Originally posted by BD
the 'safari on a pc' questions is a tricky one.
technically, safari is one of the fastest and most accurate browsers available.
it is my primary browser on the mac, followed by firefox.
but that statement assumes that the website you're visiting has been coded correctly.
it goes a little something like this...
- there is an international body of nerds that sets the standard for how code is supposed to be rendered by a browser.
- a company creating browser software can choose to follow those standards or not. firefox and safari follow them very closely while Microsoft is
notorious for shipping browsers that render code uniquely.
- this creates problems for developers and endusers. coders either have to create workarounds (different versions of code) for different versions of
different browsers, OR they can just code for the most popular (which is IE). the increased popularity of FF has pushed the issue of 'standards
compliant' code, and as such, consistency has improved in recent years. however, microsoft makes no bones about the fact that it employs proprietary
code in its websites which, in many cases, leave them unviewable in FF, Safari, Opera, etc.
ultimately, i'd say, try it and see if ya like it. it's definitely got some good features and it runs really well (on the mac, at least). but it's
not like some other apple products that i would swear by it. |
