Apple recently released their Safari browser for PC’s running the Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems. The beta version of Safari 3 can be downloaded from apple.com/safari

I downloaded and installed it today on my Win XP machine. Some very nice features. I like the way you can move tabs around, and the ease with which you can bookmark a group of tabs, or add a bookmark to the toolbar.

A major annoyance though, is that Safari does not seem to recognize a center-click on my mouse wheel. I have my other PC browsers configured so that clicking my mouse wheel is equivalent to clicking the browser’s back button. Without this, I find navigating in Safari a significant hassle.

Also interesting that you have to manually enable the status bar at the bottom of the browser window from the “view” menu. I’m glad it is possible to enable the status bar as it reveals the URL of links when one hovers them. I would have liked to see this Safari feature turned on by default, but at least the choice is there.

I’m slowly turning my PC into a Mac!