On an entirely unrelated note, Apple released Safari, the default web browser on Macs, for Windows. I’ve been using the Windows version for the past few days and just wanted to give my thoughts, profound as they might be (but probably aren’t):

1. Safari does not blend in with the rest of Windows. Whether that’s a good or bad thing is a matter of interpretation, but it certainly is unnerving.
2. Safari is rather quick. That’s pretty cool, actually.
3. Unlike the version on my old Mac, this version of Safari doesn’t immediately implode when visiting Myspace. That’s rather nice, actually.
4. Safari does not enjoy installing, much less running, under WINE, which means that using it on my Ubuntu box is out. *sigh*
5. There are certain pages that don’t work the way they should. For example, the administrative pages for Fortinet routers doesn’t work under Safari, apparently - this is probably due to Safari’s somewhat unorthodox Javascript handling. I’m hoping that additional exposure to Windows will help mitigate this somewhat and convince Apple to spend a little more effort on fixing that.

All in all, it’s not a bad browser. It definitely seems better than IE 7 - it’s a lot faster, if nothing else. I don’t think it’s better than Firefox on Windows, though, but it’s still quite serviceable. In fact, I’ve been using Safari as my default browser at work for the past couple of days with few ill effects.

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