I must say I’m impressed with this addition to the browsers I have installed. Along with Firefox and IE7, Safari rounds everything off in minimalist style. It invokes the Apple user in be to start clamoring for a Mac (or a Microsoft version of Boot Camp).
Its a Beta and an Apple App running on Windows, so crashes are de rigueur for this kind of thing ( forgive my french) . And, yes, its crashed more than a few times since I switched to it full time last night (read: 24 hours ago).
As luck would have it, Safari crashed as I was reading this TUAW post. Specifically, it crashed as I read the line:
It has tons of new great features as well as the cursed instability issues…
The Unofficial Apple Weblog post has a nice rundown of the features, some of which I’ve never heard of.
In using any Apple app, you can expect the design ethic of His Steveness to permeate every aspect of the UI. Any Windows app feels like a chain saw in comparison ( that’s right, that goes for those toolbars).
I had one problem with regard to actually surfing. The booking process at easyjet.com broke down in Safari round about Step 4. The Safari team might want to look at their asp page support.
In the final analysis, Safari for Windows lives up to all the hype and is all that we’ve come to expect from Apple
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