Cross-OS users will like this, people that use the Mac and loves Safari but still needs to use Microsoft Windows from time to time will like this. Aside from the nice simple design Apple has always pleased people aesthetically with it’s trademark simple designs, the Safari web browser is also popular among RSS feed readers as the reader is integrated pretty well in this browser which is now available for Microsoft Windows! Aside from that, Apple is highlighting 3 areas where the browser performs better than Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Opera.
Safari runs faster in it’s HTML performance
Safari 3 took 2.14 seconds in loading an HTML page where this same page as showed by graphs posted on Apple’s website, Mozilla Firefox loaded the page in 3.67 seconds, Microsoft Internet Explorer took 4.63 seconds with Opera loading last with 6.22 seconds.
Safari runs faster Javascript
Again Apple shows that Safari 3 wins loading Javascript in 0.88 with Opera no longer a loser in this area loads second with 0.98 seconds. Firefox is next with 1.72 seconds and MS Internet Explorer with 2.48 seconds.
Safari loads faster than the others
Apple Safari 3, the application opens in 1.74 seconds while Opera opened in 1.82 seconds. Firefox makes it in 2.22 seconds while MSIE loads at 2.34 seconds.
Ok, all these numbers and graphs are on the Apple website, I did not check who did the test and if there is any third party who did them. But true or not, Microsoft Windows-based web designers and web developers will also love this for better testing of cross-browser compatibility. Download your copy of Safari.
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