Apple announce Safari for Windows and mix their words
11/06/07 
23:11 
Simon Wood 
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Readers Comments 11/06/07 23:11 Simon Wood
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Today Apple has announced their Safari browser is now available for Microsoft Windows. Firstly I find this a joke as most people on windows use Microsoft IE as they don't care about what browser they use, and those that do care about what browser they use will download Mozilla Firefox. I use a MacBook Pro for work. I like most other people I work with run Firefox on my Mac due to not liking Safari, so I can't see how Apple think Windows users will embrace Safari.
My next grumble is one that annoyed me back when Apple first released their "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" videos. When you go to apple.com next to the Safari link is says "Free for Mac + PC", but that is rubbish, I have PC at home and I can't run Safari. The reason for this is that my PC is running Linux, which means that most things in those "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" videos is wrong too.
It doesn't matter that I can't download Safari for Linux because I don't want it, I can run firefox on any platform I like, also I can have konqueror which is what Safari is based on. What annoys me is that Apple stuff is supposed to be user friendly, yet this misuse of terms for software and hardware platforms makes things harder to understand. It's shouldn't be "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC", it should be "I'm OS X, and I'm Windows". Also the Safari download should say "Free for OS X + Windows". It is after all the OS that determines what software I can run, if I am exposed to viruses, how secure my computer is and how easy it is to use my application windows and tools.
Apple please sort it out we want "I'm OS X, I'm Windows, and I'm Linux"
My next grumble is one that annoyed me back when Apple first released their "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" videos. When you go to apple.com next to the Safari link is says "Free for Mac + PC", but that is rubbish, I have PC at home and I can't run Safari. The reason for this is that my PC is running Linux, which means that most things in those "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" videos is wrong too.
It doesn't matter that I can't download Safari for Linux because I don't want it, I can run firefox on any platform I like, also I can have konqueror which is what Safari is based on. What annoys me is that Apple stuff is supposed to be user friendly, yet this misuse of terms for software and hardware platforms makes things harder to understand. It's shouldn't be "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC", it should be "I'm OS X, and I'm Windows". Also the Safari download should say "Free for OS X + Windows". It is after all the OS that determines what software I can run, if I am exposed to viruses, how secure my computer is and how easy it is to use my application windows and tools.
Apple please sort it out we want "I'm OS X, I'm Windows, and I'm Linux"
12/06/07 1:29 simon and liz
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If people don't know (or care) about Apple, then... Si, dude, sorry but... they care jack s**t about Linux. Assuming most computer users even know what it is.
If I were selling an ad campaign, and I had the idea of mentioning Linux when aiming at the average middle-class, use-a-computer-to-use-MySpace crowd, well... I would fire myself.
I can come up with all kinds of issues with Apple going for the browser crown... but not mentioning Linux really is not one of them. And I run Ubuntu 7.04 :)
(On my "PC" I might add...)
In any case, I think this is all to do with the iPhone - nowt to do with browsers in themselves (and once again, Apple is using the "enthusiasts" to bug test their stuff... another issue entirely of course).
For the record, though, in spite of the fact that it looks like I might become a Safari user on Windows (for jeez, is it FAST!!!) - I am *still* a Firefox (or Camino) user on the Mac :D