14 DAY TRIAL // The recently-released Apple's Safari 3 doesn't like the Google search engine as it asks its users twice before changing the default homepage to the official website of Google. "Are you sure you want to switch your home page to Google search? You can do a Google search directly from Safari's search field without going to Google's webpage," the notification says. Some users sustain that this makes sense as the Cupertino company might receive money for every search conducted through its application.
Brandon Werner was the first who identified this message, saying that "this isn't even a generic warning about moving a homepage either, it mentions Google specifically."
Here's what you must do if you want to see the message for yourself: set your Safari 3 homepage to any page, let's say www.softpedia.com. Close the settings menu and then change the homepage and try setting it to Google.com. According to Brandon Werner, the web-browser should show you an alert to inform you that you're able to search the Internet using Google straight from Safari's search box.
However, it seems that this notification is also displayed for Yahoo Search so it isn't an alert brought up only for the search giant.
A few days ago, Apple released the Windows version of its famous browser, making it available to all the users looking for a powerful alternative for Firefox and Internet Explorer. Apple sustains Safari for Windows is even better than these two applications as it managed to obtain better results and better loading times. "Safari 3 is the fastest browser running on Windows, rendering web pages up to twice as fast as IE 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2, based on the industry standard iBench tests," Apple said.
Safari for Windows was also tested by Softpedia and is available as a free download here.