Although the launch of the Safari browser for Windows platforms didn’t go as smoothly as Apple would have liked, it didn’t stop them from having very impressive numbers to brag about, that number being 1,000,000. The real question is, how many people will stick to it? The browser had a good share of problems after launch, but the main security issues have been taken care of in an updated version of the beta.
Taking a quick look at our website stats, I found that the biggest surge of Windows+Safari was on Monday, with the number decreasing for Tuesday and even further yesterday. At this point, it seems the big numbers were from those curious, but most do not appear to have enjoyed it enough to stick with it.
Safari 3 is the fastest browser running on Windows, rendering web pages up to twice as fast as IE 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2, based on the industry standard iBench tests.* Safari 3 supports all modern Internet standards including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVG and Java. Safari updates are delivered seamlessly through Apple’s Software Update, and the first update for
Safari for Windows Public Beta which fixes some early reported bugs was released last night.
Source: Apple Press Release
Published on June 14, 2007