Maybe Apple should focus on making Safari something besides the biggest piece of crap the browser world has ever seen before they expose people outside of the Mac world to it. Most people I know don't even use it on their Macs. Firefox and Opera are still the kings of Mac browsing. I would love to see Safari become the best browser in the world as Jobs champions it to be but the honest truth is that it's not even close.
I do have it installed on my Vista box as well and have participated in the beta testing. I've reported the zillions of bugs I've found but it seems to have done very little good.
I was hoping the latest update would resolve these issues. It hasn't. The 3.1 release still crashes like mad while the other windows browsers seem to work relatively well in comparison. If I weren't already a Mac user and was using Safari as an indicator of the quality of Apple software, and a deciding factor as to whether I should make the switch, I'd definitely stay away from purchasing a Mac.
Besides crashing, Safari does not play well with many websites I've visited. There have been numerous times that I was not able to fill out certain web based forms, use various buttons, or play media on embedded players on Safari. Apple needs to fix these issues before exposing Windows users to Safari. Fanboys may be able to look past these things but I can guarantee you that anyone whose not among the Apple faithful will have very little patience in dealing with Safari's shortcomings. Occasionally I can find a plug in that helps but having to dig these things up flies in the face of Apple's claims that their software "just works".
Maybe it's not such a good idea
Maybe Apple should focus on making Safari something besides the biggest piece of crap the browser world has ever seen before they expose people outside of the Mac world to it. Most people I know don't even use it on their Macs. Firefox and Opera are still the kings of Mac browsing. I would love to see Safari become the best browser in the world as Jobs champions it to be but the honest truth is that it's not even close.
I do have it installed on my Vista box as well and have participated in the beta testing. I've reported the zillions of bugs I've found but it seems to have done very little good.
I was hoping the latest update would resolve these issues. It hasn't. The 3.1 release still crashes like mad while the other windows browsers seem to work relatively well in comparison. If I weren't already a Mac user and was using Safari as an indicator of the quality of Apple software, and a deciding factor as to whether I should make the switch, I'd definitely stay away from purchasing a Mac.
Besides crashing, Safari does not play well with many websites I've visited. There have been numerous times that I was not able to fill out certain web based forms, use various buttons, or play media on embedded players on Safari. Apple needs to fix these issues before exposing Windows users to Safari. Fanboys may be able to look past these things but I can guarantee you that anyone whose not among the Apple faithful will have very little patience in dealing with Safari's shortcomings. Occasionally I can find a plug in that helps but having to dig these things up flies in the face of Apple's claims that their software "just works".