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Today in Apple history: Safari lands on Windows with a ‘meh’
- Safari 3 for Windows was unveiled by Steve Jobs at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 11, 2007.
- Apple positioned Safari as the fastest and easiest-to-use web browser, claiming to outperform Internet Explorer and Firefox.
- Safari for Windows was available until 2012 but failed to gain significant market share on Microsoft's platform.
- The decision to port Safari to Windows followed the success of making iTunes available on PCs.
- While Apple hoped to expand its user base with Safari on Windows, the browser did not achieve widespread adoption.
- Safari's speed and feature set, including SnapBack and private browsing, were not enough to make it competitive with other browsers.
- Many users criticized Safari for its lack of plugin support, tab memory issues, and bugs causing crashes.
- Safari's poor performance on Windows led to its eventual discontinuation on the platform in 2012.
- Despite Safari's success on mobile devices, it only captured a small share of desktop web traffic.
- The failed experiment of Safari on Windows highlighted Apple's struggle to establish dominance in the web browser market.
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