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            WinXPDigest - Safari Releases For Windows 
                        June 12, 2007
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Safari Releases For Windows  
Nathan Weinberg | Expert Author

Apple released at its World Wide Developer Conference a Windows
version of its Safari browser, giving Windows a fourth major web
browser.

The software is available as an 8 megabyte free download at
apple.com/safari. Be sure to avoid additionally installing things
you may not need, like some sort of networking software.

Is it good? Sure seems to load pages fast. Apple emphasizes that
in a lot of places, because for those who've never used Firefox,
or Opera, or even Internet Explorer 7, there isn't much different
here. Tabbed browsing, Mac UI, bookmarks, pop-up blocker, inline
find (CTRL+F), autofill, RSS reader, resizable text fields, and
encryption support. The only other unique features are SnapBack,
which jumps you back to search results (Opera has a way better
version of this feature) and one-click private browsing (no
history, no cookies).

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If you absolutely must have pages load faster more than anything, go
with Safari. It does seem really fast. Otherwise, I can't see a lot
of incentive.

* The UI clashes with the rest of Windows (when Microsoft develops
  for the Mac, they match the UI, so why doesn't Apple?)

* The address bar doesn't select the URL when you click (why the
  hell not?)

* The Flash player isn't installed (even though RealPlayer,
  QuickTime, Acrobat and Java are, you need to install a plugin)

* There's this really confusing lightbulb button (it sends error
  reports)

* The tab bar is hidden at first

* Double-clicking the tab bar doesn't open new tabs

* The bookmark and tab bars use dark gray with black letters.
  Impossible to read at a glance!

* Downloaded files have to all be downloaded to a specific folder
  (by default the desktop, annoying!)

* Links open in new windows, not tabs

* Are there any keyboard shortcuts for switching tabs? Don't seem to
  be.

* The font smoothing just thickens letters instead of actually, you
  know, smoothing fonts. Whatever it does, the text just makes me
  uncomfortable.

* There's no dialog for enabling/disabling plugins

* The preferences reference "Option-Tab", which is strange since
  "Option" isn't on any Windows keyboards!

* Preferences has no "Ok" button. Does clicking "X" do the same as
  "Ok"? Jeez, Windows doesn't work like that. Why are you confusing
  users?

* What the hell does "Reset" do?

* Resizing the window ups CPU usage to 100%, making it real slow
  and tedious.

* The SnapBack feature snaps forward for no reason. I don't get it.
  It also snaps back to the front page of some sites, like Google
  Video, instead of the search results.

* The windows gets smaller every time I open it! Arghh!

* You can only resize the window from the bottom right-hand corner.
  That means if it is at the bottom of the screen, you need to grab
  the title bar, drag to the top of the screen, then go back to the
  bottom right-hand corner and drag outwards to resize. Fun fun.

* Some of the installed plugins don't seem to work, even the
  Quicktime one. Confuses the hell out of me.

Whatever. It's a beta. Naturally, tons of things don't work right
and don't make sense. It won't be many people's default browsers,
but it has promise.

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About the Author:
Nathan Weinberg writes the popular InsideGoogle blog, offering the
latest news and insights about Google and search engines.

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