Anyone else running safari?

airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
edited June 2007 in Science & Tech
I'm trying out safari 3 on windows. It doesn't seem to be that bad of a browser. I'm trying to decide between it and FF.

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  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited June 2007
    I doubt I'll even give Safari the time of the day, which BTW here is 9:40PM; approx. 2h and 20m before I can leave work and cry myself to sleep.:eek3:
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited June 2007
    I have it installed. I can tell it is a bit faster, but I think I like FF better.
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited June 2007
    RWB wrote:
    I doubt I'll even give Safari the time of the day, which BTW here is 9:40PM; approx. 2h and 20m before I can leave work and cry myself to sleep.:eek3:

    Its not that bad it uses KHTML for its rendering engine and its core is opensoruce. (However they keep finding tons of bugs in its closesourced parts)
  • Island-DogIsland-Dog St. Cloud, FL.
    edited June 2007
    I tried it out for a bit, but just didn't have enough time to really get into it. Maybe today.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited June 2007
    For what it's worth I use a mac. I run firefox on it. It's not that Safari is a bad browser, in fact I prefer it's rendering engine over firefox's. But it doesn't have the support that firefox does. The few pluggins it has are either hacked on or require payment to run them. There are also other benefits of running Safari on a mac in the way it ties into other programs. But it just doesn't cut it compared to the portability of firefox.
  • rapturerapture
    edited June 2007
    I had a quick look and must admit I was impressed. I'd use it over IE no doubt but still prefer Opera for work and home use.
  • macdude425macdude425 Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
    edited June 2007
    Ugh...I couldn't stand the look. Apple needs to learn that what looks pretty on a Mac doesn't necessarily on a Windows machine.

    That aside, it's not that fast for me either. On a Sempron 2600+, it opens at the same speed as Firefox and renders pages only slightly faster.
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited June 2007
    Besides It doesn't have RWB's avatar...
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited June 2007
    I like it all my sites work great only thing is my back button on my mouse doestn work, IF i can get that working Ill be in great shape!
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited June 2007
    I have a similar problem Gnome. My vertical scroll works fine, but the horizontal scroll doesn't in Safari. I'm not happy about that.

    I do like the way you can move tabs around and create or merge different windows. I also like that it doesn't have much of a border. It seems to give you lots of usable space.
  • ThelemechThelemech Victoria Icrontian
    edited June 2007
    I gave it a go and found it "quaint" and slightly faster than FF but took more time initially loading. And it definitely is not as secure has Apple claims.:rolleyes:
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited June 2007
    :range:
    The few pluggins it has are either hacked on or require payment to run them.
    "Payment?" That's just bizarre. I can't imagine paying for a plugin.
  • SPIKE09SPIKE09 Scatland
    edited June 2007
    Avoiding it like the plague, as it is at least as full of security holes as IE and the mac folk ain't isuing security patches fast enough. FF all the way here
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited June 2007
    Gave it a try... don't see the big deal, if it is any faster I don't notice it... I'll just stick with FF.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited June 2007
    Nothing remarkable or compelling over FF. Font is irritating. Sticking with le Fox.
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited June 2007
    It's definitely an Apple product. All flash, no function.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited June 2007
    Leonardo wrote:
    :range:"Payment?" That's just bizarre. I can't imagine paying for a plugin.

    No different then IE 7's majority of pluginns that are $$$
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited June 2007
    No different then IE 7's majority of pluginns that are $$$
    That's nuts too! I was unaware of that. I've got IE7 with all updates, but I rarely use it. Firefox is my mainstay.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited June 2007
    Thrax wrote:
    Nothing remarkable or compelling over FF. Font is irritating. Sticking with le Fox.

    Yep, that's what I found too.:bigggrin:
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