Comments on: Safari text rendering on windows http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2007/06/12/safari-text-rendering-on-windows.html according to my observations, there is now sufficient reasons for greater optimism Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:47:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Former-Firefox user http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2007/06/12/safari-text-rendering-on-windows.html#comment-381593 Former-Firefox user Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:30:54 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2007/06/12/safari-text-rendering-on-windows.html#comment-381593 Having switched to Safari for months, I recently tried to revert back to Firefox to see how it goes. Nope. Couldn't stand the sight of the dysfunctional fonts. (Not Firefox's problem, to be fair. It's strictly Microsoft Cleartype.) Now I only wish Safari can come with the same plug-in versatility of Firefox and I'd be a happy camper. Having switched to Safari for months, I recently tried to revert back to Firefox to see how it goes. Nope. Couldn’t stand the sight of the dysfunctional fonts. (Not Firefox’s problem, to be fair. It’s strictly Microsoft Cleartype.) Now I only wish Safari can come with the same plug-in versatility of Firefox and I’d be a happy camper.

]]> By: aaron http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2007/06/12/safari-text-rendering-on-windows.html#comment-301180 aaron Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:16:55 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2007/06/12/safari-text-rendering-on-windows.html#comment-301180 Aaron Wormus, publishing broken sentences since 2002. Aaron Wormus, publishing broken sentences since 2002.

]]> By: aaron http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2007/06/12/safari-text-rendering-on-windows.html#comment-301167 aaron Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:54:17 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2007/06/12/safari-text-rendering-on-windows.html#comment-301167 Gabe, I guess it's just what you are used to. As an example, when I see the 'worthless' on both safari firefox and IE. I have to honestly say that firefox looks the clearest on my screen. The elements are all the same, you can't complain about any typographical elements, it's just the clarity of the small text on my screen. Having said that, I think headers and large text look MUCH better on safari. Text headers have always suffered under windows (I am saying this from a web design standpoint, where most of the time we are forced to use images since the text is so ugly). About the speed, one thing that was snappy was opening new tabs. One thing Gabe, I guess it’s just what you are used to.

As an example, when I see the ‘worthless’ on both safari firefox and IE. I have to honestly say that firefox looks the clearest on my screen. The elements are all the same, you can’t complain about any typographical elements, it’s just the clarity of the small text on my screen.

Having said that, I think headers and large text look MUCH better on safari. Text headers have always suffered under windows (I am saying this from a web design standpoint, where most of the time we are forced to use images since the text is so ugly).

About the speed, one thing that was snappy was opening new tabs.

One thing

]]> By: Gabe http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2007/06/12/safari-text-rendering-on-windows.html#comment-301052 Gabe Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:26:46 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2007/06/12/safari-text-rendering-on-windows.html#comment-301052 It begs to be said that the software is a beta, and a lot of other users have been pleased with Safari's performance. So I imagine for the actual release we will see a version that has squashed all these bugs we've been hearing about. Secondly, there is also an option to lessen the font aliasing. After seeing a lot of these comparison shots I realized why I always felt weird about text on Windows. It always looked too "computery" for me. While on a Mac, it just seems more pleasant to read. As an example, look at the word "OS" in your screenshot. Notice how jagged the "S" is on both IE and FF and how smooth it is on Safari? BTW, I wouldn't call Safari (Mac) a mediocre browser. It has some of the best standards compliant rendering, its fast, and it has a sleek and unobtrusive design, not to mention the new improvements for v3. I've been using Safari almost exclusively over FF. It begs to be said that the software is a beta, and a lot of other users have been pleased with Safari’s performance. So I imagine for the actual release we will see a version that has squashed all these bugs we’ve been hearing about.

Secondly, there is also an option to lessen the font aliasing. After seeing a lot of these comparison shots I realized why I always felt weird about text on Windows. It always looked too “computery” for me. While on a Mac, it just seems more pleasant to read.

As an example, look at the word “OS” in your screenshot. Notice how jagged the “S” is on both IE and FF and how smooth it is on Safari?

BTW, I wouldn’t call Safari (Mac) a mediocre browser. It has some of the best standards compliant rendering, its fast, and it has a sleek and unobtrusive design, not to mention the new improvements for v3. I’ve been using Safari almost exclusively over FF.

]]> By: Alien Statues http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2007/06/12/safari-text-rendering-on-windows.html#comment-300496 Alien Statues Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:27:44 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2007/06/12/safari-text-rendering-on-windows.html#comment-300496 It made me consider that perhaps Apple aren't really such a great company. I'm happy with my Mac but OS X has some terrible limitations. Windows software always gets a bad rep when there's bugs and ssecurity flaws but Apple's software's just as bad. It's never publicized quite so much just because there's less apple users out there. It made me consider that perhaps Apple aren’t really such a great company. I’m happy with my Mac but OS X has some terrible limitations.

Windows software always gets a bad rep when there’s bugs and ssecurity flaws but Apple’s software’s just as bad. It’s never publicized quite so much just because there’s less apple users out there.

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