first impressions... meh

6/12/2007 10:18:26 AM

http://www.tuaw.com/2005/05/02/tiger-bits-safaris-private-browsing/

this is pretty cool, not sure if it's in the windows version or not, and i imagine you can probably do the same thing with other browsers with some tweaking.

6/12/2007 11:12:36 AM

It's fast as hell, you gotta admit that.

6/12/2007 11:15:22 AM

Security flaw hits Safari on Windows
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2191861/first-security-flaw-safari

6/12/2007 11:21:30 AM

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/12/safari-on-windows-a-security-risk/

Quote :

"Apple’s newly released Safari Browser for Windows is coming under fire for all the wrong reasons today with separate reports indicating that the browser presents a security risk to Windows users. Thor Larholm has published a 0day exploit that causes Safari to shut down when visiting a site with malicious code. (http://larholm.com/2007/06/12/safari-for-windows-0day-exploit-in-2-hours/) David Maynor at Errata Security claims to have found 6 bugs, 4 Denial of Service and 2 remote code execution bugs. (http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2007/06/niiiice.html) The browser has met with mixed reviews; the ability to quickly render sites being countered by visually foreign (to Windows users) font rendering and a failure to support the Vista Aero interface"

of course any new browser for a new OS is bound to have exploits.

i think this DEFINITELY got rushed out the door for yesterday, it's not really not even beta ready

[Edited on June 12, 2007 at 1:02 PM. Reason : .]

6/12/2007 12:59:12 PM

I think apple is trying to sabotage microsoft.

6/12/2007 2:53:09 PM

The zero day exploit link isn't working.

6/12/2007 3:02:32 PM

Splosky has a good, well informed and reasoned (as usual) primer on font rendering in Windows and Mac, which can now be compared directly using Safari on Windows
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html

6/12/2007 3:46:30 PM

Safari 3 is the epitomy of beta... it'll be great on full release, but i advise to wait after using it last night. i'll stick with my Safari 2 for now

6/12/2007 3:54:06 PM

^interesting article... i had noticed the difference in fonts but never know why thanks!

6/12/2007 6:34:56 PM

^x6

Maynor is full of shit. I'm not worried about anything he supposedly "breaks". He doesn't say how he does it, nor will he report it to the developers, so he's nothing more than a sack of shit that holds back everything the developer community is trying to accomplish.

Larholm, on the other hand, is on the opposite side of the spectrum - "Hay guyz, here's how you hack anyone that's using Windows Safari!!!!1". Tell the developers, not the world, dumbass.

I think the idea of Windows Safari is cool. I'm about to install it for myself, just for kicks.

[Edited on June 12, 2007 at 11:24 PM. Reason : Installed Safari and holy shit, this thing is fast. Can't wait for the final release!]

6/12/2007 11:00:44 PM

can i run windows safari on linux using wine?

6/13/2007 12:23:09 AM

I like it.


In a few years, I may even end up buying a Mac.

6/13/2007 11:20:47 AM

a not so glowing review (but well reasoned, and not flame bait) from Ars
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070612-afirst-look-safari-3-on-windows.html

6/13/2007 11:39:56 AM

^ pretty convincing reasons why i should not bother trying it.

if i had to waste time on prereleases, i'd rather check out FF 3.0a than safari

6/13/2007 2:41:24 PM

^I don't see why it wouldn't work on Wine. It's worth trying I guess.

From the bit I've used it in the past day or so, it is a tad buggy, and chock full of annoyances, but overall, it's very fast and I think it holds potential.

6/13/2007 2:54:13 PM

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/06/14/apple-updates-safari-3-beta-for-windows-in-wake-of-security-issues

They released an update for Windows safari beta.

6/14/2007 1:41:53 PM