Category Archives: Safari

Opera Mini and S60 Browser – both not quite there yet

On my N82: spent some time with Opera Mini after a while – had been using Nokia’s built-in S60 Browser exclusively over  the past few months. Here’s a list of peeves and loves about each browser.   Opera Mini Good … Continue reading

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Why Safari won't matter

Apple released Safari 3.1 today, and has claimed that it is “the world’s fastest browser”. “Safari loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2. Safari also runs JavaScript up to six times faster … Continue reading

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Misguided iPhone/Safari strategy analysis

More iPhone strategy from Bob Cringely. While he’s spot-on with most of his columns, I don’t agree with his line of thought in this week’s column. In a nutshell, Cringely believes that forcing developers to develop Safari-compliant AJAX applications will … Continue reading

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More on Safari for Windows

This time by John Dvorak, on Dow Jones’ Marketwatch: First, Dvorak’s take on the browser strategy is the same as mine (read yesterday’s post): “… this particular browser is necessary if anyone wants to develop applications for the iPhone. Apparently, … Continue reading

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Scoble is not an idiot…

… but he doesn’t seem to have gotten things bang-on either, with regard to the supposed “closed” nature of the iPhone. Steve Jobs admitted at the D conference that Apple was rather cagey about allowing developers to write third-party apps … Continue reading

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