I've been using Apple's new web browser, Safari for a couple of days now. It's still in beta, and some folks have been pointing out its flaws, both real and imagined.
Of course, it's still in beta, and one expects that there will be some bugs, and one expects that those bugs will be fixed, much like they did with Jaguar. The biggest complaint about Safari is that it forsakes the tabbed-browing model of Mozilla and Chimera for Apple's neotradition bushed-nickel sloppy windows everywhere. I don't think the "snapback" feature is really a great substitute fror the tabs, but I don't see Apple going with tabs. If they go tabs in Safari, they'll eventually see their utiltity for other apps, and have to re-think their interfaces for every iApp. I just don't see it happening.
Despite the lack of tabs, I think it's about time Apple came out with a browser of their own, especially one that starts out both lightweight and fast. I now have five different browsers installed on my iBook, and I'm just about ready to start deleting some of the others.
Posted by wasylik at January 9, 2003 10:02 PM | TrackBack