{"id":24,"date":"2007-06-12T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-13T03:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rajiniravi.com\/ravi\/wp\/?p=24"},"modified":"2007-06-12T20:54:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-13T03:54:00","slug":"apple-software-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/apple-software-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple software on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following yesterday\u2019s tech news was sweet!<\/p>\n<p>First there was the announcement that Apple was releasing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/safari\/\">Safari browser <\/a>for Windows claiming \u2018<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">blazing performance<\/span>\u2018 with 2x speed improvements in page loads and JavaScript executions. Within hours there were a number of bugs[<a href=\"http:\/\/erratasec.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/niiiice.html\">1<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/larholm.com\/2007\/06\/12\/safari-for-windows-0day-exploit-in-2-hours\/\">2<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/aviv.raffon.net\/2007\/06\/11\/AppleSafariForWindowsOutWithACrash.aspx\">3<\/a>] reported on this beta release.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, I do not think \u20182x faster\u2019 is a big claim when the difference is in microseconds. Plus, the fine print says that the test was done on an <span>iMac system running Windows XP<\/span>. Now, what is the performance of the browser on a PC running Windows where it is most likely to be used? The bigger thing though which comes second, is how did Apple miss these bugs in its tests? It took others just hours to find them using publicly available software (like <a href=\"http:\/\/metasploit.com\/users\/hdm\/tools\/hamachi\/hamachi.html\">hamachi<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Among the other interesting things\u2026 here is one by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joelonsoftware.com\/items\/2007\/06\/12.html\">Joel Splosky<\/a> on the font rendering in Safari. He goes on to talk about the preference of people and makes a motherhood statement on the outcome of preference studies \u2013 \u201c<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">when you do preference surveys, you\u2019ll find that most people don\u2019t really know what to choose, and will opt for the one that seems most familiar. This goes for anything from silverware (people pick out the patterns that match the silverware they had growing up) to typefaces to graphic design: unless people are trained to know what to look for, they\u2019re going to pick the one that is most familiar<\/span>\u201c.  Hmm, I should check on the accuracy of this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following yesterday\u2019s tech news was sweet! First there was the announcement that Apple was releasing Safari browser for Windows claiming \u2018blazing performance\u2018 with 2x speed improvements in page loads and JavaScript executions. Within hours there were a number of bugs[1] [2] [3] reported on this beta release. 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