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Rudi
06-22-200722nd June 2007, 01:28 AM
... a colour-aware browser available for Windows!

As you might now, I'm a Mac user and an unabashed Apple fan. But.. I realise that in the real world, people will continue to use Windows (for some strange reason :wacko:). SO, it is very good news that Safari, the Mac web browser, is now available for Windows as well.

There has been a recent thread in which I became aware of just how good this is, having Safari taking care of me - some images were posted in the wrong colour space, and obviously looked more than a little off for most people (I wasn't even aware of the fact, since I was using Safari at the time).

While I will continue to try and remember to convert images to sRGB before posting them, having colour-aware browsers only makes sense for the future. And it looks like Safari will eventually have some competition. In the meantime, read up about it in the following link, and give Safari a try - you might like it! :)

http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/06/safari_brings_c.html

Kevin
06-22-200722nd June 2007, 06:57 AM
Is it out of beta?

Rudi
06-22-200722nd June 2007, 07:16 AM
... not as far as I know. I think they're playing it safe like Google (having Gmail in beta for years). I guess they cannot guarantee that they can make the Windows experience as seamless as they can make it on the Mac, so it's a bit of insurance to just leave it in beta. Still... try it! :)

Rudi
06-24-200724th June 2007, 02:18 AM
So... has anyone here tried Safari for Windows yet??? I'd like to get some feedback, because I've now noticed that I'm getting better colours in that browser all the time (but especially when the ICC tag is attached). Basically, whatever I'm seeing in Photoshop, I see in Safari. Doesn't matter which colour space the image is in.

Come on all you Windows users - live a little! :D