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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: May 12, 2009
- Total Downloads: 405,027
- Downloads last week: 3,360
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 521 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 3.2.3 is a bug-fixing release.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.2.3 is a bug-fixing release.
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User reviews of Safari 3.2.3
- Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 521 votes
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Version: Safari 3.2.3
"Thanks Apple team for a clean browser"
Pros: I like the clean look of this browser and almost error free running. VERY few badies ever get through and this keeps me happy. It hooks up with my Yahoo really nice,well crafted,well built, safer. My machine thanks you.
Cons: Lags a little on working with the flash-is this normal? or just internet slowdown. Sorry not much else to say thats bad. lol
Summary: Here you are-quick control features -bug report? explain what is sent please, Easy to use and setup, beautiful,WOW award, Look out Google-must I use IE? Whats going to happen when XP is no longer will it work with Windows 7?
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Version: Safari 3.2.3
Pros: Nothing - display is horrible and chunky
Cons: SLOW - runs like a turd
Summary: Avoid. Use anything anything. The earlier version was WAY BETTER
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.2.3
Pros: none. Completely non-competitive piece of software produced for a herd of sheep that will by anything fruity.
Cons: too many to list. Cannot even download songs from Amazon, cannot open the functions inside the websites, many parts of websites are not clickable ( in contrast with any other browser), cannot work with some keyboards, and on and on and on
Summary: Apple, please stop marketing this garbage to Windows users. In Vista world we have thousands of browsers that function lightyears ahead of this stone-age grandma. Same goes for Linux users , they have such a variety of great products and this fruit ... read more >>
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0 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Safari 3.2.3
"Safari 3 wins the browser wars..."
Pros: Safari 3 is the fastest internet browser that I have used. It is even faster than Google Chrome and Safari 4. Safari 3 made me get rid of my beloved Google Chrome. The browser is beautiful.
Cons: It can be slow on slow computers. It ran slowly on my old XP computer, but it runs lightning fast on my new XP computer.
Summary: Safari 3 is the fastest internet browser that I have used. It is even faster than Google Chrome and Safari 4. Safari 3 made me get rid of my beloved Google Chrome. The browser is beautiful. It can be slow on slow computers. It ran slowly on my old X... read more >>
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