OK. So Apple’s released a Windows version of Safari (and I tried blogging from Safari, but it submitted a blank page, and copy and paste from Safari back to Firefox was rather buggy *not happy*), and I don’t quite like what I see. This is why I’m sticking to Firefox for at least the time being:
- Yet another look: It looks like a Mac application, feels like a Mac application and behaves like a Mac application. If I wanted to use a Mac, I’d use a Mac. (I know it’s similar to the deal with iTunes and QuickTime, but I hate both as well.)
- Font rendering is weird: It looks like they’ve copied over the font rendering from the Mac as well; compared with the Windows font rendering, the font smoothing looks uncomfortable and I’m not sure I like the character spacing. If this is what it’s like to use a Mac, this is even less reason for me to switch.
- Another new set of keyboard shortcuts: Firefox and IE keep their keyboard shortcuts relatively similar so it’s not much of a pain to switch between the two, but Safari… just realised that Ctrl+Backspace doesn’t work, and it doesn’t minimise when you go Winkey+M.
- Downloads: It downloads straight to the Desktop, or to another folder. I want to be prompted for each location.
- Plugins: It’s new so there are hardly any plugins yet.
Enough rambling for the time being, but no I’m not going to be using Safari as my everyday browser any time soon. I must agree it’s faster, but its memory footprint is far worse than Firefox (150MB in ten minutes?). I’ll keep it around, however, to test my website.
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