Safari on Windows
I’ve been trying out Safari on Windows recently. It seems pretty good – it renders fonts really nicely, just as it does on a Mac. Performance seems good, although I don’t know how much quicker it is than Firefox, other than what Apple claims. Firefox has never felt particularly sluggish to me, but I guess in these times of broadband it will start to become the browser that affects render times rather than download speed. I wonder if that’ll start to affect how we design web pages? I guess the simplest, standard compliant ways will continue to be the best.
I think at least in the short to medium term, I’ll be sticking to Firefox as my main browser – tools like Firebug and the Web Developer extension just make it the perfect platform for development. However, the new Web Inspector in Safari 3 looks like it might be offering some strong competition for the hearts and minds of developers. I have been trying to make sure I do my morning reading on Google Reader using Safari, and I try and keep my to-do list on Basecamp open in Safari. We’ll see where we go from here…