Merging Safari and Sherlock: Kottke vs. Gruber
Last week, Jason Kottke argued why Safari and Sherlock should be merged. John Gruber thinks Jason’s solution is inside out:
Kottke sets the wrong expectations for Safari, admitting to being “underwhelmed” by it. Safari is not intended to pave the way to a brand-new class of application. It’s just a web browser, pure and simple, and everyone knows what web browsers are - programs that display web pages.
I agree with John and with Apple’s strategy to keep the web browser a web browser. Simplicity in design is the Mac way and one of the big reasons why the Apple Switch campaign has been so effective. Mac users don’t look to Apple to create all in one, bloated applications. They look to them to create apps that do one thing and do it really really well. And from what I’ve seen, Safari is well on its way to just that.
- 13 Jan 03
- jason kottke, john gruber, mac, simplicity, software
