Like fried squash, deer meat, and iced coffee I have now tried the public beta of Safari. Just like all of those other things it left a nasty taste in my mouth.
I don't know what I expected really. I guess I was hoping for some sort of jazzy Mac'd up version of FireFox but I was wrong. I have used Safari on a Mac before and just assumed that it was crippled because it was on a Mac. I was hoping that maybe a Windows version would "fix" it but not so.
The install was very fast and it played nice with my PC. When I uninstall it I will get to see if it goes quietly into the night or if it tries to rip out files it did not put there like iTunes used to do.
The first thing I noticed was that it screwed up every single font on the page. I guess it is some sort of "softer side of the internet" approach but I don't like it. It is like there is a thin film of goo over the window.
The next couple of items maybe dismissed by those of the Mac cult as things I only think I need but I don't have to live like that. Where is the Back and Forward drop-downs? Why can't you kill the search box? Why does the address line assume I want it to auto complete something there with no way to kill this feature.
The only feature worth noting is shot in the foot by the developers. The Private Browsing mode has potential. It cloaks your browsers from the junk trying to pry at your machine. Sadly the auto complete address line is still there no matter what you do and once you close and reopen the Private Browsing is turned back off again.
I have to say that I would consider using IE 7 before I would use Safari on a regular basis. The funny thing is that I won't be using IE 7 or even allowing it to be installed. I am a FireFox guy for now.
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