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- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
- Date added: August 03, 2007
- Total Downloads: 341,590
- Downloads last week: 4,550
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 540 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 3.03 public beta improves stability.
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Version 3.03 public beta improves stability.
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User reviews of Safari 3.0.3 public beta
- Average user rating: 3.1 stars out of 540 votes
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8 out of 14 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.0.3 public beta
"Fast and ugly does the trick"
Pros: Elegant? lol..it's the ugliest browser I have ever used. But I like it. Maybe it has something to do with my processer, but Safari opens web pages faster and downloads software faster than my other three browsers do, (Opera, Firefox, and IE7). Sill in beta, when the final version of Safari comes out, it should be a force to reckon with, and might get some IE users to switch over. Opera and Firefox users are in kind of a cult, they will never, NEVER, switch because each thinks their bowser is the best.! I am not loyal to ANY browser, I just want the fastest!
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18 out of 29 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.0.3 public beta
"Theres to many other options."
Pros: I just didn't like this browser. They say it's fast. They call it elegant. I did not find either of these to be true.
Cons: I wasted my time downloading and installing this browser. I find nothing whatsoever
good about it. When you have "Firefox", "Opera" and several good "Internet Explorer" alternatives this is useless. It does not look good, it's not as fast as my others and I found nothing special about it at all. This is a waste of time for a "Vista" system.
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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.0.3 public beta
"Does Windows really need another browser?"
Pros: I will say that Safari is fast. It's not as fast as Opera IMO, but it's still fast. Some of the features were neat too.
Cons: Apple could at least make the Windows version of Safari match the Windows GUI. It still needs some work.
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0 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.0.3 public beta
Pros: Has a button for you report bugs. Good if you want a very simple browser.
Cons: Gets to a website slower than Firefox or IE. No way to customize (e.g., adding skins). When printing, the browser crashes, although the print job is successful.
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Version: Safari 3.0.3 public beta
Pros: None
Cons: Will not install. Tried cnet and apple download sites. Only get errors
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