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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: June 14, 2007
- Total Downloads: 341,590
- Downloads last week: 4,550
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 518 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Apple has published a Windows version of their native browser. No, the sky has not fallen and we have yet to see the spontaneous evolution of avian bacon.
What we do have is a major software publisher porting their once mono-platform browser with strong results. Much like iTunes, the Windows version of the Mac application works fine but lacks a certain tightness. It feels unfinished because it is.
Safari lacks most customization features. Skins and other aesthetic options exist in the Mac version, but not here. Hopefully that feature will come later. Just about the only thing you can alter is the font. Toolbar icons can be swapped, but the Customize option is only accessible from the Menu bar. If you like right-clicking your way to a shapelier browser, Safari's going to make you feel fat and ugly.
Safari does load pages quickly and didn't have any problems rendering Flash, although it crashed several times on Vista while processing Java. It's a memory sink, too, sometimes using three times as much RAM as Firefox when more than a couple tabs were opened. Tab sessions are savable--well, they would be savable, if the Reopen All Windows option under History worked. The built-in Roboform is buggy, and although there are plenty of extensions for the Mac Safari, that functionality hasn't been ported over.
Having a Safari engine to work with is a great boon for developers. For the average user, though, we'd recommend taking your browser hunt to more familiar grounds.
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Publisher's description
From Apple :With a simple, elegant interface, the Safari browser gets out of your way and lets you enjoy the Web. Features include: fast performance; an elegant user interface, easy bookmarks, pop-up Blocking, inline find, tabbed browsing, SnapBack, automatic form filling, built-in RSS, resizable text fields, private browsing, and security.
Version 3.01 public beta is a security update.
Note: The Download Now link will take you to the Apple download page for Safari.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.01 public beta is a security update.
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User reviews of Safari 3.01 public beta
- Average user rating: 3.1 stars out of 518 votes
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.01 public beta
"Blazingly-fast Download speed"
Pros: The download speed is fast, and also faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer, Downloading is a breeze with Safari. I took 32 mins to download Dreamweaver CS3 Trial compared to the same file quantity of 270MB++ of another software from another browser... But I expected that I was using 50mins to download from Microsoft's Explorer. Well done, Safari... You had made me trust on you for downloading the thing I like.
Cons: Ok, just to mention this, Sad to say, I can't believe and very disappointed that I realised that this browser have no flash player plugin for windows version of safari.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.01 public beta
"Enjoyable, but needs improvement."
Pros: This browser is by far the fastest I've used, I have Opera, Firefox and IE7 and this one is faster than all of them in, certain departments anyways.
Cons: I just don't feel it, needs major improvements but it's still a Beta, the stable release is coming June 27th, so I'd wait until then, but if you can't, download this to try it first, and then update to the stable version. The interface is very plain like any other Apple application. Stick to Firefox, for now, and maybe Safari will catch up in the future.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.01 public beta
Pros: it's ok , not ultimate , but disappointed , thought mac would bring somethin stronger specially that this browser has other objectives then satisfyin the users , that is taken over windows users to Mac and showin em how good mac softwares are , but with this release , i think windows users got more attached to windows then attracted by mac
Cons: bugs , slow , unstabble , major security holes , ....
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Version: Safari 3.01 public beta
Pros: Nice simple inferface, very good for no-nonsense browsing. It's very fast, it's the fastest browser I ever used.
Better than IE7 or FireFox? Can't really say that, but it is surely a lot faster. I like it, nice download.
Cons: It's a beta version, some small imperfections
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7 out of 16 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.01 public beta
"Fastest browser in the world, and it's still in beta!"
Pros: You don't believe me? Download Safari. Click on the IE icon and then the Safari icon, see which browser opens up to your home page first. Then try it with Firefox, Opera, or any other browser you have. Safari will always open web pages faster than ANY other browser!
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