Reviews of Safari for Windows

1. 
   anonymouscowturd

   Reviewing 4.0.4 (5.31.21.10) (Nov 13, 2009)

   Wow, i really didn't expect this to be so bad on a PC. I've tried it on a Mac and it seems OK.
   Performance is abysmal despite all the benchmarks i see on the net. It really is slow. Start up time on my computer is of the order of about 15 seconds, in other words even slower than firefox *with* over a dozen addons.
   The top sites "quick dial" type feature doesn't keep all the sites i add despite "pinning" them and they take an age to show up when you open a new tab.
   Font's are badly displayed and like trying to read underwater (i tried my best with the font smoothing settings but nothing was decent)
   Last but not least (not just for PC but for Mac as well) it it super Uncustomisable, absolutely completely the opposite of Firefox or Opera. You can drag a few buttons around on the toolbar and that's about it. You can't get rid of the search box. You can have it Steve Job's way or you can shove it basically!
   Add on top of that it's the worst browser for security (though i think that was possibly for Mac and not PC).
   Oh and guess what? it keeps me logged into FileForum across browser restarts. So that means it's not clearing down cookies. But wait, can i make it discard cookies on exiting? Nope. No wonder it's a security nightmare.
   Ironically on a PC even IE8 is better than this steaming turd. The only reason i waste hard drive space on this is because i need it for testing. For the love of god somebody kill this horrible creation.
2. 
   guru_v

   Reviewing 4.0.4 (5.31.21.10) (Nov 12, 2009)

   Hard to review when it won't install - that is, when presented with the choice to install without Bonjour, which has never worked as advertised on any of my machines, I took it.
   
   Once you do that the installer seems to be lightning fast, but all it is doing is erroring out, without any notice.
   
   To the people who write this stuff - if something cannot be left out of an install, why give the user a choice?
3. 
   KayNine

   Reviewing 4.0.3 (4.31.9.1) (Nov 6, 2009)

   A great browser for sure! On my Mac it's my absolute favorite, but on PC I do use it only seldom, using Opera since v3 and not being disappointed, it still is my choice.
   
   Anyway: Apple (and the Webkit dev-team) did an amazing job! Browsing is really fun with Safari.
   
   If only it's download size would be smaller, but that must be because of the libs needed to realize it's unique Apple-typical "feel" (GUI blending, skin, etc). Still no reason to rate it less than it deserves.
4. 
   Crusader

   Reviewing 4.0.3 (4.31.9.1) (Aug 20, 2009)

   Too heavy. It´s so slow and down my pc 3 times in an hour!!! It´s very cool but not useful for me.
5. 
   vladimir3

   Reviewing 4.0.2 (530.19.1) (Aug 4, 2009)

   Hi, I enjoyed Safari on XP, but with new fullversion appeared a problem I can't solve: Closing the programm, all the history clears, allthough in Preferences one week or other position is and Private browsing is not activated.
   What's the matter?
   Vladimir

Discuss Safari for Windows

1. Nov 13, 2009 - 5:36 AM
   VoODoOChilD

   Well certainly a decent application.
   Noobs just need something to cry about, in this case the file size! LOL. n how lame is that .. Its an mac application with a lot of built in features being ported to a pc, OBVIOUSLY the size would increase. and how big is 30 mb anyways!? lol Stop spamming with useless feedback. Keep it to thyself!
2. Aug 4, 2009 - 3:27 AM
   vladimir3

   Hi, I enjoyed Safari on XP, but with new fullversion appeared a problem I can't solve: Closing the programm, all the history clears, allthough in Preferences one week or other position is and Private browsing is not activated.
   What's the matter?
   Vladimir
3. Jun 8, 2009 - 5:49 PM
   coover

   I am curious ...
   
   Download size:
   
   IE 8 = 13300 kb
   Firefox = 7804 kb
   Opera = 6734 kb
   Netscape = 5918 kb
   Safari = 27160 kb
   
   Safari is more than twice the size of IE 8 and more than 4 1/2 times larger than Netscape. Why? What does this browser have that other browsers do not? I've downloaded it and I shall take a look at it ... and give it a fair trial. But like previous versions of the Safari browser, I will probably go back to using another browser. But I really want to know what I'm getting with Safari that I'm not getting with the others.