developing for just two browsers, you’re developing into a dead-end.

“Is it just me, or is this particular announcement about three years too late?”

It’s you and Dvorak.

I had the same problem with the fonts, when I first opened up safari none of the fonts were showing up and there was no text, I deleted the lucida grande and the body text showed up but I can’t get the titlebar/menu to work. any help?
please email me at phsrockstar07@gmail.com with suggestions thanks

I agree with the author above, who said that coding to standards is what should occur. If everyone adhered to standards, browsers would get better or die, and users would win on every platform. [Just because MS has the majority of the market doesn't mean they have some God given right to make the majority of blunders]

Firstly make sure you’ve installed the Apple fonts (http://www.jonmega.com/iceman/stuff/fonts/).

Next navigate to program files / safari and rename the safari.resources folder i.e. “safari.resourcesx”…

Start safari (it won’t work)

Rename the safari.resourcesx back to its original state

Go into the safari.resources folder and rename/delete the 2 font files to something else

Now run safari

what was your quick look suggestion for windows vista?

i was thinking that quick look was just like preview handlers. was your suggestion way different than the vista implementation? maybe you should have been more vocal because i never heard about it.

david from windows shell team

[...] * Alec Saunders: Take a pass on Safari * Chris Pirillo: Safari on Windows? Yawn. * Mike Cane: Apple Safari Browser For Win XP: Super Fast And Super Sick * Ars Technica: Microsoft, Mozilla execs respond to Safari on Windows announcement * Ars Technica: First look: Safari 3 beta on Windows vs. Firefox 2 and IE7 * TrendLabs Malware Blog: New Safari 3 Beta for Windows insecure * Symantec Security Response Weblog: Vulnerabilities for Safari on Windows [...]

Have you noticed the timing of the release?

Safari in Windows is being released weeks before the release of the iPhone.
Mr. Jobs is making sure Apple’s iPhone doesn’t have the same compatibility problems the introduction of the iPod had (ie Mac only.)
This isn’t the start of a new “browser war.”