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    Apple announced that they decided to develop Safari for windows I
    wonder why.

    Best, DS
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      CommentAuthorJohnRiv
    • CommentTimeJun 19th 2007
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    so Windows users can develop apps for the iPhone
    • CommentAuthorvarland
    • CommentTimeJun 19th 2007
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    I saw a great article online that discussed the amount of money browser developers make by integrating a search bar into the browser. Every time the user uses the Google search bar built into Firefox or Safari, Google pays the browser developer a percentage of the profits from the ads displayed on the search result pages. Therefore, even though Safari is free, Apple makes money off of it.

    I don't really buy the developing applicationsfor the iPhone angle. If you're serious about developing iPhone web applications, you're going to test the applications on an iPhone, not in Windows Safari. No matter how much they like to talk about the iPhone using the full version of Safari, the experience of using the application on the iPhone will be so different that testing on the iPhone will be necessary for serious applications.
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    Newsflash - Apple didn't just announce that they "decided to develop Safari for windows". They actually DID develop it and it's available for download.

    Other than the iPhone development angle - I think that Apple sees value in Windows users trying out their software as a means of introducing PC owners with Apple products. It worked quite well with iTunes - I don't think that it will be the same case with Safari for Windows as it really isn't the best of what Apple has to offer with regard to UI, features, etc.
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    Hmm. I see apple trying to bring more revenue.
    Specially since they switched on Intel platform and you can run both windows and mac os on the same computer.
    I downloaded the beta version for windows but it seems buggy right now so I would just wait for the stable version.
    I appriciate the afford at least I don't have to ask somebody else to test webpages in Safari anymore.
    Funny microsoft stoped IE support for the MAC and year later Apple releasing Safari for windows.

    Best, DS
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    Nice!

    Today I updated Safari for Windows and it seems pretty stable.
    Looks good.

    Cheers, DS
    • CommentAuthorL3ggy
    • CommentTimeJun 27th 2007
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    Just get a mac. I have one, there so much better than windows ;).

    I think its good for windows developers to test there websites on Safari. Shame they introduced it when i got my mac lol.
    I really wish i could have IE6 & IE7 on my mac though. It would be so much more helpful seeing as the vast majority of web users use IE.
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    I really wish i could have IE6 & IE7 on my mac though. It would be so much more helpful seeing as the vast majority of web users use IE.


    Just get a PC ;)
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      CommentAuthordroppyale
    • CommentTimeJun 28th 2007
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    @ L3ggy

    Just run parallels. Works wonders for testing purposes.

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