Apple launches Safari web browser for Windows

Pandia Search had an interesting review of the Windows version of the Safari browser:

 

Apple tries to get a bite out of the search market by launching a Windows version of the Safari browser.

 

“…We have tested Safari in Windows, and it is fast and it is beautiful. It worries us a bit, though, that it is unable to render some of our headlines correctly (or at all). We will definitely take a look at our style-sheets, but we are not loosing sleep over this — yet.”

 

http://www.pandia.com/sew/470-safari.html

 

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SC added:

 

A couple of interesting notes about Safari for Windows:

 

• The installer installs some popular OS X fonts (such as Lucida Grande), but doesn’t allow the rest of the system to use them.
• A good overview of why some of the fonts look a little blurry: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html
• There was already a handful of 0-Day exploits found, and Apple has already issued an update to fix them.

 

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From Apple’s Press Release:

 

Safari for Windows Public Beta Downloads Top 1 Million in First 48 Hours
Thursday June 14, 4:30 pm ET

 

CUPERTINO, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple® today announced that more than 1 million copies of Safari(TM) for Windows were downloaded in the first 48 hours since the free public beta was made available on Monday. Safari 3 is the world's fastest and easiest-to-use browser, and is available as a free download at www.apple.com/safari.

Safari 3 is the fastest browser running on Windows, rendering web pages up to twice as fast as IE 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2, based on the industry standard iBench tests.* Safari 3 supports all modern Internet standards including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVG and Java. Safari updates are delivered seamlessly through Apple's Software Update, and the first update for Safari for Windows Public Beta which fixes some early reported bugs was released last night.

Safari 3 for Windows requires Windows XP or Windows Vista, a minimum of 256 MB of memory and a system with at least a 500 MHz Intel Pentium processor.

*Performance will vary based on system configuration, network connection and other factors. Testing conducted on an iMac 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo system running Windows XP, with 1GB of RAM.

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