Safari for Windows Downloads Top 1 Million In 48 Hours
Apple today announced (via a news release) that more than 1 million copies of Safari for Windows were downloaded in the first 48 hours since the free public beta was made available on Monday.
Many see Apple's release of Safari for Windows as an opportunity for Apple further attract customers to the Mac, while also raising usage of its Safari web browser, which would theoretically require more website developers to ensure that their sites work properly with Safari.
In related news, Apple today updated the Safari for Windows beta to 3.0.1, which patches some of the security flaws that were recently discovered in the software.
Many see Apple's release of Safari for Windows as an opportunity for Apple further attract customers to the Mac, while also raising usage of its Safari web browser, which would theoretically require more website developers to ensure that their sites work properly with Safari.
In related news, Apple today updated the Safari for Windows beta to 3.0.1, which patches some of the security flaws that were recently discovered in the software.
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61 months ago
Just for curiosity does anyone know how many downloads firefox gets in that ammount of time after a new release?
61 months ago
Not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing...
The strategy makes sense to precede the iPhone, etc., but it can't be good for many potential switchers' first "MacOS" experience to be on what appears to be an unstable beta on Windows.
The strategy makes sense to precede the iPhone, etc., but it can't be good for many potential switchers' first "MacOS" experience to be on what appears to be an unstable beta on Windows.
61 months ago
impressive, but i wonder how many of them actually use it :rolleyes:
That's my thought too.I guess the proof will be in if Safari's share of the browser market actually increases or not...
61 months ago
Ever since Safari was announced originally for the Mac, I felt that there was hope for the modern browser. To see it running without errors on a Windows XP Pro machine I have at work is quite nice... Beta as it may be with bugs found and more surely to be found, it's still impressive to me.
61 months ago
That's my thought too.
I guess the proof will be in if Safari's share of the browser market actually increases or not...
iphone sales alone will help that though
61 months ago
I'm assuming most of them were downloaded by people who already use a mac. On a work computer or a 2nd machine at home, or even onto one or more windows virtual machines on a MacIntel. Nevertheless, it's going to get more and more exposure in the near future. As soon as it becomes useable on XP, downloads and usage of Safari on Windows should skyrocket.
61 months ago
Even that patch from Apple is not a bad thing as it shows Windows is FULL of holes and the OSX version didnt need patching. :D
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