Widows’ style download

It is possible to download Safari from official APPLE SITE. The distributive of the browser occupies 18.60 Mb (version without Quick Time player). And it is available only on English.

For the comparison: Fire Fox2 occupies 5.75, Firefox 3 – 6.96, Opera – 4.70 and 6.35 for Multilanguage version. It is not possible to name the Safari size as small. Especially taking into account that its func is less than the others have, in comparison with Opera.

Safari has the standard installer and the process of installation lasts about a minute and has 4 steps.

Welcome

License agreement

Select components

Complete the installing

Let’s stop on the third step. It offers to select additional components for the download. The first – is the system port Bonjour on Windows. As we understood from the guidance it is so called analogue of the Windows network. It allows getting the access to the computers and printers, connected through the Bonjour.

It is not difficult to suspect that there is not such a computer in the local area to with the PC will be connected for Safari testing. The second component is Apple Software Update. It is for tracking of new versions of Apple programs on your computer. It is not only Safari but some other programs, particularly iTunes and QuickTime. Do you need these components, you should to decide yourself. But from our experience we’d like to say that the first one was completely useless, the second component sometimes display the messages, is there are some downloads and it is necessary to check if there are some. The software update is wanted to delete after same of the popups appearing. And about new versions you are able to know from the news at a site, and at our one too.

One of the Apple construction principal is maximum transparency. In details: when Mac OS X was released everyone was impressed with it fine interface Aqua. Never the less it is easy to get accustomed to the beauty and begin don’t notice it very quickly. The Apple interface is often unobtrusive. It is stylish and convenient tools to operate at home and for the rest.

And what is happen the person who operates with Windows Vista the first time? The user begins to use the three-dimensional switch of the windows. It is beautifully, effective and perfectly useless. So the user work is stopped until he\she over to play with windows. It is not happened with every user and sometimes to press [Win Tab] the extra time some of the users are not opposite.

Apple began to change it principals with the coming in Windows. Safari 3.1 very looks like it analogue – Mac OS.

Safari 3.1 for Windows XP

Safari 3.1 for Mac OS 10.4.11

The main Safari window is of grey. Windows-port differentiates from the Mac OS X by the existence of the menu panel under the windows names. Mac OS program windows have not the menu. The menu is on the special panel in the top.

The Tools panel with the address bar and the Search bar repeats the Safari analogues.  Lower there is a panel with the tabs and under it there is a panel with opened tabs. Then there is a page and in the bottom there is a status bar (if this func is switched).

It has nothing unusual for the first view. But we noticed the unnoticeable usability when restored the size of the window after it maximizing on the whole screen.  It tweaked to the optimal page width (1000-1050 in our case) and placed in the center of the desktop. But we noticed a minor bug with the window rendering.

Rendering error in the title of the window

One more untypically easy to see feature is the Mac OS X style widgets. They have the rounded corners in the Aqua design, if the site developers wasn’t indicated others.

Safari 3.1 Tools

The next feature is the active element is marked with the soft blue frames. It is rather nice-looking. In addition if in the text field there is something typed there is a small grey cross in the right side of it. Pressing on this cross is emptied the field.

The active tools element highlighting

In addition it would like to mark the Safari high productivity. All windows are displayed very quickly (that is not common for port-applications), instant switching between the tabs, and momentary reaction on a user actions. The pages are opened rather quickly. Of cause everything is rather subjective. But in any case Apple doesn’t spoof with the productivity. Now more details about browser settings.