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I'd have agreed a couple of months ago, but at this point I don't see why. Safari is little more than Konqueror with a skin on it. I mean........... YES, I KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENCES. Cool your flames.

But KDE 4 will be ported to windows. And it's skinnable.

Problem solved.

Besides, I think that webcore or whatever it's called has already been ported.

1 posted on 01/12/2007 8:59:13 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Not happening. Apple should and will focus its Safari development efforts on improving the browser, rather than porting it. I think they're content to leave the better browsing on Windows to Firefox.


2 posted on 01/12/2007 9:05:09 PM PST by Terpfen ("Conservatives" who sat at home cost us the War on Terror, SCOTUS, and economic success.)
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To: 1234; 6SJ7; Abundy; Action-America; af_vet_rr; afnamvet; Alexander Rubin; anonymous_user; ...
Port Safari to Windows? PING!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

3 posted on 01/12/2007 9:14:54 PM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

I think plenty of people will get a taste for Safari on their iPhones. It certainly won't be just Mac users with those.


5 posted on 01/12/2007 9:40:15 PM PST by Mr. Blonde (Like I always say, there's no "I" in team. There's a "me" though, if you jumble it up.)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

I don't think that Safari is a particularly good browser.

In OSX, I tend to use Firefox, and in Windows (Vista), I think that IE7 is probably the best.


6 posted on 01/13/2007 12:02:57 AM PST by furquhart (Time for a New Crusade - Deus lo Volt!)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Apple needs to spend time convincing websites that have important commercial or business related content that will not run on Macs to write more platform independent content.

Having websites tell me "I'm sorry we do not support Mac, you have to run windows to use our info" is the most frustrating Mac experience. A lot of these websites are unique. For example earnings.com.


11 posted on 01/13/2007 6:51:43 AM PST by Sunnyflorida ((Elections Matter)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Unhhh, Safari sucks. I personally, use it as a "canary in a coal mine" to see if javascript code will work. Safari defines the lowest common denominator.

That said, this is being written on Safari. Mainly, I like the integration that comes with Cocoa - dictionary, spell check, etc.


12 posted on 01/13/2007 8:59:03 AM PST by glorgau
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