Microsoft has given us the choice of 12 browsers and I’ve started trialling them – giving each one a week – last week I’ve been using Safari.

On first using looks pretty good it’s even configured for Google UK which is good – pretty easy to configure as well – so pretty positive.

However that warm feeling quickly evaporates – Safari has a split personality when clicking a website link – you might get a new window or a tab or you might be lucky and stay in the window you’re using – I improved the situation by configuring Safari – but it’s still far from perfect.

However that’s a minor annoyance compared to Safari’s tendency to crash far too often and in too many cases failing to restart without a re-boot – time consuming and deeply annoying –

This really is an unmitigated piece of rubbish – you’ll get a new window or not – copying links is erratic and a nightmare – there’s too much not to like about this browser – it might well be a great product on an Apple but this port to Windows isn’t good – I’m tempted to cut the week short – the first time I’ve thought that – it really is that bad.

As I’ve been away firstly at The Hay Festival and secondly at Wychwood I persevered with Safari for another week – better the devil I know – so instead of cutting short I used Safari for two weeks – it didn’t get any better – Safari isn’t a browser for a Windows PC. This week I’ll be using Sleipner – the last of the browsers.