• About

LIVEdigitally

Safari on Win… Yawn.

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Jeremy Toeman

Seen Techmeme recently?  If not, it’s been Applerific for 48 hours now, and only barely about the iPhone!  Jobs announced Safari for Windows.  My favorite quote so far comes from a commentor (gasp):

i suspect it’ll be bundled with itunes by default, set itself as the default browser, set quicktime as the default media player, and set your homepage to the mac store with an imac already in your shopping basket.

One day later, it’s hackable.  Does that really surprise anyone?  My hunch is its equally hackable on OSX, but thats not quite as newsworthy, is it?

I’m sure there’s some big long uber-strategy here, but I don’t see it.  IE is not-so-great.  Firefox is fine. Opera is fine.  Do we need another browser?  Especially the oh-so-mediocre Safari. Is this a “foot-in-the-door” strategy? Sure doesn’t seem that way.

Where’s iPhoto for Windows?  Now THAT would be interesting, especially considering there’s no dominant photo app on the PC platform.

I’m 2 weeks into my Vista experience, and it’s clear to me that there’s plenty of opportunity for Apple to continue to outshine MS these days.  I’m not even close to making the leap personally, although my “right-click outage” (it stopped working until I rebooted) was pretty darn frustrating.  But bringing over the browser certainly doesn’t seem like the most obvious way in.

Share this:

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Reddit

Related

Posted in General | 2 Comments
« Must-read: A Manifesto for Integrating Social Media into Marketing
(mini) Canon SD850is review »

2 thoughts on “Safari on Win… Yawn.”

  1. tivoboy says:
    June 12, 2007 at 9:46 am

    Movies! they wanna get movies installed and playable on the windoze machines, so they need a trojan horse to get quicktime on as many machines as they can. the 900 meeeliiion pcs that don’t currently have itunes installed.

    IIRC the download offered safari with:
    itunes
    quicktime
    itunes & quicktime.

    Reply
  2. Ricky Cadden says:
    June 12, 2007 at 10:04 am

    I agree 100% that it’s not anything exciting, but I think I see something long term. There’s no arguing that OSX is prettier than windows. Every time Steve does a keynote about Leopard, I get excited, and I’m full-blown Windows.

    But think of this – they’ve got Parallels, Bootcamp, and VMware. The lines between Mac and Windows are slowly blurring.

    When you ask random people what’s the biggest reason they don’t switch OS’, it’s usually because they’re already seated in Windows. They don’t want the hassle of learning the new apps and UI of a new OS.

    Enter iTunes for Windows, Safari, and I see more and more “Mac-only” things coming over. Jobs is giving people a way to “test” Mac out a bit before going headlong into it. That’s the biggest obstacle to switching OS.

    There’s alot more to flesh out, but I don’t think this is happenstance and just something to reignite browser wars. This is a long, long term strategy.

    Reply

Leave a comment Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

About

Jeremy Toeman is a seasoned Product leader with over 20 years experience in the convergence of digital media, mobile entertainment, social entertainment, smart TV and consumer technology. Prior ventures and projects include CNET, Viggle/Dijit/Nextguide, Sling Media, VUDU, Clicker, DivX, Rovi, Mediabolic, Boxee, and many other consumer technology companies. This blog represents his personal opinion and outlook on things.

Recent Posts

  • Back on the wagon/horse?
  • 11 Tips for Startups Pitching Big Companies
  • CES 2016: A New Role
  • Everything I Learned (So Far) Working For a Huge Company
  • And I’m Back…

Archives

Pages

  • About

Archives

  • January 2019
  • April 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • May 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • June 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008
  • July 2008
  • June 2008
  • May 2008
  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • February 2008
  • January 2008
  • December 2007
  • November 2007
  • October 2007
  • September 2007
  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007
  • May 2007
  • April 2007
  • March 2007
  • February 2007
  • January 2007
  • December 2006
  • November 2006
  • October 2006
  • September 2006
  • August 2006
  • July 2006
  • June 2006
  • May 2006
  • April 2006
  • March 2006
  • February 2006
  • January 2006
  • December 2005
  • November 2005
  • October 2005
  • September 2005
  • August 2005
  • July 2005
  • June 2005
  • May 2005
  • April 2005
  • March 2005
  • February 2005
  • January 2005
  • December 2004
  • November 2004
  • October 2004
  • September 2004

Categories

  • Convergence (81)
  • Gadgets (144)
  • Gaming (19)
  • General (999)
  • Guides (35)
  • LD Approved (72)
  • Marketing (23)
  • Mobile Technology (111)
  • Networking (22)
  • No/Low-tech (64)
  • Product Announcements (85)
  • Product Reviews (109)
  • That's Janky (93)
  • Travel (29)
  • Video/Music/Media (115)
  • Web/Internet (103)

WordPress

  • Log in
  • WordPress

CyberChimps WordPress Themes

© LIVEdigitally
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.