Form over function
Well not even that really - the forms don't work on the Windows installs I've tested with - and "
form over function" implies that the design is attractive, whereas I find Safari's UI dated and dull. I mean come on, where are the skins, why does this application not honour my carefully chosen Windows display properties, why is it presented in any colour that you like - so long as it is grey? And don't get me started on the small-fonted drop-shadowed mess that passes for a menu item on there
But still, it must be good; Apple said so:
12 reasons you’ll love Safari - c/o http://www.apple.com/safari
1. Blazing Performance
Marketing nonsense; Safari is considerably slower on my PC systems than is Firefox, Opera and IE, although the marketing drivel does at least acknowledge: " Performance will vary based on system configuration, network connection, and other factors."
2. Elegant User Interface
Beg to differ, I find it ugly to look at and ergonomically flawed
3. Easy Bookmarks
Can't comment: they crash on the Windows systems I've tried them on and from the comments that I've read here and elsewhere I am not alone with this one
4. Pop-up Blocking
Wow, surely they are teasing us with such advanced technogies
5. Inline Find
I wondered what this was until I realised that it is, er, " Find"
6. Tabbed Browsing
See point 4
7. SnapBack
Firefox has been doing similar for an age and I have never once had the need to use it
8. Forms AutoFill
See point 4 - and in addition, from a security perspective, I hope that this feature will not be enabled by default. However, I won't comment further, since yes, you guessed it - filling in form fields makes my Safari go ape
9. Built-in RSS
See point 4
10. Resizable Text Fields
I like this a lot, shame that the font-rendering is so terrible for on-screen reading on CRT monitors
11. Private Browsing
Good when browsing pr0n sites but nothing new. See point 4
12. Security
Oh dear, this is so wrong on so many levels that I won't comment beyond posting a Google URL that uses " safari security flaws" as its search criteria
http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=safarisecurityflaws&btnG=Search
All in all a very poor release that is not worthy of being labelled a beta release as it is too unstable to test, is incomplete and is a serious security risk to any system that allows it to run - that is, assuming that it can be installed, render a webpage or hold a session long enough to be compromised
Perhaps its habit of crashing every few minutes is the defence strategy that Apple refer to when they tell us that " Apple engineers designed Safari to be secure from day one
But still, it must be good; Apple said so:
12 reasons you’ll love Safari - c/o http://www.apple.com/safari
1. Blazing Performance
Marketing nonsense; Safari is considerably slower on my PC systems than is Firefox, Opera and IE, although the marketing drivel does at least acknowledge: " Performance will vary based on system configuration, network connection, and other factors."
2. Elegant User Interface
Beg to differ, I find it ugly to look at and ergonomically flawed
3. Easy Bookmarks
Can't comment: they crash on the Windows systems I've tried them on and from the comments that I've read here and elsewhere I am not alone with this one
4. Pop-up Blocking
Wow, surely they are teasing us with such advanced technogies
5. Inline Find
I wondered what this was until I realised that it is, er, " Find"
6. Tabbed Browsing
See point 4
7. SnapBack
Firefox has been doing similar for an age and I have never once had the need to use it
8. Forms AutoFill
See point 4 - and in addition, from a security perspective, I hope that this feature will not be enabled by default. However, I won't comment further, since yes, you guessed it - filling in form fields makes my Safari go ape
9. Built-in RSS
See point 4
10. Resizable Text Fields
I like this a lot, shame that the font-rendering is so terrible for on-screen reading on CRT monitors
11. Private Browsing
Good when browsing pr0n sites but nothing new. See point 4
12. Security
Oh dear, this is so wrong on so many levels that I won't comment beyond posting a Google URL that uses " safari security flaws" as its search criteria
http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=safarisecurityflaws&btnG=Search
All in all a very poor release that is not worthy of being labelled a beta release as it is too unstable to test, is incomplete and is a serious security risk to any system that allows it to run - that is, assuming that it can be installed, render a webpage or hold a session long enough to be compromised
Perhaps its habit of crashing every few minutes is the defence strategy that Apple refer to when they tell us that " Apple engineers designed Safari to be secure from day one
Various, Other OS, Mac/Win/Linux/Unix/AS400