06.15.07
Apple reports 1 million Safari for Windows downloads
It took Apple just two days to reach 1 million downloads of its newest Safari Web browser for Windows. A beta of the newest version was released during Steve Jobs’ Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday.
Apple said that Safari performed an iBench HTML performance suite test twice as fast as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer — 2.2 seconds to IE’s 4.6 seconds. The Apple-built browser turned in similar performance on iBench’s Javascript test, completing the suite in less than a second compared to IE’s 2.4-second time.
Macworld: News: Apple reports 1 million Safari for Windows downloads
It seems to be picking up interest quite fast, but I’m not yet one of the downloaders.
I’ve never really tried Safari and could do with it fopr website testing, however I’m not quite sure that I want a fifth browser. I already have IE, Firefox, Flock & opera. Do I need another one?
Is it really going to enhance my life? I’d imagine for most normal day to day users the answer is no and I can’t imagine many that will give it a try.
Even as myself I’m thinking there’s no real need to downlaod the browser – being able to test websites in it really is the only draw that may lead me to eventually downloading it.
It’s going to be interesting to see how the current almost two horse race between IE and Firefox will turn out, especially with Safari looking like it could be a third contender
technorati tags:safari, internet, browser, apple
