Safari for Windows?這一次我卻是搞不懂。。。

June 13th, 2007

通常我跟大家一樣很佩服Steve Jobs的。（雖然我不見得一定覺得Bill Gates就一定比較evil，呵呵。）不過這一次我有點不太明白。。。Apple推出Windows版的Safari有什麽遠大的計劃嗎？怎麽會想進攻Windows平台上的瀏覽器市場呢？這樣能幫Apple多賣更多的iPod、iPhone或是Mac嗎？好像不會有這樣的效果吧？真得會有很多人放棄IE嗎？會的人應該已經開始在用Firefox了吧？更令人訝異的人，Beta版的Windows Safari 3居然還有已被發現的安全顧慮！這點太傷Apple良好的形象了吧？

作爲一個做網站的人，我最大的考量是用戶用的是哪一個瀏覽器。它的技術好壞對我其實不是很重要。而瀏覽器的選擇越多，對我其實是越頭痛。相信有很多人會因爲好奇而下載Windows Safari。但真的有多少“converts”還有待觀察！

我只是在想，要是Safari的市場佔有率沒有因此提高太多，那對Apple和Jobs來説，不是還不如不做嗎？想當年（1994）我第一個電腦就是台Mac，但是在那之後就沒有買過Apple的產品了。我現在甚至連台iPod也沒有，更沒有買iPhone的欲望。我同意Apple的行銷策略一向很成功，但我畢竟不算是他們的擁護者。Windows Safari的未來，我們慢慢觀察吧！

Posted by Allen Filed in 軟體, Apple, 瀏覽器戰爭

2 Responses to “Safari for Windows?這一次我卻是搞不懂。。。”

  1. nchild Says:
    June 13th, 2007 at 10:55 pm

    想想iPhone上面跑的是什麼應該就不難囉！
    iPhone已經對開發者開放了，但是大家還要弄台Mac來搞Safari的相容性不是很鳥嗎？我們公司的開發者已經在用Safari測試了，所以短期來說，這不是個給end user使用的產品。

  2. william wei Says:
    June 17th, 2007 at 12:41 am

    Safari for Windows is not for the desktop users’ daily use. Well, at least not for now. But, it is to show Windows users what it will be like to use Safari on iPhone and also to provide all the development communities on Windows platform a good testing tool for developing iPhone apps. And, if the side effect results to gaining market share, then that won’t be too bad, either.

    OS X is the best platform for a developer, especially for those who used to develop web apps under unix/linux. It comes with the complete LAMP stack as well as the best RoR platform out in the market. And, WebObjects comes free of charge which Apple used to sell it for US$50,000 for a enterprise unlimited license during the dot com hay days. The latest WebObjects powers today’s iTune store, .mac services and Apple online store as well as numerous Apple’s internal apps. WebObjects is the best kept secret of Apple’s web development frameworks.

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