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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: April 16, 2008
- 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 3.1.1 patches security flaws.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.1.1 adds unspecified enhancements and bug fixes
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User reviews of Safari 3.1.1
- Average user rating: 3.1 stars out of 518 votes
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.1.1
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.1.1
"Safari Is My Favourite Browser. However,.. Please Read."
Pros: Pages are so nicely displayed, very fast, very convinient, and full-fratured.
NUFF SAID.
Cons: Safari reacts different on different computers. I'll be slow on a computer which is non-compatible with it, but I'll be a lightning if it works on a compatible computer.
This is not the matter of OS, but it is the matter of the computer's specs.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.1.1
"It's OK, but there are better browsers out there"
Pros: When this browser was first offered as a beta, I remember it was horrible. I uninstalled it the same day I installed. With this release, v3.1.1, Safari has come a long way. It uses little system memory resources. It is a nice browser for those looking for a fresh new look. Pages load quickly, same as IE7 and Firefox 2.It has been very stable, no crashes. So far it has opened all pages I normally load with IE7 & Firefox. I am finding myself using this browser more often than Firefox and Opera, although I still keep IE7 as my default browser. However, anyone who truly gives this browser a good try, I think will find it worthy of having as an alternative to the other better known browsers.
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1 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.1.1
Pros: none
Cons: everything and it slow firefox is better
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.1.1
Pros: I'm impressed with Safari's speed. I wish you could set it to automatically delete cookies and history when it closes (like you can with Opera) but it has pop up blocking and remembers your log in details for sites you visit. The skin is a bit spartan but I can't find any bugs. It's a jolly good browser and I'm going to keep using it.
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