Safari Sightings
Posted on Friday, February 7th, 2003 at 21:00.
OneStat‘s report on Apple Safari usage is not only good news for Apple’s newest software pre-release, but also a strong indicator on the adoption rate of Mac OS X.
I mumbled, "Whoa!" after reading an excellent article on enhancing the tabbed browsing concept for the Mac OS desktop metaphor and Safari. My Uncle Jonathan dropped in and asked what I was reacting to. I explained why the Mac OS document-centric approach is superior to Microsoft Windows’ application-centric approach in usability terms in order to explain why the article’s author is a genius.
He, though impressed, commented how sad it was that he works for a software company (Siebel Systems) and is not as excited as I was for software to which I had no affiliation. I retorted that my reaction had nothing to do with me being fanatical, but rather appreciative. Art comes in many forms. One form is functional design. As an artist, I appreciate small details, the logic and refinements that are so obvious yet groundbreaking. Apple hit a home run with Mac OS X and Safari. Too bad the OS is confined to underperforming hardware.
