Well I got Safari and I love it and it looks better and loads sites faster than other browsers. But a few issues are pissing be off. I find myself having to use IE for things that Safari for some reason can't do. Like when I go to CNN.com and try to watch a news clip, because they use windows media player to play their clips... It wont let me watch them, it shows like a hella old wmp version and just sits there so I have to use IE for stuff like that. And like if a site has a picture a lot of the time it will not display it... there will only be a blue box with a question mark. And its annoying. And for some reason when I use my yahoo fantasy baseball team I have the drag and drop lineup thing and it will not let me use it. And t will not edit the display settings on my Windows Live Mail (beta) acount either, the options botton is just not there! But is on IE. And I can't use Beta Yahoo mail or anything... what causes this?
2007-07-01 09:44:18 · 5 answers · asked by Nick 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Hey, Safari is only released for Public Beta versions, that means we still have a lot of time before we see a good and stable Safari version getting released. Even in Beta version its still very good except some bugs which I found and which you specified.
Lets talk about it : IE ( which is currently in its 7.0th version, have a long list of errors and fixes) have a default movie player as Windows Media Player, Safari since it from Apple will have a default movie player as ITunes/Real. Non-compatibility of video format doesnt allow you to play your CNN clips in Safari.
Yahoo! Beta uses either AJAX/ JASON/Web services ( not sure which one) which might not be a part of the Safari Beta release.
However, Apple will provide you with plug-ins for Safari, like the way FireFox ( currently in 2.0th version) is providing to view Window Media Files, Real Player files in sometime.
So buddy, please wait for some time, before a good stable version of Safari is released and I bet you wont look for any other browser until and unless both IE and Firefox does a good research and released a faster and better browser ( keeping debate open on security issues).
Till then, enjoy browsing with Safari, but dont expect a lot from it.
2007-07-01 10:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by bmlpt 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is a web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. It works pretty fast on Mac and PC. If you are satisfied with other web browser, just uninstall it. However, I recommend that you try it first. If you like iTunes, you gonna like Safari too. Apple has made a mistake for putting a check on the box in the Apple software update. =)
2016-05-20 03:38:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's BETA and doesn't work well on sites that assume everyone uses IE only.
Try Firefox instead.
2007-07-01 09:51:12 · answer #3 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Safari is garbage. It doesnt even work properly on Macintosh let alone Windows. Just use Firefox. It is 10x better.
2007-07-01 10:11:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I think its because its made by apple, try opera, proved in many tests to be the fastest browser in its class, try it out! http://www.opera.com/download/ by the way, firefox doesnt pass the acid2 test
2007-07-01 09:57:20 · answer #5 · answered by Stevo 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋