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who will use safari for windows

do you use safari on your windows machine as main browser

  • Yes

    Votes: 37 57.8%

  • No

    Votes: 27 42.2%
  • Total voters
    64
clevin

clevin

macrumors G3
Original poster
Aug 6, 2006
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1. web developer?

2. ppl who like speed?

3. ppl who like features

4. ppl who like to dress their windows like OSX?

1. YES
2. Opera users are hard to convert
3. Features? Safari 3 is slim
4. Its funny, firefox with propor theme looks more like safari on OSX than this safari for windows, weird.
 
Despite its ugliness, I have installed it as my default browser on Windows XP. I was getting sick of IE7 anyway, so this new release came just in time.
 
I'm struggling to think of a typical Safari user on Windows. The average Joe will use IE from day one and see no need to change. The more advanced Windows' user will already have one or more very capable alternative browsers. Which leaves mac users who are more comfortable with Safari.

I just can't see what Safari brings to the party... a lot of mac users don't even use it. And all this at a time when Apple are apparently short of human resources :confused:
 
i'd think that either Firefox or Safari would be the chioce on Windows PC's now,
love to know how much the user base jumps up from 4.9% in say 3 months
6 months and 12 months

would be nice to see a 10% then 15% and even 20% market share
 
I've been running it for the past day and REALLY like it so far. The familiarity is nice to have :)

I think it'll be the biggest boon to web developers, however.
 
liketom said:
i'd think that either Firefox or Safari would be the chioce on Windows PC's now,
love to know how much the user base jumps up from 4.9% in say 3 months
6 months and 12 months

would be nice to see a 10% then 15% and even 20% market share
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SJ sure sounds like he was thinking big when he trashed firefox's 15% number, but Im thinking apple should make safari more native to attract windows users, as its current incarnation, safari for windows is not at the same quality level as firefox/opera/IE.

Windows platform is wild and dangerous, QT is infamous, iTunes is being criticized for its chunky, were not for iPOD, I wonder if iTunes can survive. And new safari was exposed of security hole 2 hours after release, ...... I will wait and see if apple is ready for this.
 
clevin said:
SJ sure sounds like he was thinking big when he trashed firefox's 15% number, but Im thinking apple should make safari more native to attract windows users, as its current incarnation, safari for windows is not at the same quality level as firefox/opera/IE.

Windows platform is wild and dangerous, QT is infamous, iTunes is being criticized for its chunky, were not for iPOD, I wonder if iTunes can survive. And new safari was exposed of security hole 2 hours after release, ...... I will wait and see if apple is ready for this.
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agreed wholeheartedly. i really don't know how SJ plans to eat up FF's market share. it took FF years to get to where it is today, and FF was more ready than today's safari (even the current stable OS X version).
 
I tried using it for a couple of hours-forcing myself really. But I can't stand it. I hate the way fonts look the (nasty anti-aliasing), and tons of stuff is just broken or missing compared to Firefox.

I hate to say it, but Internet Explorer 7 seems like a much better browser...not that I ever use it. At any rate, I'm not more inclined to use Safari on Windows than on OS X.
 
Firefox + Adblock + Flashblock is just too sublime; I cannot go back to any other browser.

I tried it last night. It is quick, but some websites won't load (including my banking website which is a must-have). So I uninstalled it.
 
I'm testing it

While waiting for new iMac, i am trying Safari out on my Inspiron 8000 running Windoze 2000
 
Wolfpup said:
Why?
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I don't know Wolfpup, IE7 just doesn't work for me. I have tried hard for more than 3 months and I am sorry I don't like it. I have tried firefox and nothing. Let's see if I still like Safari on Windows in the long run.

On my Mac at home, I like options like Camino. I will never use firefox on my Mac, it is just slow at start up.

What I don't like the most is that the people at work keep installing google, yahoo, and "x" toolbars that just keep their IE slower and slower. But that's not me though. I just let them live and be slower.
 
I'm using it right now, waiting for the iMac update. :/
The font smoothing is so nice...
 
liketom said:
i'd think that either Firefox or Safari would be the chioce on Windows PC's now,
love to know how much the user base jumps up from 4.9% in say 3 months
6 months and 12 months

would be nice to see a 10% then 15% and even 20% market share
Click to expand...

That would be lovely. Than even more websites will officially support safari which helps out mac users.
 
Yep. Once I saw how fast it was (Good lord, I had no idea Windows could run.. fast!:eek: ;) :D) I said goodbye Firefox! Plus I've already gotten someone else to convert. (Friend with a PC: She wants a Mac badly, but can't afford one at the moment, so for right now, Safari 3 and FlyakiteOSX will have to do. :))
 
I will use it on Windows (already do), but I can't as my main browser. Too many work-related sites won't display correctly. I have a feeling that this will change as Safari grows more market-share with Windows users, though.
 
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