Apple releases Safari 4

During the much awaited WWDC 09, Apple announced that it has made the final changes to its browser Safari 4 and released its web browser. The web browser is available as a free download for both Macintosh and Windows users. Safari 4 was released way back in February as a Beta version. The browser contains a few interface enhancements such as Cover Flow and Full History search.

The thing which is new in Safari 4 is that it had added the support for HTML 5 and advanced CSS effects. The browser also provides you with the ability to do a Full Page Zoom. The zooming process takes place and enables the user to take a closer and deeper look at the webpage without degrading the quality of the site’s text as well as the associated layout.

Apple claims that the Safari is the first browser to pass the Web Standards Project’s Acid3 test. This test is targeted to evaluating and examining how well and how cleanly a browser adheres to CSS, JavaScript, XML and SVG standards. Phillip Schiller, senior Vice President of worldwide product marketing said during Apple’s WorldWide Developer’s Conference held in San Fransisco:

The successful beta release helped us fine tune Safari 4 into an even better, faster version that customers are going to love.

Speaking about speed, Safari 4 contains a speed feature known as a “Nitro” engine. The Nitro engine is said to execute JavaScript upto 4.5 times faster than Safari 3. Apple is claiming that Safari 4 executes JavaScript 8 times faster than IE8 and 4 times faster than Firefox 3. On a similar note Apple loads HTML web pages 3 times faster than Firefox 3 and IE8.

Currently around 70 millions users located globally use Safari. Safari 4 for Mac OS X poses the requirement of a  Mac OS X Leopard v10.5.7 or Mac OS X Tiger v10.4.11 and Security Update 2009-002. The minimum space required is 256 MB.

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