IIPM-B School: Apple plans Windows safari!

Finally, Apple launched the Safari beta version that also works on Windows platform
Apple now enters the internet browse

r’s category with its product christened Safari. Not just for namesake, Apple promises Safari users a sure cruise across the World Wide Web boasting to be better than its competitors in terms of speed. Interestingly, its beta version is compatible with Windows as if acknowledging the popularity of Microsoft’s operating system Windows yet challenging its internet browser- Internet Explorer. It even cleverly designs its icon as a blue globe that almost uncannily reminds one of the famous blue ‘e’ icon representing Internet Explorer. But, it is a bit too early for well established Internet Explorer to start worrying about its rival as Safari has a lot to prove. Apple has a list of worries of its own. Not only does it have to be wary of additional existing rivals like Mozilla FireFox, Opera 9.2, Netscape Navigator 9.0, it has to cover its image as it is facing setbacks right since its initial launch of Safari 1.0 and 2.0 beta in early June. For thun initiated, these beta versions have detected to be infested with flaws, such as cross site scripting (XSS) in Web Core fuelled by a Phishing problem, a flaw in the Web Kit that allowed arbitrary code execution and an out of- bounds memory read issue.