Differences between Safari for Windows and Safari for Mac

Question

What are the differences from a developer point of view between Safari for Mac and Safari for Windows?

I think it boils down to evaluate differences between (if I missed

Answer 1

I am currently experiencing an issue where floating images in a blog with text wrapping around the image do not properly pad themselves in OS X; works fine in windows. Basically I've added padding to make the image align flush left or right such that the edge of the image is at the same offset as the edge of the text of the post; on OS X the image sticks out past the edge of the text.

Answer 2

As far as rendering and JavaScript are concerned, there is no difference. What is different is underlaying UI library used for browser itself, but page render is the same.

Answer 3

In Mac Safari I'm able to do cross script ajax with file:/// protocol, but in Windows Mac I'm unable to do this.

Answer 4

I have also seen problems in Safari for Windows that don't exist in Safari for Mac on CSS heavy websites. Can't remember the specifics, but they were there.

Answer 5

A call to java from javascript throws:

java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: 
    at java.net.URL.(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URL.(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URL.(Unknown Source)
    at sun.plugin.liveconnect.SecureInvocation.checkLiveConnectCaller(Unknown Source)
    at sun.plugin.liveconnect.SecureInvocation.access$000(Unknown Source)
    at sun.plugin.liveconnect.SecureInvocation$2.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at sun.plugin.liveconnect.SecureInvocation.CallMethod(Unknown Source) 

on Safari windows but not safari mac.

Answer 6

I am working on a website that has pretty standard layout. I have a box that contains other divs. It works on all major browsers, from IE6+, FF3+, etc. On Safari 5 on OSX, the box is totally to the left, outside the borders of my website. On the same safari version in windows, no problem. I am going crazy over this.