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VirtualSafari

VirtualSafari - 1.0

web-based frontend for Apple's WebKit HTML rendering engine

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All Time: (2.0)
This Version: (2.0)
Current Version: 1.0
Release Date: 2004-12-03
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 1,975
Downloads (all versions): 1,975

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Product Description:

VirtualSafari is a Web-based frontend for Apple's WebKit HTML rendering engine. Basically, it makes it possible to host a website which looks like the Safari browser and allows the end-user to *load* pages rendered with the WebKit engine. Does that sound confusing? Well, it'll all be clear to you once you've seen it in action.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.3

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • and a functional webserver (e.g. Apache)

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Overall Rating: (2.0) Features: (2.0) Support: (3.0)
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VirtualSafari ReviewNice idea, poor execution - Version: 1.0, 10/29/2005 02:47PM PST

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ryandesign

Aside from the fact that it doesn't actually work at all (I'm using Safari 2.0.1/WebKit 412.7 with Mac OS X 10.4.2 Tiger), the implementation leaves much to be desired:

  • There's a Perl script that has to talk to a separate OS X application, which it calls to the front on every request.
  • The "integration" between the script and the application is nothing more than the script's assumption that, 10 seconds after asking the application to make a JPEG of the web page, it will have done so. If the page already loads after 1 second, the user waits around for 9 unnecessary seconds; if the page loads in 11, the user gets a broken image.
  • The software leaves temporary files on your hard drive without attempting to clean them up.
  • Paths must be edited in the Perl script before it will "work" at all.
  • There are mistakes in the included HTML files, which will be apparent by observing your server's error log while attempting to access a page.

It's a nice idea, but really needs to be done quite differently.

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VirtualSafari ReviewOookay. But WHY? - Version: 1.0, 12/3/2004 08:30AM PST

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dontspammeplease
It works, and works well at that. Now my only question is why use it?

The only rationale I could come up with is that it would be useful for PC web developers to test their sites on a Mac. A single Mac could thus be shared with a variety of developers, thus speeding up testing.

Make this work on a PC server and do the same trick with Firefox, IE and Opera (all at once) and you've got a killer web development app.
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