Shutterfly's browser preference page is more than ironic it reflects an ongoing bias among some Web sites to write and test their pages for the browser most people use-Internet Explorer. Versions 6 and higher of the browser are "unsupported," meaning people who use them cannot take advantage of several site features and may run into glitches not found with Microsoft's Internet Explorer, according to a browser error message being published on the site as of last Wednesday. Now online photo print shop Shutterfly, another Clark-founded venture, has a succinct warning for visitors who come to the site using the latest versions of Netscape: Beware. “No one is making Mac users choose Safari over Opera - they’re doing it of their own free will - and Opera’s trashing of Safari sounds like sour grapes to us.When he co-founded Netscape Communications in 1994, Jim Clark introduced a Web browser that promised computer users a way around the Microsoft juggernaut. “We think Safari is one of the best and most innovative browsers in the world, and it seems our customers do too,” Apple told CNET. Opera Software’s strategy has gotten Apple’s attention, however: After CNET posted its original article, Apple offered a response. Obviously, if we don’t get any positive signs from Apple, then we have to think about it.” If they want KHTML as a simple little browser, and also something more advanced, we would be happy to provide it. “They could say we want to use Opera as the core engine. “We have contacted Apple and asked them if they want a third-party browser, and we’ll see what the answer is,” Tetzchner said. Apple plans to release the finished version of Safari later in 2003. Released concurrently with Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco earlier this month, Safari has already garnered more than one million downloads from Apple’s Web site, even though it’s still a public beta. Built around KHTML and KJS software from the KDE open source project, Safari opens faster, renders Web pages quicker and runs JavaScript faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer, according to Apple. Safari is Apple’s own implementation of a standards-compliant Web browser. It’s available both as a free ad-sponsored version or in registered form for US$29. Designed for Mac OS 8.6 or higher, Opera 6 for Mac sports improved page rendering speed than its predecessor, better font switching for international Web pages, some user interface fixes, a new autosave pages feature, and a shared library for developers. The latest version of Opera for the Mac is version 6.0, which was released in December.
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