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Still doesn't respond to minimizing by taskbar clicks, I might use it if they sort this out.

Advertising ..... Apple style

Fast? Much slower than FF and even slower than IE7 (now that takes something!

Come on, if you aint got anything better than that, stop writing news.

I really want to see how this turns out in the next 6 months. Currently, IE 7, Firefox, and even Opera cover the entire gamut of types of Windows browser users.

Thought I'd give this a shot for poops and giggles, as much as I like to stay away from Apple products. It crashed within 10 mins of firing it up on Apple's own website while watching their iPhone guided tour video. Thought that was a pretty sweet feature to make note of

I do gotta say I've found their GarageBand program quite useful though. Helped me quench my thirst for Year Zero in 5.1

Update: Since I originally made this post I tried using Safari to play the iPhone quicktime video that I downloaded after the first crash. It almost worked but while I was trying to find the spot in the video where I had left off Safari crashed again and this time ended up freezing up my whole computer. I'm on an installastion of Vista x64 thats less than a week old and seems extremely stable. After a minute of chugging and partial usability, it came up with just a grayed out desktop with which I could no nothing except click and close and "end program" dialog box over and over. First time I've had to use the reset button on this installation of Windows. I knew it was gonna suck but that was a little more than just annoying.

Last edited by GreyWulf99 on 23 Jun 2007 - 08:31

Any word on the old AMD issue for this thing? Tried installing first beta version on an older AMD machine and it absolutely refused to open. Found out through searches that itunes had the same issue when it first came out.

Otherwise, I rather like the looks and feel of this browser. Has crashed the first time I started it on 6 of my machines that it does work on. After that initial crash, hasn't crashed since except when visiting this site, http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation...p?ID=KMIMUSKE13, and clicking on almost any link on that page.

I do find it much faster than my installations of FF2, IE7, and Opera 9.21

Its butt ugly....

Fastest ? That's why they forgot to compare it to Opera ?
Not mentioning about same security same as IE

I hope they add some kind of skin support in the future, so we can change to any skin we want

Bleah!
The toolbar does not have a button to open a new tab, and even customizing toolbar does not allow me such a simple task.

pure crap, reminds me of iTunes...

It's not bad, definetly not the fastest browser on Windows as it loads probally twice as slow as IE/Firefox (on my machine anyway) and it (just like IE/FF) doesn't block all pop-up ads, which is rather annoying.

Slightly off topic, I find most of the built in pop-up blockers in browsers almost completely useless, as I find about 6 in every 10 pop-ups make it through...

I like the way they use the latest version of Mac OS X but an older version (XP) of Windows in their screenshots on the download page...

Why you'll love Safari:

* Blazing Performance2x Faster - Safari is the fastest web browser on any platform.

I'm sure that I am not alone in saying this: Slower than my Firefox 1.5 and slower than my Internet Explorer 7 in loading webpages. Just slower in general. Some things are painfully slow!

* Elegant User Interface - Safari’s clean look lets you focus on the web — not your browser.

You're joking right? This thing makes my eyes cry with the dark depressing greys. How the hell am I meant to focus on the web and not my browser when my browser stands out a mile -- the only program on my computer that doesn't use my Windows theme -- it doesn't get with the program -- it uses its own (inferior) skin. You want me to use your skin on my system so that everything fits? Keep dreaming.
When I am looking at safari using this different (mac) theme, I'm focusing on this different theme, *not* the web as I can with other browsers!

* Easy Bookmarks - Organize your bookmarks just like you organize music in iTunes.

All browsers allow bookmarks. Try explaining how this method of storing bookmarks is better than spaces.

* Pop-up Blocking - Say goodbye to annoying pop-up ads and pop-under windows.

What the!? How come I got spammed by popups when I went to an IRC search engine on safari (popup blocker enabled)? Yet firefox blocks them. Keep trying..

* Inline Find - Search any text on any website with the integrated Find banner.

Firefox has this. The only thing new here is the way that it shows matching words -- firefox should make use of this.

* Tabbed Browsing - Open and switch between multiple web pages in a single window.

Welcome to the 21st century. Even my Lynx (text browser on linu has tabbed browsing. Not to mention IE7.

* SnapBackSnapback - Instantly snap back to search results or the top level of a website.

Not useful at all. That's what my Up arrow is for (note: not left/right, but up) -- I find I never use this feature on other browsers.

* Forms AutoFill - Let Safari complete online forms for you, automatically and securely.

All browsers do this and it's annoying. No thanks!

* RSSBuilt-in RSS - RSS tells you when new content is added to your favorite sites.

Yes, all my browsers have RSS on toolbar and have an RSS button when they detect a feed. I prefer using a standalone program like Akregator for RSS though. I have Firefox or Konqueror communicate detected feeds though to my standalone program(ie. Akregator). Safari cannot do this.

* Resizable Text Fields - Resize text fields on any website: Just grab the corner and drag.

I'll admit this is new. I have yet to find a purpose for this though. I've never had any urge to resize a text field.

* Private Browsing - Keep your online activities private with a single click.

Just as private as any other browser. Don't kid yourself.

* Security - Apple engineers designed Safari to be secure from day one.

LOL, that's nice. Too bad it isn't.

Sorry for big inline post.

Sorry for triple post. I tried to edit it and it made another post? ^o) :bonkers:

Oh yeah... let's pretend Opera doesn't exist, after all it is faster than all 3 together.

Umm... most of the links on ebay.com.au don't work in Safari... what "feature" does that come under?

In Speed: Opera > FireFox > IE > ...
In Secure: Opera > FireFox > IE > ...
In New Ideas: Opera > FireFox > IE > ...
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Safari is still beta,

Buggy as hell...

I like how he adds misleading drop shadows to the app client. >_>

Slow and ugly is no way to go thru life.

Browser sucks. Slower than firefox, uglier than firefox, not near as many features as firefox. So yeah winfari fails.

At least now my menus have text and the text on the pages show and I can use the address bar.

Better off buying a Mac.

I kind of like this browser. It's not ugly, in fact I think it looks cool. Has crashed the first time opening it on all 6 machines of mine, but that's the only time (that's WAY better than Firefox has ever done for me).

Definitely NOT the fastest loading browser by a long shot, otherwise, just as fast as any other. One site I have found it to have issues at is, http://www.wunderground.com. Clicking just about any link at that site crashes it.

Last edited by cork1958 on 25 Jun 2007 - 14:36