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12 Jun 07, 12:32 AM
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Well Well,
IE just got a big shock. Safari too has unveiled a browser on windows. Read the diry linen  at Apple Introduces Safari for Windows
On the other hand, they do stand to gain as it would be on windows still . Oh well you can't win every fight
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12 Jun 07, 12:39 AM
 | Explosive Member | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bangalore Age: 23
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| |  Re: Safari (the browser) on windows | |
^^ From the link
Pricing & Availability
The free public beta of Safari 3 is available immediately as a download at Apple - Safari 3 Public Beta, and is preview software licensed for use on a trial basis for a limited time. The final version of Safari 3 will be available as a feature in the upcoming Mac OS® X version 10.5 Leopard, and will be available as a free download to Mac OS X Tiger and Windows users in October.
| This could definitely be some good news, more competiotion, especially better competiotion brings out the best in everyone, giving in the end the consumers an edge 
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12 Jun 07, 12:56 AM
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i just downloaded safari, i think it maybe faster than firefox, not sure about it, but the pages are not sharp i dont know why, i am gonna use it for a couple of days and then give an opinion about its performance, other users of safari please share ur expereinces aswell
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12 Jun 07, 03:08 AM
 | aka Funky | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mumbai Age: 26
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| | Re: Safari (the browser) on windows | |
i was really excited to read this. Downloaded. Its fast for sure but it at the moment has some rendering issues. TEXT appears bold and its not crisp. Have a look. 
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12 Jun 07, 03:13 AM
 | Nuclear Member | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Visakhapatnam Age: 25
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| | Re: Safari (the browser) on windows | |
IMO its the font smoothing,
Go to edit>preferences>appearence and change the font smoothing to see if u get better results.
By default its optimized for LCDs (but on mine,it looks a bit blurred too)
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12 Jun 07, 04:05 AM
| aka Funky | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mumbai Age: 26
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| | Re: Safari (the browser) on windows | |
tried all 3 options. Not much change. It was my first guess as well but its not helping much.
Dont go by the jpeg image. It looks lot worse due to compression of the image. but still its not as sharp as i would like it to be.
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12 Jun 07, 04:06 AM
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| | Re: Safari (the browser) on windows | |
I just downloaded Safari. I love it! Can't wait for the October release. 
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12 Jun 07, 04:10 AM
| Nuclear Member | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Visakhapatnam Age: 25
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One more thing is,the features that safari boasts as new were waaay before in opera.
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12 Jun 07, 06:01 AM
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| | Re: Safari (the browser) on windows | |
This is fast as hell allright .  and this is still beta . has crashed on me , but i am sure , the final release will be something worth looking out for ..
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12 Jun 07, 08:41 AM
 | Nuclear Member | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The dark side of the moon
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| | Re: Safari (the browser) on windows | |
The only reason they are doing this is because Steve Jobs doesn't want true third party apps on the iPhone - but to counter all the negative press he declared - look! We'll allow 3rd party apps! They just all have to be webapps that run in Safari. To allow enough developers access, they had to release Safari on Windows.
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12 Jun 07, 08:43 AM
| Nuclear Member | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Visakhapatnam Age: 25
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^^^Exactly...nothing but iphone promotion
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12 Jun 07, 09:18 AM
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It seems some of you were either on slashdot or on digg. Go figure
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12 Jun 07, 09:22 AM
| Nuclear Member | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Visakhapatnam Age: 25
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i say /. !
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12 Jun 07, 10:32 AM
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12 Jun 07, 12:32 PM
| Nuclear Member | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The dark side of the moon
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Actually, I was on a big software company's internal mailing lists, where everyone thought Steve Jobs had gone off the deep end if he thought web apps would be able to compete - the tech is just not there.
There is a reason why Google Apps (Google's web based office suite) hasn't taken over the world - that reason is MS Office.
And Safari is nice, but FF is faster for me. I just like the polished look that Safari has, but that is all. And 2 hours to break is just too bad even for a Beta.
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