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[[Image:Safari Public Beta 3 Windows.PNG|right|thumbnail|Windows XP using the Public Beta 3 version of Safari. The "bug" icon can be seen adjacent to the address bar, used for reporting errors and problems in the browser.]]On [[January 9]] [[2007]], Steve Jobs formally announced Apple's [[iPhone]], which uses the Safari browser.
[[Image:Safari Public Beta 3 Windows.PNG|right|thumbnail|Windows XP using the Public Beta 3 version of Safari. The "bug" icon can be seen adjacent to the address bar, used for reporting errors and problems in the browser.]]On [[January 9]] [[2007]], Steve Jobs formally announced Apple's [[iPhone]], which uses the Safari browser.


At the 2007 [[Worldwide Developers Conference]], Steve Jobs announced Safari 3 for [[Microsoft]] [[Windows XP]] and [[Windows Vista]]. The beta version of Safari 3 now works with [[Google Docs]] and allows for rich formatting in [[Gmail]], both of which were unavailable on earlier versions of Safari even though Safari has had rich formatting since version 1.3. Safari 3 extends on this as well as making it more stable. The Safari beta version for Windows had several known bugs<ref>http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2007/06/niiiice.html</ref> and a [[zero day]] exploit that allows remote execution, upon its initial beta release on [[June 11]], [[2007]], in version 3.0.<ref>http://larholm.com/2007/06/12/safari-for-windows-0day-exploit-in-2-hours/</ref> The addressed bugs were then corrected by Apple three days later on [[June 14]], [[2007]], in version 3.0.1 on Windows. On [[June 22]], [[2007]], Apple released Safari 3.0.2 to address some bugs, performance issues and other security issues. Safari 3.0.2 for Windows handles some fonts that are missing in the browser but already installed on your computer, such as Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, and others. The software will run in [[Wine (software)|Wine]] if this guide is used.<ref>[http://www.fridrik.it/blog/safari-on-linux-got-it/]</ref> The current released windows beta is version 3.0.4 (523.15).
At the 2007 [[Worldwide Developers Conference]], Steve Jobs announced Safari 3 for [[Microsoft]] [[Windows XP]] and [[Windows Vista]]. The beta version of Safari 3 now works with [[Google Docs]] and allows for rich formatting in [[Gmail]], both of which were unavailable on earlier versions of Safari even though Safari has had rich formatting since version 1.3. Safari 3 extends on this as well as making it more stable. The Safari beta version for Windows had several known bugs<ref>http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2007/06/niiiice.html</ref> and a [[zero day]] exploit that allows remote execution, upon its initial beta release on [[June 11]], [[2007]], in version 3.0.<ref>http://larholm.com/2007/06/12/safari-for-windows-0day-exploit-in-2-hours/</ref> The addressed bugs were then corrected by Apple three days later on [[June 14]], [[2007]], in version 3.0.1 on Windows. On [[June 22]], [[2007]], Apple released Safari 3.0.2 to address some bugs, performance issues and other security issues. Safari 3.0.2 for Windows handles some fonts that are missing in the browser but already installed on your computer, such as Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, and others. The software will run in [[Wine (software)|Wine]] if this guide is used.<ref>[http://www.fridrik.it/blog/safari-on-linux-got-it/]</ref> The current released windows beta is version 3.0.4 (523.15). Safari for Windows does not currently pass the Acid2 test.


At the announcement, Apple claimed that Safari is the fastest browser and, to prove this, Steve Jobs ran a benchmark, based on the [[iBench]] browser test suite, live at the show. External measurement of [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol]] (HTTP) load times confirm that Safari is the fastest browser on the Windows platform in terms of initial data loading over the Internet, but is tied with [[Internet Explorer 7]] and [[Firefox]] when comparing loading from caches<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.webperformanceinc.com/library/reports/Safari%20Benchmarks/index.html | title=Safari 3 Windows Performance Analysis | date=October 20, 2007 | work=Web Performance | accessdate=2007-07-24 }}</ref>.
At the announcement, Apple claimed that Safari is the fastest browser and, to prove this, Steve Jobs ran a benchmark, based on the [[iBench]] browser test suite, live at the show. External measurement of [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol]] (HTTP) load times confirm that Safari is the fastest browser on the Windows platform in terms of initial data loading over the Internet, but is tied with [[Internet Explorer 7]] and [[Firefox]] when comparing loading from caches<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.webperformanceinc.com/library/reports/Safari%20Benchmarks/index.html | title=Safari 3 Windows Performance Analysis | date=October 20, 2007 | work=Web Performance | accessdate=2007-07-24 }}</ref>.

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Safari
Developer(s)Apple Inc.
Initial release1.0 / June 23, 2003
Stable release
Template:Latest stable release/Safari / November 14, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-11-14)
Preview release
Template:Latest preview release/Safari / December 21, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-12-21)
Engine
  • WebKit
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Operating systemMac OS X, Microsoft Windows
LicenseProprietary EULA
Engine under GNU LGPL
WebsiteApple: Safari

Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included in Mac OS X. It was first released as a public beta on January 7, 2003,[1] and is the default browser in Mac OS X v10.3 and later. A beta version for Microsoft Windows was released for the first time on June 11 2007 with support for Windows XP and Windows Vista,[2] although it was also functional, albeit unofficially, on Windows 2000. Safari has also been run unofficially on Linux under Wine, but the graphical user interface (GUI) and web graphics do not render properly.[3]

Since the release of Safari, its browser usage share has been climbing. For the month of May 2006, thecounter.com shows that Safari has a usage share of 2.86%;[4] NetApplications.com reports that Safari has a usage share of 4.59% as of April 2007,[5] an increase of 1.33 percentage points since May 2006.

Features

Safari has a bookmark management scheme that functions like the iTunes jukebox software, integrates Apple's QuickTime multimedia technology, and features a tabbed-browsing interface. A web search box is a standard component of the Safari interface, as are software services that automatically fill out web forms, manage passwords via Keychain and spell check entries into web page text fields. The browser also includes an integrated pop-up ad blocker. Also from Apple is the Web Inspector — a DOM Inspector-like utility that lets users and developers browse the Document Object Model of a web page.[6]

The web search box uses Google on the Mac platform, and either Google or Yahoo! on the Windows operating system.

Safari also features expandable text entry boxes, allowing the user to resize the entry box, making large text entry easier.

History and development

Until 1997, Apple Macintosh computers had shipped with Netscape Navigator only. Microsoft's Internet Explorer for Mac was subsequently included as the default web browser as part of the five year agreement between Apple and Microsoft. However, Netscape Navigator continued to be included. Microsoft released five major versions of Internet Explorer for Mac, with the last one being released on March 27, 2000.

On January 7, 2003, Steve Jobs announced that Apple had developed their own web browser based on KHTML rendering engine, called Safari.[7] They released the first beta version that day and a number of official and unofficial beta versions followed, until version 1.0 was released on June 23, 2003. Available as a separate download initially, it was included with the Mac OS X v10.3 release on October 24, 2003, as the default browser, with Internet Explorer for Mac included only as an alternative browser. Since the release of Mac OS X v10.4 in April 29, 2005, Safari is the only web browser included with the operating system.

Safari uses Apple's WebKit for rendering web pages and running JavaScript. WebKit consists of WebCore (based on Konqueror's KHTML engine) and JavaScriptCore (based on KDE's JavaScript engine named KJS). Like KHTML and KJS, WebCore and JavaScriptCore are free software and are released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. Some Apple improvements to the KHTML code are merged back into the Konqueror project. Apple also releases additional code under an open source 2-clause BSD-like license.

File:Safari RSS.png
Safari showing the RSS feed of this article's revision history.

In June 2005, after some criticism from KHTML developers over lack of access to change logs, Apple moved the development source code and bug tracking of WebCore and JavaScriptCore to OpenDarwin.org. WebKit itself was also released as open source. The source code for non-renderer aspects of the browser, such as its GUI elements, remains proprietary.

Version 2.0 of Safari, was released on April 29, 2005 and runs only on Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) or later. It includes a built-in RSS and Atom reader. Other features include Private Browsing (a mode in which no record of information about the user's web activity is retained), the ability to archive and e-mail web pages, the ability to search bookmarks, and a reported 1.8 times speed boost over version 1.2.4.

In April 2005, Dave Hyatt, one of the Safari developers at Apple, documented his progress fixing bugs in Safari to get it to pass the Acid2 test. On April 27, 2005, he announced that his development version of Safari now passed the test, making it the first web browser to do so.[8] The changes were not initially available to end-users unless they downloaded and compiled the WebKit source code themselves or ran one of the nightly automated builds available at opendarwin.org.[9] However on October 31, 2005, Apple released version 2.0.2 of Safari that included the Acid2 bug fixes.

File:Safari Public Beta 3 Windows.PNG
Windows XP using the Public Beta 3 version of Safari. The "bug" icon can be seen adjacent to the address bar, used for reporting errors and problems in the browser.

On January 9 2007, Steve Jobs formally announced Apple's iPhone, which uses the Safari browser.

At the 2007 Worldwide Developers Conference, Steve Jobs announced Safari 3 for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista. The beta version of Safari 3 now works with Google Docs and allows for rich formatting in Gmail, both of which were unavailable on earlier versions of Safari even though Safari has had rich formatting since version 1.3. Safari 3 extends on this as well as making it more stable. The Safari beta version for Windows had several known bugs[10] and a zero day exploit that allows remote execution, upon its initial beta release on June 11, 2007, in version 3.0.[11] The addressed bugs were then corrected by Apple three days later on June 14, 2007, in version 3.0.1 on Windows. On June 22, 2007, Apple released Safari 3.0.2 to address some bugs, performance issues and other security issues. Safari 3.0.2 for Windows handles some fonts that are missing in the browser but already installed on your computer, such as Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, and others. The software will run in Wine if this guide is used.[12] The current released windows beta is version 3.0.4 (523.15). Safari for Windows does not currently pass the Acid2 test.

At the announcement, Apple claimed that Safari is the fastest browser and, to prove this, Steve Jobs ran a benchmark, based on the iBench browser test suite, live at the show. External measurement of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) load times confirm that Safari is the fastest browser on the Windows platform in terms of initial data loading over the Internet, but is tied with Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox when comparing loading from caches[13].

Safari is the native browser on the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.

CSS support

Safari has solid and standards-compliant support for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), including partial support of CSS3.[14] Safari 3 supports several experimental properties like text-shadow, text-stroke, box-shadow, border-image, multiple backgrounds for each element, resizeable elements, rgba() and the CSS3 pseudo-element :first-of-type.

Version history

Note the version may be reported differently in the "About Safari" function than those reported below for the WebKit. The initial Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard" release version of Safari is 3.0.4 (5523.10) where the same version below is reported as 3.0.4. 523.10.3.

1.0 and 2.0

Major version Minor version WebKit version Operating System Release date Features
First beta release 0.8 48 Mac OS X 10.2 January 7, 2003 Public Beta. Initial release at Macworld conference.
0.9 73 April 14, 2003 Public Beta 2. Tabbed browsing, forms and passwords autofill, browser reset (removes cookies, cache and so on), Netscape and Mozilla bookmarks importing, improved support for web standards, improved AppleScript support, more localizations.
Version 1 1.0 85 June 23, 2003 First non-beta release. Safari is now default Mac OS X browser, faster autotabs, support for iSync bookmark synchronization, all Mac OS X languages supported, more AppleScripts to control browser, improved support for web standards.
1.1 100 Mac OS X 10.3 October 24, 2003 Released with Mac OS X v10.3. Improved speed, improved support for web standards, improved CSS support.
1.2 125 February 2, 2004 Improved compatibility with websites and web applications. Support for personal certificate authentication. Full keyboard access for navigation. Ability to resume interrupted downloads. LiveConnect support. XMLHttpRequest support.
1.3 312 April 15, 2005 Released with 10.3.9. Included most of the rendering speed and website compatibility improvements that were developed for 2.0.
1.3.1 312.3 August 29, 2005
1.3.2 312.5 January 11, 2006
Version 2 2.0 412 Mac OS X 10.4 April 29, 2005 Dubbed "Safari RSS." Released with Mac OS X v10.4. Improved rendering speed and website compatibility. Integrated RSS and Atom reader. Integrated PDF viewer. Private Browsing mode and Parental Controls. Saving Websites completely as Web Archives.
2.0.2 416.11 October 31, 2005 Safari passes The Web Standards Project Acid2 test.
2.0.4 419.3 13 January, 2006 Most widely distributed version of Safari 2. Last stable version released before version 3.0.

3.0

Major version Minor version WebKit version Release date Significant changes Operating Systems
Version 3 3.0 522.11 June 11, 2007 Public beta. Initial release at the Worldwide Developers Conference. Version for Mac OS X v10.4.9 and later. Improved searching within web pages. Drag and drop tabs, and the ability to save a group of tabs as a single bookmark. Live resizing of text input fields. Bonjour support for bookmarks. Initial SVG support. Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later
3.0.2 522.12 June 22, 2007 Public beta.
3.0.3 522.12.1 July 31, 2007 Public beta. Latest security updates.
3.0.4 523.10.3 October 26, 2007 Officially released with Mac OS X v10.5 out of beta. Includes the ability to re-arrange tabs by dragging, improved web standards support, the ability to display SVG images, and integration with the Dashboard, allowing users to create widgets from ordinary web pages. For web developers, Safari 3 includes a new “Web Inspector” similar to the popular Firebug extension for Mozilla Firefox. Mac OS X 10.5
November 14, 2007 Officially released with Mac OS X v10.4.11. Mac OS X v10.4.11

Safari for Windows

Major version Minor version WebKit version Release date Significant changes Supported OS
Version 3 3.0 522.11.3 June 11, 2007 Public beta, first release for Windows XP and Windows Vista (not supported on Windows 2000, although it will run on it)[15][16]. Has same new features as the version for Mac OS X. Microsoft Windows XP, Vista
3.0.1 522.12.2 June 13, 2007 Public beta, second release for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Major security updates.
3.0.2 522.13.1 June 22, 2007 Public beta, third release for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Security updates.
3.0.3 522.15.5 August 1, 2007 Public beta, fourth Windows release. Includes major stability enhancements, including a fix for a memory leak.
3.0.4 523.12.9 November 14, 2007 Public beta, fifth Windows release. Fixes many UI behavior issues, though issues still remain. Is not executable on Windows 2000 (in contrast to 3.0.3). Added many shortcut functions found in most major browsers (for example, switching tabs).
523.13.0 December 17, 2007 Safari 3 Beta 3.0.4 Security Update: A security update meant to prevent cross‐site scripting attacks was applied to the existing release of Safari. [17]
523.15.0 December 21, 2007 Safari 3 Beta 3.0.4 Security Update v1.1: This update fixes an issue introduced with the previous security update “that may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit when browsing certain websites”. [18] [19]
Key: Old Version Current Version

See also

References

  1. ^ "Apple Unveils Safari". Apple Inc. 2007-01-07. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  2. ^ "Apple announces Windows browser". BBC News. June 11, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
  3. ^ http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=5293
  4. ^ thecounter.com. "Browser Stats". Jupitermedia Corporation. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
  5. ^ NetApplications.com. "Browser Market Share for April 2007". Retrieved 2007-05-03.
  6. ^ Safari team. "Introducing the Web Inspector". Apple. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  7. ^ Dre (January 7, 2003). "Apple Announces New "Safari" Browser". KDE.NEWS. Retrieved 2006-01-04.
  8. ^ Dave Hyatt (April 27, 2005). "Safari Passes the Acid2 Test". Surfin' Safari. MozillaZine. Retrieved 2005-04-28.
  9. ^ Dave Hyatt (October 12, 2005). "Nightly Builds". Surfin' Safari. OpenDarwin.org. Retrieved 2006-10-29.
  10. ^ http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2007/06/niiiice.html
  11. ^ http://larholm.com/2007/06/12/safari-for-windows-0day-exploit-in-2-hours/
  12. ^ [1]
  13. ^ "Safari 3 Windows Performance Analysis". Web Performance. October 20, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
  14. ^ Estelle Weyl (July 10, 2007). "Safari 3.0 CSS Support".
  15. ^ http://programming.reddit.com/info/1xmnj/comments
  16. ^ http://www.pcpro.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=227021&start=0#807289
  17. ^ About the security content of Safari 3 Beta Update 3.0.4 Security Update. Apple.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
  18. ^ Safari 3 Beta 3.0.4 Security Update v1.1. Apple Mailing Lists at Apple.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
  19. ^ About Safari 3 Beta 3.0.4 Security Update v1.1. Apple.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.

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