zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
I just downloaded Safari web browser from Apple---it is pretty wicked with a brushed-metal look--so far the only thing I don't like is that I don't have the 3D rotating cube tab-transition that Arch posted for FireFox a while back---but other than that I have to say I like it alot ------------------ |
Mene-Mene Member Posts: 1398 From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Registered: 10-23-2006 |
I'm using it now, and I'm very Impressed. I love Apple's products. Not sure if it will beat Firefox though, those themes are pretty cool, though the only one I really used was the apple, lol. Great Find! ------------------ I reserve the full right to change my views/theories at any time. |
zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
yeah I haven't switched themes yet either---the brushed metal is pretty cool ------------------ |
kenman Member Posts: 518 From: Janesville WI Registered: 08-31-2006 |
Wow, I can't get it to browse more than 2 sites without crashing . . Obviously in beta phase for a reason. . . |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
the tech industry has been bashing it. and frankly. I agree. I freed myself of iTunes as of late and am happy. that and Firefox will always have my heart. Firefox3 beta, I'm told, is far more stable than Safari. so I link to you this: ------------------ |
bwoogie Member Posts: 380 From: kansas usa Registered: 03-12-2005 |
my firefox keeps screwing up and i have no idea why. randomly if i click on a link it will just say stopped in the status bar. ------------------ |
zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
quote: huh. What OS are you runnin'? I am on XP pro and I had 10 different tabs running in Safari with no problem (looking up random info for our trip coming up)---but I guess that is the nature of bugs--they like to hide until inconvienient times hehe. ------------------ |
Mene-Mene Member Posts: 1398 From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Registered: 10-23-2006 |
I also have Win XP, and has like 12 the other day looking for Screen savers, didn't seen any other themes. I like Mac, its not best on Windows, but its designed for something, Windows is so open, its bad. I mean, its specialized, its limiting, but its best in what it does, Mac Computers. ------------------ I reserve the full right to change my views/theories at any time. |
zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
yeah, although from what I heard newer Macs outdo Vista--especially the current Mac OSX and the next one called Leopard--I know the next PC I am gtting will be a mac. ------------------ |
kenman Member Posts: 518 From: Janesville WI Registered: 08-31-2006 |
quote: HMM....
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Cohort X Member Posts: 126 From: The Great Pacific Northwest Registered: 09-16-2006 |
You'll have to excuse them. Apple is still grappling with the concept of all hardware not coming from the same company. |
TallBill Member Posts: 298 From: St. Louis, MO Registered: 11-22-2002 |
I'm posting from a Mac. I love my Mac... but I browse with SeaMonkey. After that comes FireFox. MAYBE after that comes Safari. ;-) ------------------ "...prayer itself is an art which only the Holy Ghost can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer. Pray for prayer---pray till you can pray; pray to be helped to pray, and give not up praying because you cannot pray, for it is when you think you cannot pray that you are most praying. Sometimes when you have no sort of comfort in your supplications, it is then that your heart---all broken and cast down---is really wrestling and truly prevailing with the Most High." |
steveth45 Member Posts: 536 From: Eugene, OR, USA Registered: 08-10-2005 |
Thanks, Apple, for porting a Linux/Unix original (KHtml) to OS X, calling it Safari, bragging how you have the fastest* browser in the world and then porting it to Windows, to impress people with how awesome Apple is, in the vain hope of making a few more hardware sales. *KHtml was already faster before Apple got their dirty paws on it. ------------------ |
Mene-Mene Member Posts: 1398 From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Registered: 10-23-2006 |
That's pretty what Microsoft did, took someone else's Ideas, bought them, and sold them. ------------------ I reserve the full right to change my views/theories at any time. |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
they were just a whole lot better at it. ------------------ |
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004 |
I wouldn't confuse 'more successful' with 'better.' Mac OS is far better than any of its copies in my opinion. I was looking at Apples website recently and noticed this, but when I tried it, it said it only works if you have service pack 2. I thought windows was bad enough without it, and it screwed my computer last time I installed it. Oh well. ------------------ |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
No. windows is better because of one reasons. It runs more program. An OS that doesn't run anything is worthless and an OS that runs very little is bad. Microsoft was smart enough to open it up for tons of developers instead of keeping a greedy fist over everything. ------------------ |
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004 |
That really doesn't make it better at all. More desirable for some people maybe, but by no means better. Besides, any programs you would want for music are mainly based on Mac. (ProTools for instance) What runs on something, or how many people use it has no effect on the thing itself, for instance; I could buy a Beetle and rice the crap out of it, but does that make it better than a Viper? ------------------ |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
that's great. but I don't do music dev. I do software dev and I game. guess what, Windows has want I want and need. I seem to get by just fine with music. Players are abundant and I have plenty of sound editors. sure the "windows" car breaks down, especially if you don't maintain it, but atleast it runs on most the roads. The "mac" car may run better, but it only uses 2% of the roads; roads I really don't need to use. and yes, people have tuned cars to be better than Vipers. ------------------ |
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004 |
maybe a better example would be a 2008 Camaro then? The point being, what something works with doesn't make it better. Besides, many programs do run on Mac, and they run better than on windows. All I'm trying to say is that it isn't what program the system works with, its mainly how the system uses that program, and how well it maintains itself. |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
yes, but this is an operating system. if doesn't operate stuff, it's not doing it's job, eh? If a road can't be driven on, why have it? ------------------ |
Cohort X Member Posts: 126 From: The Great Pacific Northwest Registered: 09-16-2006 |
That's the bike lane. It's for bikes only. |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
I drive on that, too. ------------------ |
CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
Ho hum. They didn't have anything else to excite people with at the conference so the quickly released a beta to cause a fuss.
quote: I use Shiira on OSX. It's open source and it's KHTML engine hasn't been dirtied by Apple. On Linux I use Konqueror. The original KHTML browser . ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. |