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June 11th 2007
(7) Safari on Windows
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Today Steve Jobs announced the availability of Safari 3 via a public beta. Although this was interesting news, what was more interesting was the announcement that Safari 3 is now also available for Windows! To some, this may be the news they’d been wanting to hear for a long time but to others it may just be another sign of impending world destruction. My personal opinion is that this move is at least one step in the right direction for Apple. It will certainly make my life as a developer much more easier as I won’t have to rely on services such as Dan Vine’s iCapture or annoyingly have to ask friends to screen shot my sites on their Macs.
First Impressions
My first impressions are that this is indeed true beta software. My experience is that it is rather slow and feels rather heavy as an application. As with all Apple software, the user interface is indeed nice. It’s not clogged with buttons and only the bare essentials are shown but it still allows for nearly as much customisation as Firefox, although it’s not quite on par at this stage. The traditional brushed metal theme has only been on my screen for a few minutes and it’s already growing on me. Although it’s default font choice as Times New Roman isn’t to my taste, it doesn’t take anything away from the browser.One thing I will say is the option to resize most text areas is a nice feature.
Get it Now
Go and get the beta from the Apple site, try it out and return here. Mac or PC users can download the beta and I advise that you do. Give it a go and come here and leave a comment! Below are a few screen shots to tickle your fancy.
i was pleased to hear the news, but there is no difference with it on a mac, but it just stops working (beta tho..)
off topic, do you like the new Apple site?
Hey Jamie. Yeah, do like it. Looks more modern. Maybe they’ll take the time to switch the UK site!
Oh and $129 for Leopard. Bargain?
yeah i think thats a good price, it looks much nicer and the its the little apps which make it better to use for me!
well lets just say:
1. its not $339.99
2. Apple don’t bother with the whole serial number registration thing.
and i did like the whole..
We’ve got a basic version that will cost $129, we’ve got a Premium Version which will cost $129″ “We’ve got a business version! $129. Ultimate version $129.
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One more thing…
What about these EA Games, another reason u might, just might get a mac? apart from leopard of course!
but i do think apple are over doing it with the iPhone, Leopard, Safari Windows, and still the Apple TV has only just come out they need to upgrade the iMac Range, but we will see!
(thoughts on iPhone?)
Yeah, good price I will agree. Jobs was funny when he did that lol.
I won’t be switching just yet
because of EA games – they don’t have the best range tbh.
Leopard has got some really nice features and if only they’d let you buy it for your Windows machine then I’d buy a copy straight away. Yeah, they have overdone some stuff to do with the iPhone.
The “iD” thingy after the EA Games announcement looked good for Mac Gaming, and we will see it up against a PC, PS3 and XBOX 360.
can i not tempt you with time machine? or that new dock, no. ok.
ill give it till August…
iD have some nice games like Wolfenstein series and the new Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. Would be nice for Mac owners to have these games but with Boot Camp built into Leopard, is there any need for the games to be ported?
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