Comments on: [Elsewhere] Safari on PC http://www.bram.us/2007/06/11/safari-on-pc/ A rather geeky/technical weblog by Bram Van Damme Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bramus! http://www.bram.us/2007/06/11/safari-on-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-54843 Bramus! Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:54:31 +0000 http://www.bram.us/2007/06/11/safari-on-pc/#comment-54843 So I started commenting on threads on the subject on some of the big (webdevs) blogs out there to get some responses: - 456bereastreet : <a href="http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200706/safari_now_officially_available_for_windows/#comment66">Roger thinks it's a font problem</a>, but I doubt that as even Google or any other site have problems (which I then later on narrowed down to em elements not rendering, see comment above). - snook.ca : <a href="http://www.snook.ca/archives/browsers/why_safari_for_windows/#c49160" title="">Jake has the same problem</a> and <a href="http://www.snook.ca/archives/browsers/why_safari_for_windows/#c49171" title="">Dinoboff points out that it indeed might be the non-English XP</a> (no source though :() and <a href="http://www.snook.ca/archives/browsers/why_safari_for_windows/#c49172" title="">cpawl thinks it's my CSS</a> ... yeah right :-P - mezzoblue : <a href="http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2007/06/12/a_subpixel_s/#c036879" title="">An anonymous commenter also points towards the non-English XP version as the guilty one</a>. - quirksmode : didn't comment on that thread, but in the comments <a href="http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2007/06/safari_30_windo.html#c7770">Mathieu Kooiman also is pointing towards his Dutch XP</a> Hereby I think my guess towards the Dutch XP giving troubles was/is quite accurate and hope to see an updated Safari installer soon (not to say real soon). So I started commenting on threads on the subject on some of the big (webdevs) blogs out there to get some responses:

- 456bereastreet : Roger thinks it’s a font problem, but I doubt that as even Google or any other site have problems (which I then later on narrowed down to em elements not rendering, see comment above).

- snook.ca : Jake has the same problem and Dinoboff points out that it indeed might be the non-English XP (no source though :( ) and cpawl thinks it’s my CSS … yeah right :-P

- mezzoblue : An anonymous commenter also points towards the non-English XP version as the guilty one.

- quirksmode : didn’t comment on that thread, but in the comments Mathieu Kooiman also is pointing towards his Dutch XP

Hereby I think my guess towards the Dutch XP giving troubles was/is quite accurate and hope to see an updated Safari installer soon (not to say real soon).

]]> By: Bramus! http://www.bram.us/2007/06/11/safari-on-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-54713 Bramus! Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:22:03 +0000 http://www.bram.us/2007/06/11/safari-on-pc/#comment-54713 Narrowed down the problem to the fact that em elements are not rendered visibly (you can select them though, yet without any visible text either) Now, I've heard none of the main webguru's out there complain about this, yet I've heard colleagues complain about it so I'm not the only one who's having the problem. Wild guess: Maybe it's XP SP2 Dutch that's freaking out again? I remember that in the past this was the only XP version that was not able to install a beta product of Microsoft (all other languages had no troubles with it). * seeks out to find a non Dutch XP on some box * ... hmmz, only Win2003 server boxes are present, not gonna install Safari on those; Don't want to stay up all night reviving some server :-D Narrowed down the problem to the fact that em elements are not rendered visibly (you can select them though, yet without any visible text either)

Now, I’ve heard none of the main webguru’s out there complain about this, yet I’ve heard colleagues complain about it so I’m not the only one who’s having the problem.

Wild guess: Maybe it’s XP SP2 Dutch that’s freaking out again? I remember that in the past this was the only XP version that was not able to install a beta product of Microsoft (all other languages had no troubles with it).

* seeks out to find a non Dutch XP on some box * … hmmz, only Win2003 server boxes are present, not gonna install Safari on those; Don’t want to stay up all night reviving some server :-D

]]> By: Kevin http://www.bram.us/2007/06/11/safari-on-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-54575 Kevin Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:23:36 +0000 http://www.bram.us/2007/06/11/safari-on-pc/#comment-54575 It would really surprise me if WebKit suddenly would display the same on Mac and PC. A friend and I had a look at the WebKit source a few months ago and getting it to build (not run) on Windows was only the first step. Then again, it probably has come a long way thanks to Adobe and their Apollo - excuse me: Air - runtime. It would really surprise me if WebKit suddenly would display the same on Mac and PC. A friend and I had a look at the WebKit source a few months ago and getting it to build (not run) on Windows was only the first step. Then again, it probably has come a long way thanks to Adobe and their Apollo – excuse me: Air – runtime.

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