Jun
11
Using third party application websites (browsershots, for example), VirtualMachines, or a full blown Macintosh to test your websites in Safari's WebKit rendering engine while you code on Windows? FRET NO MORE! Apple has released the Beta 3 of their browser, Safari, with a release for Microsoft Windows' users...get this...using the OSX theme and style, as well as OSX embedded fonts! Although it's still pretty buggy, the fact that it's on the horizon and will have less bugs than Swift (as it's corporation-based, rather than single developer based), I'm extremely happy! Plus, it'd be interesting to see how Apple's font rendering compares to Microsoft's. It's a pretty small download to boot!
Although I've only tried this once (directly after installing) and had a problem with the embedded fonts not showing up, I should probably log off or restart the computer to see if changes are needed to take effect first. Either way, this'll make testing much, much nicer.
Now let's just hope it's not the MacIE5 episode, but in reverse.
Although I've only tried this once (directly after installing) and had a problem with the embedded fonts not showing up, I should probably log off or restart the computer to see if changes are needed to take effect first. Either way, this'll make testing much, much nicer.
Now let's just hope it's not the MacIE5 episode, but in reverse.
