I agree with this as well. One other thing I wanted to add, was that, as a PC user, the only reason I ever used Safari 3, is because it was the only way in Windows to get those gorgeous, Apple anti-aliased fonts.
Safari 4 took this option away (at least for now). Has the Chrome team ever considered this as a possibility? Improving the visual appearance of webpages... Or would it be too much of a resource hog? On Mar 1, 8:36 am, Jarrett Wold <[email protected]> wrote: > This sums up my opinion on the matter nicely, good article and I agree > with it. > > Full Article: http://osnews.com/story/21056/Safari_4_Beta_UI_Disaster > > "A few days ago, Apple surprised everyone by releasing the first beta > of Safari 4, the company's latest version of their WebKit browser. > While I generally love Safari on the Mac (my browser of choice on that > side of the fence), I've never felt as comfortable with it on the > Windows side of things. In any case, this latest beta has made a very > bold move in the interface department, and I'm sad to say that it's > not for the better. Let me explain where it went wrong for Apple. > When Google pushed out Chrome, it had the tabs in a different place > than most other browsers. Wait, let me correct that - it had the > browser controls in a different place. Instead of the browser controls > being located atop the tabs, they were placed inside the tab. The > result was that each web page had its own set of controls. The > difference between "moving the tabs" and "moving the browser controls" > may seem arbitrary, but as it turns out, it seems to explain perfecty > well why Safari 4 is such a UI disaster. > > You see, everybody on the web focussed on the tabs in Chrome being > part of the titlebar, while in fact, they are not. When you run a > Chrome window in a non-maximised state, the tabs are actually > underneath the titlebar; only when you maximise a Chrome window do > they appear to be part of the titlebar. I specifically say "appear", > because the tabs are actually an overlay. > > In Chrome, the browser controls have become part of the web page, > which from a web application perspective makes perfect sense: the > browser buttons and address bar, in essence, are part of the web > application. In other words, each tab in Chrome is an "application", > one stacked atop another. In any case, there is a clear distinction > between the titlebar and tabs, not only functionally, but also > visually. The titlebar and window frame in Chrome are Aero Glass, > while the tabs are content-coloured. This makes the distinction > between the two perfectly crystal clear." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
