{"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&#8230;<\/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&#8217;t 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&#8217;t 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&#8230;<\/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&#8217;t work.<\/li>\n<li>The position of the cursor esp in the text box isn&#8217;t 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&#8217;t 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&#8217;t 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&#8217;t work.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Ctrl\/Shift-Enter to complete the URL&#8217;s doesn&#8217;t 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&#8217;s enough for me! Firefox, here I come!!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s 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. 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