Apple Releases Safari 5 Update

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The 5.0.4 update brings a few compatibility, stability and security fixes to Safari.

  • Improved stability for webpages with multiple instances of plug-in content
  • Improved compatibility with webpages with image reflections and transition effects
  • A fix for an issue that could cause some webpages to print with incorrect layouts
  • A fix for an issue that could cause content to display incorrectly on webpages with plug-ins
  • A fix for an issue that could cause a Screen Saver to appear while video is playing in Safari
  • Improved compatibility with VoiceOver on webpages with text input areas and lists with selectable items
  • Improved stability when using VoiceOver
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Nir Schneider

Editor-in-Chief

Safari 5 is Released

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Today, just after the WWDC keynote, the newest version of Apple's webKit browser Safari has been released for the masses. Earlier today a press release was published 
The main features of Safari 5 are:
  • Safari Reader: An uninterrupted scrollable interface for reading RSS feeds. Probably an uncluttered view; much like the full screen view in iWork 09.
  • Safari Extensions: This will make Safari Add-Ons that weren’t widely known or used, to make the the browser experience much like by Firefox and Chrome.
  • Extension Builder: A new tool for developers to make it easier to develop and release extensions. Also Apple says that a “new, free Safari Developer Program allows developers to customize and enhance Safari 5 with extensions based on standard web technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.”
  • The option to use Bing as the default search engine, just like it was announced for Safari Mobile today
  • 30% performance increase over Safari 4
  • Improved developer tools
  • Over a dozen new HTML5 technologies

You can download the new Safari here.

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Patrick Rigby