lots of news things and not a peep?

[Ashley Aitken]

On 12/06/2007, at 11:54 AM, LuKreme wrote:

> On 11-Jun-2007, at 20:26, Ashley Aitken wrote:
>> On another point, I wonder what the motivation is for moving  
>> Safari to Windows.  It will surely have a hard time competing with  
>> Firefox.
>
> Very simple, iPhone.

I'm sorry, I don't see how Safari is tied to iPhone?

>> I wonder if there is something extra like with iTunes (iPod  
>> connection) or whether it is just viral marketing,  e.g. if you  
>> like the Mac browser and iTunes you'll love MacOSX.
>
> Nope, it's simply so that the web2 apps people write will be able  
> to run on Windows as well as the Mac and the iPhone.

But by definition Web2 apps should run on any modern browser?

If you are talking about the integration of the Web2 apps on the  
iPhone with the other Apple APIs (like the iPhone equivalent of  
Address Book), I am not sure how that is relevant since Windows won't  
have the Address Book app etc.

>   Not to mention, giving the developers a browser to test with.

Sure, developers might like to test their iPhone apps on Safari  
(because the Web is still write-once-test-everywhere) but I am not  
sure that is strong enough reason for porting Safari over to Windows.

I'm still thinking its Mac marketing or something we don't know.

Cheers,
Ashley.


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