Safari....haha....

frank_t

You would think with all of the iApps there is that the one that is for the INTERNET would get an i also...but no....Safari will do but iMovie, no that needs an i there.....iSafari!!!!! <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



Frank_t

brussell

I'm not quite sure I understand "Safari." Is it a reference to the song "Surfin' Safari" or something else?

spiffster

I think Safari makes a big metaphor. It calls the internet a jungle, and tour this jungle by going on a safari (through the browser). Get it?

burningwheel

[quote]Originally posted by Spiffster:

<strong>I think Safari makes a big metaphor. It calls the internet a jungle, and tour this jungle by going on a safari (through the browser). Get it?</strong><hr></blockquote>



i agree



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thegelding

apple going hunting for IE.....g

pscates

The "safari" thing immediately hit home with me. You're out and about, exploring, searching, tracking things down, etc.



Seems perfect.



But the "surfin' safari" thing is kinda cute too. Didn't think about that. If they make a commercial about it, they've already got their song chosen!



Paging Brian Wilson?

mac the fork

Like Tarzan in the Grand Canyon.



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programmer

I don't care what you call it -- but so far I'm really impressed. Its page render speed is blazingly fast, and despite comments elsewhere to the contrary, I find its download speeds to be acceptable. I quite like the GUI too, and so far haven't found a site that I need to use that doesn't work yet, so clearly its Java & JavaScript support works pretty well!

sizzle chest

The best thing about it s the speed of "page forward" and "page back." Greased lightning!

bodhi

[quote]Originally posted by sizzle chest:

<strong>The best thing about it s the speed of "page forward" and "page back." Greased lightning!</strong><hr></blockquote>



AGREED!

bill m

I am having a small problem with Safari. On my TiBook, it did import all my Exploder favorites upon first run, but on my wife's iBook, it only imported the Toolbar Favorites. Both computers running 10.2.3.



I already tried deleting it's preferences twice to no avail. Any clues?



Other than that, Safari does indeed ROCK! Bye bye Internet Exploder.

mr. satellite

You'd think they would have at least checked versiontracker once over the past year to make sure it rendered properly...

pb

[quote]Originally posted by Spiffster:

<strong>I think Safari makes a big metaphor. It calls the internet a jungle, and tour this jungle by going on a safari (through the browser). Get it?</strong><hr></blockquote>



Exactly, and don't forget that the OS is a jaguar...This is why the tour is not in Siberia

gardenofearthlydelights

[quote]Originally posted by Mr. Satellite:

<strong>You'd think they would have at least checked versiontracker once over the past year to make sure it rendered properly...</strong><hr></blockquote>



Looks fine to me,..

jasoco

Think of it like this...



Internet EXPLORER



NAVIGATOR



SAFARI



It's just a play on names. I like the name. It grows on ya.

stunned

I dun really like the name Safari, but I really like the icon. Looks cool!

luca

I'm SO glad it's not iBrowse or something. Apple used to have only their digital hub applications be iApps (iMovie, iTunes, iPhoto, iDVD) while their other applications didn't have the i (Mail, Address Book, Text Edit, AppleWorks). They broke consistency with iCal and iChat, which really aren't part of the digital hub. You could stretch it and say iCal is a digital hub application because you can sync calendars with your phone, but that applies more to iSync. Since they broke their consistency, people expected them to do it over and over again. But they didn't. Keynote isn't in the digital hub, it's not an iApp. Safari isn't in the digital hub either. It's a good name. As soon as I heard it I knew exactly what it was and I liked it.



How about names for the (probably) upcoming Office competitors? We already have Keynote against PowerPoint. Imagine if they were also iApps: iWrite, iWord or iType for a word processor, and iSpread :eek: for the spreadsheet (oh my god is there any worse name than iSpread?!). As usual, Apple will think up some really cool non-iNames for them?



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sushiism

ALSO! safari is a safe way to look at the jungle (the internet) AND THUS! popup blocking/hopefully ad blocking this is going to get apple some good publicity consumer side when this thing gets going.

I think ichat /ical can have the i because maybe JUST MAYBE

i IS FOR INTERGRATION

ahh im a genius, unless someones guessed that already, or they said when they introduced ilife or something



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engpjp

[quote]Originally posted by PB:

<strong>



Exactly, and don't forget that the OS is a jaguar...This is why the tour is not in Siberia </strong><hr></blockquote>



The metaphor doesn't hold at all - so the browser is really a hunt for the browser's operating system (Jaguar) ? Or is it looking for the Next Great Beast - Panther ?



Consistency hasn't been Apple's strong point after the return of Jobs....



engpjp

sushiism

oh for god sake i cant believe you just said that, just be thankful they didnt call it ibrowse

hobbes

[quote]Originally posted by sushiism:

<strong>oh for god sake i cant believe you just said that, just be thankful they didnt call it ibrowse</strong><hr></blockquote>



Absolutely.



I'm hoping and praying that "iLife" represents the last gasp of the iWhatever naming strategy, software productwise.



Time to move on. "Safari" is great.