[Web4lib] Safari for Windows

[Heather Ebey]

David -
I second Andrew.

There were problems initially--ages ago. I use it all the time too on  
my Mac OS X system. Since I require students in my Web development  
classes to make sure their Web pages display in browsers on both  
Windows and Mac OS X platforms, I am happy to see Safari being ported  
to Windows XP and Vista.  It eliminates having to set up accounts for  
them in Browsercam (browsercam.com) and  teaching them how to use it.

I have found that Safari on the Mac (which I work on for Web  
development) often has the same problems in display that are in IE 7,  
and thus I don't need to immediately test new/changed pages in IE. I  
can get things to display properly in Safari and usually (not 100% of  
the time) it looks the same in IE 7.

  --Heather

Heather Ebey
Web Technologist
SJSU School of Library & Information Science
http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/


On Jun 12, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Andrew Hankinson wrote:

> I use Safari as my daily browser of choice, and it has the nicest text
> rendering system I have ever seen in a browser. It's certainly a  
> first-class
> browser.
> Andrew
>
> On 6/12/07, David Kemper <siansleep at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have Safari (build 522.11.3) installed on Windows XP2 (desktop) and
>> Windows Vista Business Version (laptop). There are a few bugs, but
>> nothing that causes any errors or freezes. As someone else wrote,  
>> it's
>> a beta (or maybe it's a perpetual beta??)
>>
>> I like the browser, but I think--correct me if I am wrong here--I  
>> seem
>> to recall Mac users complain about Safari, about Safari not being up
>> to par with other user-friendly, Mac apps.
>>
>> David Kemper
>> IMF Archives, Web Services
>>
>> On 6/12/07, Hirst, Edward Alan, Jr <EAH0116 at ecu.edu> wrote:
>> > It is a Beta version, so some bugs should be expected.
>> >
>> > ed
>> >
>> > Edward Hirst
>> > Information Technology Librarian
>> > Rowan Public Library
>> > http://www.rowanpubliclibrary.org
>> > Salisbury, NC
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Thomas Dowling
>> > Sent: Tue 6/12/2007 8:32 AM
>> > To: Peter Scott
>> > Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
>> > Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Safari for Windows
>> >
>> > On 6/12/2007 7:11 AM, Peter Scott wrote:
>> >
>> > > http://www.apple.com/safari/
>> > >
>> > > Has anyone got the Windows version to install? I get "error code
>> > > 2738", whatever that is. I have a Dell laptop with Vista.
>> >
>> >
>> > It installs for me (XP SP2) - it just doesn't display any text  
>> in any
>> > drop-down or context menus and won't let me enter any URLs.   
>> What are
>> > the odds they'd rush a half-baked beta out the door just hours  
>> after
>> > Steve Jobs announced writing for Safari was the only "API" for  
>> making
>> > iPhone apps?
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Thomas Dowling
>> > tdowling at ohiolink.edu
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