Posted on 01/07/2003 1:43:00 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts
Hordes of Apple faithful were on hand Tuesday for another of CEO Steve Jobs’ revival meetings, again disguised as the keynote address at the Macworld exposition in San Francisco. And Jobs didn’t disappoint, telling his flock of a new Web browser, an open-source presentation program plus a pair of new notebook computers, including the first one ever to have a 17-inch screen.
THE BIGGEST NEWS on the software front was the announcement of two new programs which will directly compete with Microsoft software that handle similar tasks. Safari is Apple’s new turbo-charged Web browser for OS X (the current version of which Jobs continues to pronounce “Jag-wire” instead of Jaguar). Safari looks very, very fast; Jobs claimed it was three times faster than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer for OS X. Safari is based on the KHTML open-source rendering engine. Jobs said it has been greatly improved and Apple will post the newly-improved code for downloading to keep it open source. Apple has integrated Google into the browser’s toolbar and has made managing bookmarks a breeze. A beta version of Safari is now available on the Apple Web site for free. At this time, Safari only runs on OS X.
While announcing an extension of the Apple-Microsoft deal that lets purchasers of new Mac hardware buy Office for OS X for only $199, the Apple CEO also announced new software that will compete with one part of Office. Keynote, Apple’s all-new presentation title, is available now and sells for $99.
Jobs added that he’s been beta testing Keynote, creating his own Macworld presentations with the program for the past year.
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Gee, IE could NEVER match that.
How stupid.
Don't need to. Just install the Google Bar.
That is what X11 can do. It is really easy to see lots more people using OpenOffice and similiar variants. Additionally, about the only market that Apple can grow in is the higher education/unix geek segment.
OpenDoors?
http://www.apple.com/safari
I read your post, downloaded it two minutes ago, and am using it to post this reply. Looks pretty nice, actually.
Sure, I have Netscape 7.0, but I must admit I don't think it is as good as IE. Safari looks like it will be better.
BTW, what do you think of the new 17" PowerBook?I think Apple is ahead of the design curve yet again. I remember last year you thought the new iMac was going flop and, of course, it was a big success.
Just checked the Mozilla download page. Seems they have an OS X build as well.
They modified a pre-existing open source Unix browser. When your OS is a version of BSD-Unix you don't have to start very much from scratch.
After about seven minutes experience, I like it. It automatically imported my IE bookmarks and put them in a marked folder I can sort through. It's fast. It's also apparently read my IE history file and so will complete URLs for me. It has that elegant aqua look. The menus are a bit sparse but functional. IE is now off my dock.
Only stupid if Apple wants to remain dependent on MSFT like all the other PC makers.
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