Apple released Safari for PCs. Holy crap. I mean, on one hand, I'm not looking forward to having to debug a 5th browser (Firefox, Opera, IE6, IE7 being the 4 others), but on the other hand, I can finally debug Safari issues without having to lug around a Mac.

The more important thing is that Apple is allowing application development for the iPhone using Safari. Details seem kind of scarce right now (I'm sure that'll be ironed out), but I'm just blown away by how "right" this feels. All this talk of Adobe AIR, Microsoft Silverlight, etc. etc.... they're missing the boat. HTML, Javascript, and CSS feels clunky and is a software engineer's worst nightmare, but it works. It's been vetted for the past [insert-any-number-between-1-to-10] years, and we're continuing to see greater adoption cause it's easy, fast, and doesn't require any additional installs (besides the browser, obv).

Posted by roy on June 11, 2007 at 10:57 PM in Web Development | 7 Comments

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Comment posted on June 12th, 2007 at 09:06 PM
i like the safari layout, and i would definitely use it as my browser if it wasn't beta with the security issues. i guess i'm just a sucker for the apple look.
Comment posted on June 12th, 2007 at 10:32 AM
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Within hours of Apple's public release of the beta for Safari 3.0 for Windows, three security researchers independently found holes within the new browser.

:P
Comment posted on June 12th, 2007 at 11:54 AM
ouch, that doesn't reflect too well on apple :)

personally i dislike safari - i use firefox all the way! :) the only reason people seem to like it better on mac is it seems to "fit in" with the OS much better.
Comment posted on June 12th, 2007 at 12:40 PM
use ie 7!!

i worked on one of the parts... :-)
Comment posted on June 12th, 2007 at 12:56 PM
what part?!
Comment posted on June 12th, 2007 at 02:40 PM
the phishing filter
Comment posted on June 12th, 2007 at 08:15 AM
nerd. go daytrade or something