Today's Browser Choices

Apple Safari for Windows Safari is the de-facto Web Browser for the Apple Macintosh, where it ruled for decades and continues to rule. It is a beautiful Silver and White Browser that loads up fast, displays real beautiful pages even on the relatively poor displays of IBM-compatibles (poor in comparison with Apple's own dazzling-sharp and colorful display, that is). Besides, you just cannot miss the blue, 'alive' scroll bars, a unique feature of the Safari. Open the same site side-by-side on the Safari and any of the other Browsers, and you will notice just how much more beautiful the Safari is!

Beauty is one thing - nice, but not essential. But then, Safari for Windows is also wonderfully fast to load - whether it be the first time of the day, or to load a site, anytime during the day. Now that is indeed a useful feature!

The download version of Safari comes along with i-Tunes, which is a piece of software that none of us at welloiledpc fancy - we would stick with Windows Media Player or WinAmp, any day! The download size of Safari (leaving out i-Tunes) is the second biggest, after Internet Explorer. Guess all those beautiful appendages require megabytes of programming effort and it shows!

Quick loading is wonderful indeed. But we are talking about Browsers... your interface to the Net, along with all its spyware, viruses and other avoidable evils! On this point too, the Safari scores highly. It has the same kind of invulnerability that the Mac version always had! However, this is not to say or imply that Safari for Windows cannot be 'cracked'. Any piece of software can be cracked open, if enough people try enough number of times! One reason for the 'invulnerability' of Safari is the fact that it is not too common. The Macintosh is itself used by about 7 of Windows-based Computer users!

Safari for Windows did go through frequent upgradation initially. With bug-fixing complete or near-complete now, the frequency of upgrades has come down - a sure sign that it is ready for the next stage of development. Knowing Apple, it is possible that we will see a spate of developments in Safari, pushing all Browsers to a new peak

Overall, despite its beauty and quick-loading nature and general 'invulnerability', we would not really recommend Safari. This is because it is unlike other standard Windows Browsers. We however would advise you to take a close look at Safari for Windows if; You are an absolute beginner at using Computers and have never used a Browser before You are changing over to the IBM-compatible PC after working with an Apple Macintosh If you are an old hand at using Browsers, we strongly recommend that you give Safari for Windows a miss and try out some of the other Browsers listed above, if the itch to change your Browser is strong! Microsoft Internet Explorer Today, this is the Browser of choice, the de-facto Browser the world over. It is a much used, abused, misused, over-used and whatnot Browser. The plus of using Internet Explorer is that any site will display exactly the way its creators meant it to display, on your screen. Only a suicidal idiot would design web pages that aren't tested thoroughly for Microsoft's Browser!