[Web4lib] Safari for Windows

[David Kemper]

For the Windows world, the arrival of Safari is a good thing, I think.
Safari should keep both Firefox and IE on their toes.

Speaking of testing websites in other browsers, I have had fair to
good results with a website called browsershots.org. You submit your
URL to a queue and in 20-30 minutes screenshots are taken of your site
appearing on various browsers running on different operating systems.

David

On 6/12/07, Heather Ebey <weblibrarian at sent.com> wrote:
> 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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