Browsers: Poll: Will you be trying Apple's Safari for Windows?
- 6/13/07 3:45 PM
Horrible interface - give me IE7 any day!!
by niknac - 6/14/07 3:11 AM In reply to: Poll: Will you be trying Apple's Safari for Windows? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I really don't like the feel of Safari. It won't support my nVidea dual screen software so it loads between the two screens every time. It doesn't appear to be any faster than IE7. Typing addresses in is slower because you have to triple-click the existing address rather than IE7's single-click. It's got none of the familiar Windows feel about it, and just doesn't feel right for me. I'll be uninstalling it shortly. IE7 might have its faults, but I like it!
IE7 security
by OttifantSir - 6/14/07 6:51 AM In reply to: Horrible interface - give me IE7 any day!! by niknacTake a look at Secunia's site and see what browser is safest to use. Safari wins that one over IE7 and Firefox. Opera wins hands down over everything. It has no security holes.
Safari 3 isn't listed!
by John.Wilkinson - 6/14/07 9:48 AM
In reply to: IE7 security by OttifantSir
Securnia doesn't have Safari 3 listed yet, so you can't use that as a method of comparison at this point. In fact, Safari had over half a dozen security flaws found in the first 12 hours...Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera all can say they have never been beaten that bad that fast.
John
Safari for Windows
by mccarney - 6/14/07 3:41 AM In reply to: Poll: Will you be trying Apple's Safari for Windows? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I installed it but it did not run on my computer so I uninstalled it.
Never!
by Troy_tuq - 6/14/07 4:12 AM In reply to: Poll: Will you be trying Apple's Safari for Windows? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Firefox works just fine. Even though it's a bit of a resource hog.
Using it this very second!
by Autumnmycat - 6/14/07 4:20 AM In reply to: Never! by Troy_tuqWhen they offered Safari for the PC I was sceptical. iTunes sucked so bad that I was kind of afraid to touch this software. But I did download it and I was impressed. I only had two problems with it.
1.) Whenever I click a link on another program (with Safari as my default browser) it just takes me to my homepage.
2.) When it starts up it's really slow. It takes 30 seconds for the page to load completely. After that it loads fine.
I'm sure they will fix these problems. It's beta after all. It's amazingly good for a beta. It looks sleek just like the Mac version and I've only had a few problems.
no
by jonah jones - 6/14/07 4:15 AM
In reply to: Poll: Will you be trying Apple's Safari for Windows? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
i use (and like) Firefox (plus adblock+) for everyday surfing, IE6 for the sites that won't work with FF
all i need for a "perfect" browser is the "renew every *" that made Opera such a great browser
jonah
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Too many PC(MS) based programs
by Irelands child - 6/14/07 4:24 AM In reply to: Poll: Will you be trying Apple's Safari for Windows? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I guess my title says it - everything that I have is based on what both my wife and I have used at our jobs so the home system needs to conform. And I do prefer Apple for photo work - sigh.
Apple? Mac Rome Winesap?
by gene daniels - 6/14/07 4:34 AM In reply to: Poll: Will you be trying Apple's Safari for Windows? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Apple is something that happens somewhere else that someone tries to get me to read about.
An interesting story but an irrelevant product.
Apple on Windows, Windows on Apple
by aintnorainbowdorothy - 6/14/07 4:50 AM In reply to: Poll: Will you be trying Apple's Safari for Windows? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I own an Apple G5, loadad and that means dual 2.0 Power PC chipsets, 4gb RAM and so on. Since Apple started using Intel Mobo's, there has been a spate of security problems. Not that there weren't Security updates with Power PC, but with Intel, there are a lot more. I didn't put Windows on Apple and I won't put Safari on Windows. The two OS's are somewhat compatible but not enough. I do a lot of Alpha and Beta work, including some for Apple. That makes it nearly impossible for me to use Safari on Windows and vice versa. I see no reason to do either. And I have to wonder about support. Will there be any more than Windows on Apple?
Eye Candy
by reptar - 6/14/07 5:24 AM In reply to: Poll: Will you be trying Apple's Safari for Windows? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I tried Safari for a while. Has the Mac look, which may appeal to some, but doesn't have the add-ons of Firefox or the configurability of Opera. If you haven't tried Opera, you should. Some features:
http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/
http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/settings/#display
v.
Apple has yet to make a good product
by bigjim01 - 6/14/07 5:46 AM In reply to: Poll: Will you be trying Apple's Safari for Windows? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I used to be in the land of the Macintosh users, and I am glad that I left. Over the years I have looked at Apple products, and yet I still see no reason whatsoever to ever go back to such a limited product with so little ability to do the things that I do everyday. Sure you can surf the internet, send and receive email, but really that is about all the useful functionality that they have.
NEVER .. why would I ... Runs great on my MACBOOK PRO
by buddhak0n - 6/14/07 5:53 AM In reply to: Poll: Will you be trying Apple's Safari for Windows? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
No reason to ever port safari to windoze because it runs great on OS X.
WINDOWS is the program I've got running in the "Ported" mode.. I use Parallels desktop to run my
WINDOZE apps that I need like Word '07... Everything else I dont' have to worry about apple products for windows because the MacBook PRO is the best gosh darn computer EVER invented.
Just my two cents and If you don't have a MacBOOK Pro... You couldn't POSSIBLY Understand. No matter how hard ya try.
Windows apps
by OttifantSir - 6/14/07 6:42 AM In reply to: NEVER .. why would I ... Runs great on my MACBOOK PRO by buddhak0nYou probably use other Windows apps too, but why do you need Word 07, or any other MS Office apps? OpenOffice is free, can read and write all MSO formats, and is native to MacOSX. No need to virtualize Windows.
Safari not the best of alternative Windows browsers
by vrod2003 - 6/14/07 5:57 AM In reply to: Poll: Will you be trying Apple's Safari for Windows? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a Mac Pro and still use Windows XP Pro laptops when I travel. At first when I started to use Safari I was impressed. With time I learned that it crashed often, had quite a few security holes and failed to properly display many websites.
I switched to Camino and I love it. I would like to move to Opera, but as a consultant I visit thousands of websites that require logins and passwords. I need a manager to do that for me and use 1Passwd. It is s agreat program, but unfortunately the Opera code does not support the extensions necessary.
On my Windows machines I flip back and forth between Firefox and IE7. I have tried others and again would prefer to use Opera, but I use RoboForm in that environment and once again, no support for Opera.
While Opera has its own password manager it does not have a fraction of the capabilities or protection of 1Passwd or RoboForm.
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