Posted by Jools
Steve Jobs has just announced at the WWDC '07 that they are releasing the Safari web browser for Windows XP and Vista.
It's the fastest browser on Windows - twice as fast as Internet Explorer and 1.6 times faster than Firefox.
You'll can download a public beta of Safari 3.0.2b on the Apple site now:
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
Available for Mac OS X 10.4.9, Windows XP & Vista
[ This Message was edited by: JoolsG4 on 2007-06-23 00:20 ]
Posted by fatreg
hopefully this will convince people to get a mac!
Posted by smilerthe cheshirecat
Up now everyone
Posted by spikeyjac
downloadin it now
Posted by maggflodd
Brilltastic!
maggflodd
Posted by fatreg
Jools..
is it worth downloading it for mac?
what does 3 do that 2.0.4 doesn't?
Posted by Jools
I'm just installing it now, but it's got draggable tabs. Not sure what else is new for Mac users...
Posted by fatreg
reboot on a mac after install!?
WHA!? this sounds very windozesque to me!!
Posted by Johnex
o no! jump fatreg, jump on the linux wagon!
[ This Message was edited by: Johnex on 2007-06-11 20:03 ]
Posted by london-uk
Brilliant, thanks for posting that. Have recently decided that my current laptop is going to be the last one with Windows before I get a Macbook. So a nice little taster of what I can look forward to
EDIT: Am now using Safari for Windows! So far it seems really good.
[ This Message was edited by: london-uk on 2007-06-11 20:50 ]
Posted by arien617
Bloody beats IE7!!!
EDIT:
@fatreg
Windows didn't need a restart, is Apple failing you?
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Posted by fatreg
it looks like it
I'm sure it's a easily explainable answer as to why i had to reboot...
and yeah it whips IE7!!
Posted by spikeyjac
tried to install this n my pc wnt let me??
say sumfin bout an error, its the same with nsu??
cyco can u help lol
Posted by se_p800
Just downloaded it now. Its pretty cool
Posted by Cycovision
@spikeyjac
Have you got it to install yet? What error is it coming up with?
Posted by sn3ipen
Cool... It so pretty:) But i still prefer opera.
Posted by chrisfirst
Wooooooooooooooo, faster then anything on Mac!
Posted by shyam335
I encountered this for several times now,but didnt realize it might be exploitable until i read this..
Posted by Tiny
Right, this has made up my mind. Getting a mac when i get paid for GCSE's
Posted by fatreg
On 2007-06-12 09:12:17, Tiny wrote:
Right, this has made up my mind. Getting a mac when i get paid for GCSE's
YAY!
Go Tiny!
you will never regret it...
J'aime mon mac
Posted by Tiny
Well, can't be running with this piece of PC shite all my life its still slow a day after reformatting :/
Time for a new one me thinks. Macbook, iMac or mac mini?!? Should have about £800ish? to spend
Posted by shaliron
Let's see what it's like...
But I still love my Firefox with its 30+ extensions
Posted by Kwiksta
I love it!!!
Posted by WelshTom
Can anyone host the .exe for the windows version please - my work connection has the download page blocked. Would love to be able to use Safari @ work as well as @ home on my macbook.
Many thanks,
Tom
Posted by masseur
thought I'd give it a go on my office PC ubt unfortunately the proxy settings are greyed out and so I can only see stuff on the intranet
is this a non functioning item in the beta or is tere some other issue preventing me setting the proxy details?
Posted by se_p800
On 2007-06-12 09:12:17, Tiny wrote:
Right, this has made up my mind. Getting a mac when i get paid for GCSE's
Not getting a new phone then? Well im sure youll be very happy with your mac
Posted by Tiny
Ill get both duder...eventually
Will just have so set my sights lower than the n95 lol
Posted by se_p800
lol alot lower. How about a nokia 3310
?
Posted by se_p800
Anyway regarding this safari thing. I downloaded and i really like it
But flash tings don't work. I tried insatlling what it told me to but still doesnt work. Any ideas?
Posted by Jools
On 2007-06-12 13:17:33, masseur wrote:
thought I'd give it a go on my office PC ubt unfortunately the proxy settings are greyed out and so I can only see stuff on the intranet
is this a non functioning item in the beta or is tere some other issue preventing me setting the proxy details?
From posts on the Safari 3 Public Beta for Windows Discussion Forum, it seems Proxy support in the Windows beta of Safari 3 is currently disabled.
It's *supposed* to pick up the settings in IE, but that's not working for people either.
Posted by Tiny
On 2007-06-12 14:51:20, se_p800 wrote:
lol alot lower. How about a nokia 3310
?
Well I've been saving for a few weeks and got a little bit put away for a rainy day so may have to dip my hands in
But that 3310 would be a dream though
Posted by masseur
yeah, thats not working for me either. the proxy settings in IE are predefined and greyed out, presumably by some policy somewhere
I'll try this Safari at home when I get a chance
Posted by joebmc
I thinks its worse than firefox and ie7 (maybe im just to used to them tho).
Posted by arien617
Only thing I'm not liking so far is that my Norton Internet Security '07 fraud toolbar isn't coming up so... back to IE7 for credit card transactions.
Posted by clank
A little help please....i cant seem to figure out a way to make it remember my login info for websites ; am i missing something?
Also whats that spider icon left of the address bar for?
Apart from that it seems nice, cant really make out a speed difference from opera or ie7 but the interface is definitely very clean.
EDIT : Oh well back to opera and ie7 then, this is either unfinished for windows or has too many missing features.
1) Text sizes are messed up. Ex. esato and some other sites load fine but the text on ebay is too small. If i increse it the text on the other sites becomes too big.
2) Wont save any of my preferences?? Also always starts in a non-fullscreen window.
3) If i click on the address bar it doesnt highlight the whole address so i can just type what i want. I have to click on the page icon to highlight everything.
4) I cant seem to find anywhere on the screen where i can click to open a new tab.
5) Cant just type in the address bar (instead of the search box to the right) and it'll just search that string in google. Both opera and ie7 do that.
Are these standard issues or am i having some really bad luck running this on vista? I was kinda liking the whole look and maybe the little speed boost but this makes it unusable for me.
[ This Message was edited by: clank on 2007-06-13 08:24 ]
Posted by shaliron
I don't like it at the moment. It's like comparing iTunes on a Mac to the iTunes on Windows. There's quite a difference.
And in this case, the beta is full of bugs. It's slow to start up, it's too resource hungry, the theme doesn't look good on Windows, and it's not as snappy as Firefox/Opera. Crtl-Enter doesn't work either!!!
Posted by scottt
I have already noticed a considerable increase of the speed when opening pages. Took forever to start though, dont have any of my nice FireFox add ons, foxy tunes etc, and ctrl+enter dont work which is annoying.
I like how it produces the pages though, look more softer
Posted by remo74tg
I there anything like Adblock for Safari?
Posted by Danny_BFC
On 2007-06-13 12:28:53, scottt wrote:
I have already noticed a considerable increase of the speed when opening pages. Took forever to start though, dont have any of my nice FireFox add ons, foxy tunes etc, and ctrl+enter dont work which is annoying.
I like how it produces the pages though, look more softer
Snap! But yeah its loads better.
Like the Apple homepage aswell.
I'll have to stick with Flyakite OSX for now!
Posted by Jools
Apple have just released Safari v3.0.1 beta for Windows.
“Apple issued an update to the Safari for Windows public beta today to fix the security vulnerabilities that were reported earlier this week. Beta testers will receive the update automatically through Apple’s Software Update application,” an Apple spokesman told Macworld.
The security improvements in Safari Beta 3.0.1 include correction for a “command injection vulnerability,” corrected with additional processing and validation of URLs that could otherwise lead to an unexpected termination of the browser; an out-of-bounds memory read issue; and a race condition that can allow cross-site scripting using a JavaSscript exploit.
Apple notes that these security issues to do not affect the Macintosh version of Safari 3.
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
Posted by chrisfirst
I can't believe they haven't fixed the memory leak problem on Mac... 384MB since this morning! Was a good idea to get 1gig ram!
Posted by twerg
Have been using this now for a few hours and i like. Opera is my main browser (not a fan of IE or Firefox) it is fast and very easy to use but Safari feels a little quicker on my slow connection. Have had one problem; I installed Flash and it had no effect on Safari. Strangely it was installed to work with Opera. Is Flash meant to be installed to the current browser that you are using or your default browser if you use more than 1? I had no choice.
Posted by twerg
Just found a bug. I opened a picture into a new tab and right clicked on it to save. That will shut down the program.
That just made me appreciate the resume feature of Opera where you can go back to where you left off last time when restarting the program.
Posted by Jools
As its a beta, there will be many bugs!
Plugins for the Windows version of Safari, including Flash, are here:
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/plugins.html
Posted by twerg
Yeap, I know there will be bugs, aware of that.
And at that plugin page is where I downloaded from to install Flash.
As I said it installed Flash for Opera, not Safari.
On the Adobe site it states that it is only avaliable for
'Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, and Opera'.
Does not bother me as its only a beta, look forward to the final product.
Posted by chrisfirst
She is my Safari...
[ This Message was edited by: chrisfirst on 2007-06-23 16:37 ]
Posted by Jools
Safari 3.0.2b now out
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
Changes in Safari 3.0.2 for Windows beta:
Latest security updates
Improved stability
Fixes for text display, non-English systems, and start-up times
Changes in Safari 3.0.2 for Mac OS X beta:
Latest security updates
Improved stability
Improved WebKit support for Mail, iChat and Dashboard
Coming Soon
Support for International users
International text input methods
Advanced text (contextual forms, international scripts)
Localized menus and help
NTLM support
PAC file auto-detection
FTP directory listings
Link to proxy settings from Safari (Safari respects the proxy settings in the Windows Internet control panel)
Cookie management
LiveConnect support
Tooltips
Spell checking
Printing page numbers, titles, margins
Posted by brix25
Hey Jools, I received a CD-ROM with a lot of stuff on it, including the new Safari Beta for Windows...problem is that I can't open for Windows XP Home edition. Right now I hate the .dmg file extension.
Posted by Jools
The .dmg file extension is used for the Mac version, not the Windows version.
Posted by QVGA
I used Safari and i see no reason to leave Firefox and use this.