It was just announced by Steve Jobs himself at his Keynote!
11:15AM - It's loading a ton of sites: 6.64 vs 13.56s Safari to IE. "But how are we going to distribute this? We don't really talk to these customers, do we? What are we gonna do? Well, it turns out there are 1m downloads of iTunes a day. Turns out there's been over half a billion downloads of iTunes to Windows... so there are three versions of Safari, one that runs on OS X, one that runs on XP, and one that runs on Vista... and we're releasing it today as a public beta to you. It's a free beta, apple.com/safari and who knows, maybe we can grow our Safari share in the future, we can sure try."
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/11/steve-j...from-wwdc-2007/
It looks like I finally found something that might get me to switch FROM Firefox.
Discuss!
| Apple Safari to be released for the Windows Platform!, "1.6x faster than Ffx, twice as fast as IE" | |
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| Post #1 Jun 11 2007, 18:22 | |
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| Post #2 Jun 11 2007, 18:24 | |
Neowin Assassin Droid  Group: Registered Posts: 387 Joined: 24-July 03 From: Apple Valley, Minnesota Member No.: 33,328
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Yay, no more hunting down Mac users just so I can test my sites in Safari!
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| Post #3 Jun 11 2007, 18:25 | |
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NeowinianČ  Group: Registered Posts: 202 Joined: 27-August 06 From: Gastonia, NC Member No.: 178,425
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this should be interesting. I'm gonna try this soon as it's available.
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| Post #4 Jun 11 2007, 18:26 | |
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Check apple.com/safari for the beta later today!
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| Post #5 Jun 11 2007, 18:27 | |
Neowinian Wise One  Group: Registered Posts: 4,402 Joined: 28-November 01 From: Corner of no and where Member No.: 4,597
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I'm shocked.
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| Post #6 Jun 11 2007, 18:29 | |
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Neowinian  Group: Registered Posts: 24 Joined: 6-November 05 Member No.: 139,954
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Ok then...
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| Post #7 Jun 11 2007, 18:29 | |
Boomer Sooner!  Group: Registered Posts: 2,220 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Wake Forest, NC Member No.: 15,808
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I'm curious, how many mac users actually use Safari over Firefox? I was under the impression that it was sort of the IE of OS X where no one who knew better really used it.
I'll give it a try, sure, but I don't hold out much hope. With how iTunes runs on Windows, I have no faith that Apple developers have suddenly learned how to develop Windows apps overnight. |
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| Post #8 Jun 11 2007, 18:31 | |
NeowinianČ Group: Registered Posts: 100 Joined: 7-April 04 From: California Member No.: 52,170
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I don't think most Mac users use Firefox. Firefox is very clunky on the Mac. I personally use Camino. Depending on how quick Safari is on the PC, I may use it.
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| Post #9 Jun 11 2007, 18:32 | |
Catalyst o' Controversy   Group: +SubscriberČ Posts: 7,038 Joined: 26-September 02 From: Virginia, USA Member No.: 17,580
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Quote - (Betaz @ Jun 11 2007, 14:29) [snapback]588618366[/snapback] I'm curious, how many mac users actually use Safari over Firefox? I was under the impression that it was sort of the IE of OS X where no one who knew better really used it. Uh, not so much. Firefox is pretty crappy on OS X. Safari is the best IMO (with Camino and OmniWeb close behind). |
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| Post #10 Jun 11 2007, 18:33 | |
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I use Safari on the Mac because Firefox is funky and looks horrible on OS X.
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| Post #11 Jun 11 2007, 18:34 | |
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Boomer Sooner! Group: Registered Posts: 2,220 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Wake Forest, NC Member No.: 15,808
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Sorry, yeah, I meant Camino, not Firefox. I'm just too used to saying it. But How many people use Safari over Camino? I know in my short experience with OS X I very much disliked Safari over Camino.
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| Post #12 Jun 11 2007, 18:35 | |
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hmm I'm gonna have to give it a try. But in a way I hope it's not better than firefox, because I love my firefox <3
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| Post #13 Jun 11 2007, 18:35 | |
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Quote - (Ben Davis @ Jun 11 2007, 20:25) [snapback]588618347[/snapback] this should be interesting. I'm gonna try this soon as it's available. It's already available. |
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| Post #14 Jun 11 2007, 18:36 | |
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Obama and Bush = Crooks Group: Banned Posts: 731 Joined: 5-March 06 From: California Member No.: 158,759
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When you think about it though, Safari has a lot going for it. I think a lot of people may switch to Safari from Firefox based on pure speed and simplicity alone, while the people who stay loyal to Firefox are going to be the zealots, and the people who can't live without Mozilla Add-Ons.
If Apple can give me something like AdBlock Plus for Safari and give me a quicker, richer, more standards compliant web experience then Firefox 2, I'm switching. That won't happen soon, but you better believe the Firefox developers are switching gears right now because this new announcement may cut into their market share, forcing them to push Firefox 3 out the door sooner. |
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| Post #15 Jun 11 2007, 18:36 | |
Neowinian ULTRAKILL   Group: Global Moderator Posts: 11,349 Joined: 9-April 03 From: UK Member No.: 25,729
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