[thelist] Safari on Windows

Felix Miata mrmazda at ij.net
Tue Jun 12 10:56:40 CDT 2007


On 2007/06/12 11:21 (GMT-0400) Jason Handby apparently typed:

> Just out of curiosity... Can anyone suggest why on earth Apple think
> this is a good idea? Do they not think that, between the ubiquitous
> Internet Explorer and the free Firefox, the browser market on the PC is
> pretty much sewn up? And if there's anything they would like the PC
> browser to do that IE and Firefox don't do, what's wrong with plugins or
> something?

> I'm finding this very puzzling. But then I'm not an Apple expert.

My guess is that the Safari developers want to ensure no significant web page differences between Safari and other modern browsers exist due to web page designers who are unwilling to buy a Mac in
order to test their pages in Safari. Not all browser makers interpret all standards exactly alike, so there can be unintended differences that simply won't be found otherwise, particularly as proposed
CSS3 features are implemented. The end result is a better experience for Mac buyers.
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