Safari for Windows

leowyatt · 12-06-2007, 10:30

This was launched yesterday and is available on a public beta. I'd bet most of you probably aren't bothered, but from a devs view such as myself it's great I can finally test how our site looks and how it performs even though I'm stuck in Windows

Haly · 12-06-2007, 12:25

I downloaded that last night and meant to post

I'm certainly going to give it a go, always willing to try different browsers.
And like you, it'll be handy to test sites!

Will · 12-06-2007, 12:59

Oooh cool.

I still want a Mac though

They're cool.

leowyatt · 12-06-2007, 13:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Le Hoff

Oooh cool.

I still want a Mac though

They're cool.

Get yourself a MacBook

EDIT: well I have been using it all morning and can say I'm very happy with it. It has crashed a couple of times but that is to be expected with a beta copy. It might be down to this work's laptop which is buggered as it is.

Daz · 12-06-2007, 15:13

Frequent crashing is an alpha build trade off, not beta :/

[edit] Heh, great minds think alike/simple minds seldom differ:

http://www.theregister.com/2007/06/1...ng_experience/

Seems it doesn't like being ran in anything other than US settings.

leowyatt · 12-06-2007, 15:19

mine has crashed when I've had something with flash load it's just hung then Windows has informed me it needs to close Safari.

We have been problem free now ffor a while.

EDIT: anyone tried the text searching yet? Pretty cool, I really like the way you can see the results, makes things very clear.

EDIT2: turns out it's yahoo mail beta which is killing Safai and as I'm daft and clicked proceed when it's not compatible, it's my own fault

Mohinder · 12-06-2007, 15:59

I don't use Safari even on the Mac, it doesn't imo offer anything more than IE. It's alright, but I prefer Firefox.

Robert · 12-06-2007, 16:01

I'm starting to hate FF :/

leowyatt · 12-06-2007, 16:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mohinder

I don't use Safari even on the Mac, it doesn't imo offer anything more than IE. It's alright, but I prefer Firefox.

Well I use it most of the time as Firefox is Kitten's browser

I'm tempted to try a different one as I don't have tabs in the mac Safari but this IE version does

EDIT: turns out I'm a gonk, just need to download the beta

Rob - why you hating FF?

Robert · 12-06-2007, 16:08

I dunno...no matter how many installs I've had I always get annoying niggles like it'll just say "stopped" in the bottom left then do nothing until I restart it. It has happened on every install/machine I've had. I've IE extension on now so should be ok.

12-06-2007, 10:30	#1
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Safari for Windows This was launched yesterday and is available on a public beta. I'd bet most of you probably aren't bothered, but from a devs view such as myself it's great I can finally test how our site looks and how it performs even though I'm stuck in Windows __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

12-06-2007, 12:25	#2
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	I downloaded that last night and meant to post I'm certainly going to give it a go, always willing to try different browsers. And like you, it'll be handy to test sites! __________________ Halycopter

12-06-2007, 12:59	#3
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	Oooh cool. I still want a Mac though They're cool. __________________ *No No!*

12-06-2007, 15:13	#5
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Frequent crashing is an alpha build trade off, not beta :/ [edit] Heh, great minds think alike/simple minds seldom differ: http://www.theregister.com/2007/06/1...ng_experience/ Seems it doesn't like being ran in anything other than US settings. __________________ apt-get moo

12-06-2007, 15:19	#6
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	mine has crashed when I've had something with flash load it's just hung then Windows has informed me it needs to close Safari. We have been problem free now ffor a while. EDIT: anyone tried the text searching yet? Pretty cool, I really like the way you can see the results, makes things very clear. EDIT2: turns out it's yahoo mail beta which is killing Safai and as I'm daft and clicked proceed when it's not compatible, it's my own fault __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!" Last edited by leowyatt; 12-06-2007 at 15:43.

12-06-2007, 15:59	#7
Mohinder Vodka Martini Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 791	I don't use Safari even on the Mac, it doesn't imo offer anything more than IE. It's alright, but I prefer Firefox. __________________

12-06-2007, 16:01	#8
Robert Chump!!! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: North West Posts: 993	I'm starting to hate FF :/

12-06-2007, 16:08	#10
Robert Chump!!! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: North West Posts: 993	I dunno...no matter how many installs I've had I always get annoying niggles like it'll just say "stopped" in the bottom left then do nothing until I restart it. It has happened on every install/machine I've had. I've IE extension on now so should be ok.