{"id":28,"date":"2007-06-25T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rajiniravi.com\/ravi\/wp\/?p=28"},"modified":"2007-06-25T08:42:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-25T15:42:00","slug":"safari-test-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/safari-test-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Safari test drive&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>With all the hype on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/safari\/\">Safari<\/a> going on, I decided to download Safari and give it a test drive\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The first thing that I noticed immediately after firing up the browser on installation was the rendering. If you have stared at a computer screen running Windows or Linux for ages, chances are you wouldn\u2019t like the way things look on Safari. The fonts look fuzzy and funny! No wonder this was debated so <a href=\"http:\/\/abstractconstruct.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/apple-software-on-windows.html\">hotly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Using it a little more, I couldn\u2019t help but fall in love with Firefox all over again. Firefox has these subtle nuances that I have begun to notice after using Safari. And clearly, Safari is not made for someone who depends less on the mouse. Here are a few annoyances that I picked in half an hour of Safari use\u2026<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul id=\"\">\n<li>The entire URL is not selected when you click the address bar which makes you select the entire text to overwrite or delete.<\/li>\n<li>If multiple tabs are open, Ctrl-Tab to switch between tabs doesn\u2019t work.<\/li>\n<li>The position of the cursor esp in the text box isn\u2019t remembered when I switch between windows.  <\/li>\n<li>The browser window rendering is slow when you resize it (see image). Realized the CPU usage is 100% when this is done!<br \/><center><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/span><\/center><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_nPrdJ8CAbhc\/Rn_ATFVv2dI\/AAAAAAAAAAk\/jVqr92KSNSA\/s320\/safari+rendering.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">It still crashes intermittently and doesn\u2019t restore back the sessions. Mine is version 3.0.2 (522.13.1) and it crashed twice during the course of this entry!!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Can\u2019t resize the text size with Ctrl-mouse scroll wheel.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Backspace and Shift-Backspace to go back\/forward doesn\u2019t work.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Ctrl\/Shift-Enter to complete the URL\u2019s doesn\u2019t work.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">No add-ons! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Ok, that\u2019s enough for me! Firefox, here I come!!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a bigger list of <a href=\"http:\/\/microsoft.blognewschannel.com\/archives\/2007\/06\/11\/apple-releases-safari-for-windows\/\"> annoyances<\/a> with a nice debate at the end. And yes, the folks at Apple seem to be tracking  annoyances and more and fixing them in their <a href=\"http:\/\/webkit.org\/blog\/\">nightly<\/a>\u2018s.<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/center><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the hype on Safari going on, I decided to download Safari and give it a test drive\u2026 The first thing that I noticed immediately after firing up the browser on installation was the rendering. 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