One of the greatest headaches for a web developer is making sure things work the same regardless of platform or browser. One of the biggest problems for a Windows-only guy like me, is making sure that things work on a Mac — specifically Safari. But, those days are over…
Apparently Safari is now being developed for Windows. It uses the open-source WebKit browser engine. I downloaded and installed it on my XP box, however it crashed immediately every time I tried to run it. While Googleing for a fix, I learned that there is another web browser called Swift which is being developed from the same engine. Although it’s super dumbed down and has a few bugs of it’s own, it was able to work well enough to show me the same problems that I saw on a friend’s Mac running Safari. Woohoo!