Safari for Windows is no more!

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Justin Kerr @ Maximum PC said:
The lack of confirmation kept us from writing up a definitive post on this last week, however I think it’s now safe to finally report that Safari for Windows is officially dead. Apple released its newest operating system on July 25th, and along with it came Safari version 6, a full point ahead of the most recent Windows release. Since then Apple has removed any reference to Safari for Windows from its website, and is more or less acting like it never happened.

Safari for Windows made its way onto millions of PC’s using the iTunes auto update system, and you’d be hard pressed to find a single fan among those they duped into downloading it. As a WebKit equipped browser it wasn’t the worst option for Windows users at the time, but it also didn’t offer any distinct advantages. Today Safari 5 users on Windows are stuck using an outdated browser, and naturally, aren’t warned that they are vulnerable to at least 121 unpatched flaws. According to Apple’s own documentation these flaws can expose users to attack by malicious code execution, and are quite serious in nature.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume nobody reading Maximum PC is running Safari for Windows, but if I’m mistaken (and it’s happened before), you’d better start looking into alternatives soon. Also just to be clear, these alternatives don’t include switching to a Mac. ...
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So what's your views on this, did you use Safari? Do you still use Safari?
 
Im sure all 3 people who used Safari on windows will be upset :D
 
I love Safari on the Mac but Safari, and iTunes, for Windows never impressed me.

I expect the number of people who care will be roughly the same as when Microsoft stopped MSIE on the Mac.
 
I cant imagine why would people even use that krap
 
For those who don't know, iPhone and iPad users could sync their bookmarks, history and reading list when using safari on windows. But thats moot now with the iCloud sync.
 
That sucks for me. At our internet Cafè I've set it up so a user can choose between all the popular browsers. I just added Safari on Friday, now I have to remove it again. ROFL :D
 
What bwana said... For Mac users, Safari is awesome but as ghoti pointed out, the three people on the planet running it on their Windows machines will probably need some tissues right now.
 
I only became aware of Safari being available on windows recently. It seemed to do the job as pretty much any browser does these days. There were some "special effects" but not really much point to them. I figured I might test some stuff in it one day but that's hardly worth doing now since everyone will probably be on 6 now/shortly.
 
Good. Safari on OSX and iOS is fantastic. On Windows it is rubbish
 
I've never been a fan of Safari however i do use iTunes for all my music needs since i own a iPod. Is it just me or does iTunes run slow on a Windows system? I used it on a mac the other day and it was so fast.
 
vinodh said:
Same reason why Microsoft made Office 2011 for Mac.
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Apple made Safari for Windows to make money?


More like they did it just to stay in the game in the hopes that it might lead to more profits one day or maybe win over fans. But they've got that iPhone brick ( /ducks ) to do that for them :p
 
I tried Safari on Win7 pc... looks nice, but too many times its a bit temperamental for my liking, almost as bad as IE :-)
Besides, Google does the job well enough for me.
 
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