Safari for Windows Marketshare Triples

Thursday May 1, 2008 6:46 pm PDT by Arnold Kim

Net Applications reports that the latest version of Safari has seen a significant uptick in usage amongst Windows users.

Safari on Windows has never gained much marketshare, previously peaking at 0.07% of users. That number increased to as high as 0.21% of users after the release of Safari 3.1. Net Applications attributes the rise in usage to Apple's distribution of Safari through their Software Update, though it may have also had to do with good reviews surrounding the release.

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jlanuez

49 months ago

Is Safari or Firefox faster to load itself and load web pages?

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valdore

49 months ago

I'm not even very impressed with Safari on my Macs.

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clevin

49 months ago

0.21%..... since safari as a whole dropped 0.31%, should I take it as it lost 0.44% share on OSX? Consider OSX's market share in NA's data base of 7%, this translate into a 5% loss for safari on OSX. ......

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LOL, read too much into nothing.

NA shows everybody dropped, except IE, who gained ~1%, and mostly from IE6!!! this is interesting. How much can I trust it now?

PS. NA also shows OSX lost 0.5% to 7%, while windows gain 0.4%. OSX reaches TOP?

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jive turkey

49 months ago

Is Safari or Firefox faster to load itself and load web pages?

IMO, Safari is faster than Firefox 2, but the Firefox 3 beta is faster than Safari.

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TheSpecialist

49 months ago

IMO, Safari is faster than Firefox 2, but the Firefox 3 beta is faster than Safari.

I disagree. I think Safari is faster in loading and definitely startup time. I also have Firefox 3 on my PC and Safari is definitely faster here.

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clevin

49 months ago

I disagree. I think Safari is faster in loading and definitely startup time. I also have Firefox 3 on my PC and Safari is definitely faster here.

Its not likely for a forcely ported app to be faster than native ones on windows, well, can't rule out exceptions tho, like your situation :)

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batchtaster

49 months ago

Its not likely for a forcely ported app to be faster than native ones on windows, well, can't rule out exceptions tho, like your situation :)

Which one are you describing as "forcely ported"? Neither one is overtly "native".

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clevin

49 months ago

Which one are you describing as "forcely ported"? Neither one appears to be overtly "native".

oh, the one that packed with its own font AA and animation core. Maybe firefox isn't as native as IE (if you just think javascript drawing UI is so un-native...), but it sure is MUCH more native than safari on windows. You really can't find another more un-native browser than safari on windows.:)

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