Comments on: Is Safari for Windows Part of the iPhone Strategy? http://blog.adamnash.com/2007/06/12/is-safari-for-windows-part-of-the-iphone-strategy/ The personal blog of Adam Nash Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:44:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ray Hill http://blog.adamnash.com/2007/06/12/is-safari-for-windows-part-of-the-iphone-strategy/#comment-8800 Ray Hill Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:35:15 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/is-safari-for-windows-part-of-the-iphone-strategy/#comment-8800 I agree that Safari for Windows is all about the iPhone. But I don't think it has anything to do with putting Safari features on Windows mobile phones. It has everything to do with iPhone developers. Apple wants to get third party developers to create the richest apps they can for the iPhone. But most developers are Windows users. So the only way for them to be able to test their code on the same machine they're developing on is for there to be a Windows version of Safari. Also, we have already determined that Safari on Windows and Safari on Mac are not identical. About an hour after the Windows version was released, I found an iframe bug that happens only on the Windows version and not on the Mac version. So unless the usage stats prove otherwise, I think it's safe to say for now that Safari for Windows is merely an emulator for iPhone app developers. I agree that Safari for Windows is all about the iPhone. But I don’t think it has anything to do with putting Safari features on Windows mobile phones. It has everything to do with iPhone developers.

Apple wants to get third party developers to create the richest apps they can for the iPhone. But most developers are Windows users. So the only way for them to be able to test their code on the same machine they’re developing on is for there to be a Windows version of Safari.

Also, we have already determined that Safari on Windows and Safari on Mac are not identical. About an hour after the Windows version was released, I found an iframe bug that happens only on the Windows version and not on the Mac version. So unless the usage stats prove otherwise, I think it’s safe to say for now that Safari for Windows is merely an emulator for iPhone app developers.

]]> By: Kev http://blog.adamnash.com/2007/06/12/is-safari-for-windows-part-of-the-iphone-strategy/#comment-8784 Kev Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:01:21 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/is-safari-for-windows-part-of-the-iphone-strategy/#comment-8784 Releasing Safari for Windows is just a general way of helping web developers test for Apple’s browser. Developing for iPhone would require plug-ins, simulated phone interfaces, etc. Not to mention limiting yourself to the size of its screen in order to look like the built-in apps. Handling gestures is easy if the browser returns keys for forward/back, zoom/not. Scrolling takes care of itself. The WORST thing about Jobs' plan is this: you'd still want some kind of web SDK that helped people build apps with iPhone styling. Otherwise it's going to be a hodge-podge like today. Releasing Safari for Windows is just a general way of helping web developers test for Apple’s browser.

Developing for iPhone would require plug-ins, simulated phone interfaces, etc. Not to mention limiting yourself to the size of its screen in order to look like the built-in apps.

Handling gestures is easy if the browser returns keys for forward/back, zoom/not. Scrolling takes care of itself.

The WORST thing about Jobs’ plan is this: you’d still want some kind of web SDK that helped people build apps with iPhone styling. Otherwise it’s going to be a hodge-podge like today.

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