When in Rome, Do as Fanboys Do

So the web is full of fanboy talk after the long circle-jerk orchestrated by Jobs today. One of the biggest things Mac fanboys are heralding is Safari on Windows. Well, here’s my thoughts. So what? I downloaded the browser to see what all the hype (which is 90% of what Apple products are) was about. The browser, on Windows, sucks. It’s said to be the best browser in the world. Yeah right. The browser is supposed to render websites faster than Firefox, IE, and Opera, but I noticed no difference. It was clunky, had very few options as far as customization goes and has no plugin support. So why is this the best browser ever? I also think that the claim of being faster is bogus. Going to several websites, it seemed to go slower than other browsers, except IE7. They put Opera as the slowest browser, but Opera has always gone faster out of the box than IE7 on the two machines I run it on. Safari is clunky, ugly, and pretty much just a general POS. (This is where I’d get flamed by fanboys who say it’s because it’s on Windows…. but you know what, that’s what this was made for, Windows, and it still is shitty). Do yourself a favor and stick with Opera or Firefox. IE7 sucks as well, so don’t use that one either, but hey, at least IE7 has more options and plugin support.

Being a blogger, I had to post about a Mac announcement at least once. There it was. Continue on with your regularly scheduled program. And read this if you have a chance.

Update: The “best browser in the world” keeps getting better. Security holes found within hours of it’s release.