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post #1 of 13
6/10/10 at 2:36pm
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Apple launched its latest browser version in Safari 5.

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# New features including:

* Safari Reader: Click on the new Reader icon to view articles on the web in a single, clutter-free page.
* Improved Performance: Safari 5 executes JavaScript up to 25% faster than Safari 4. Better page caching and DNS prefetching speed up browsing.
* Bing Search Option: New Bing search option for Safari's Search Field, in addition to Google and Yahoo!.
* Improved HTML5 support: Safari supports over a dozen new HTML5 features, including Geolocation, full screen for HTML5 video, closed captions for HTML5 video, new sectioning elements (article, aside, footer, header, hgroup, nav and section), HTML5 AJAX History, EventSource, WebSocket, HTML5 draggable attribute, HTML5 forms validation, and HTML5 Ruby.
* Safari Developer Tools: A new Timeline Panel in the Web Inspector shows how Safari interacts with a website and identifies areas for optimization. New keyboard shortcuts make it faster to switch between panels.

# Other improvements include:

* Smarter Address Field: The Smart Address Field can now match text against the titles of webpages in History and Bookmarks, as well as any part of their URL.
* Tabs Setting: Automatically open new webpages in tabs instead of in separate windows.
* Hardware Acceleration for Windows: Use the power of the computer's graphics processor to smoothly display media and effects on PC as well as Mac.
* Search History with Date: A new date indicator in Full History Search shows when webpages were viewed.
* Top Sites/History Button: Switch easily between Top Sites and Full History Search with a new button that appears at the top of each view.
* Private Browsing Icon: A “Private” icon appears in the Smart Address Field when Private Browsing is on. Click on the icon to turn off Private Browsing.
* DNS Prefetching: Safari looks up the addresses of links on webpages and can load those pages faster.
* Improved Page Caching: Safari can add additional types of webpages to the cache so they load quickly.
* XSS Auditor: Safari can filter potentially malicious scripts used in cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
* Improved JavaScript Support: Safari allows web applications that use JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) to run faster and more securely.
Interesting note is that it is now allowing development and installation of "extensions" - an old school of thoughts for few other browsers.

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post #2 of 13
6/10/10 at 2:58pm
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Safari extensions.

Follow this instruction to activate "enabling extensions".

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post #3 of 13
6/10/10 at 3:16pm
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Just played with this extension, not quite sure yet about it myself ...

YouTube5 – HTML5 Converter for YouTube videos
This extension removes the need to use flash on YouTube by converting all videos to their HTML5 video tag equivalents. It also has the added benefits of decreased CPU usage compared to flash, and the removal of in-video ads. At present it only works on youtube.com ...

More and download extension here

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post #4 of 13
6/10/10 at 4:15pm
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^^ I actually like this extension so far. A good 15% drop in CPU usage when viewing the same youtube video under Firefox and Safari 5 (with the extension).

Page rendering is still very much behind Firefox, but smoother than previous Safari version.

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post #5 of 13
7/29/10 at 11:13am
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Safari 5.0.1

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# New:

* Safari Extensions
* Customize Safari with features created by third-party developers
* Find extensions in the Safari Extensions Gallery, accessible from the Action menu and extensions.apple.com

# Contains improvements to stability and security, including the following:

* More accurate Top Hit results in the Address Field
* More accurate timing for CSS animations
* Better stability when scrolling through MobileMe Mail
* Fixes display of multipage articles from www.rollingstone.com in Safari Reader
* Fixes an issue that prevented Google Wave and other websites using JavaScript encryption libraries from working correctly on 32-bit systems
* Fixes an issue that could cause borders on YouTube thumbnails to disappear when hovering over the thumbnail image
* Fixes an issue that prevented boarding passes from www.aa.com from printing correctly
* Fixes an issue that could cause DNS prefetching requests to overburden certain routers
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post #6 of 13
9/8/10 at 8:34am
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Safari 5.0.2

Safari 5.0.2

* Contains improvements to compatibility and security, including the following:
- Fixes an issue that could prevent users from submitting web forms
- Establishes an encrypted, authenticated connection to the Safari Extensions Gallery

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post #7 of 13
11/18/10 at 8:38pm
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Safari 5.0.3

- enhance features,
- fix bugs,
- and patch a number of security vulnerabilities

. for Mac OS X 10.6, 10.5, and Windows

. for Mac OS X 10.4

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post #8 of 13
3/10/11 at 11:41am
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Safari 5.0.4

Contains improvements to stability, compatibility, accessibility and security, including the following:

* Improved compatibility with webpages with transition effects
* A fix for an issue that could cause some webpages to print with incorrect layouts
* A fix for an issue that could prevent HTML5 video from playing on www.youtube.com
* A fix for an issue that could cause content to display incorrectly on webpages with plug-ins

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post #9 of 13
7/20/11 at 8:49am
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Along with latest OS X Lion comes Safari 5.1, a major update with many good new features

- Reading List: Easily add webpages and links to your Reading List to browse when you have time.
- New Process Architecture: Safari has been re-engineered for improved stability and responsiveness.
- Resume: In the General pane of Safari preferences, you can now choose to launch Safari with the windows from your last browsing session.
- Better Privacy: A new Privacy pane in Safari preferences makes it easy to remove data that websites can leave on your system.

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post #10 of 13
10/13/11 at 4:32am
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Safari 5.1.1 update contains a number of bug fixes, improvements, and optimizations to make it more stable, usable, compatible and secure.

- Improve JavaScript performance up to 13% over Safari 5.1*
- Address issues that could cause hangs and excessive memory usage
- Improve stability when using Find, dragging tabs, and managing extensions
- Improve stability for netflix.com and other websites that use the Silverlight plug-in
- Add a Show Downloads item to the View menu
- Improve the consistency of the pinch to zoom gesture
- Address issues in full screen that affected search suggestions, URL updating, window sizing, and the title bar
- Address an issue that could prevent East Asian character input into webpages with Flash content
- Address an issue that could cause Safari to open links in windows instead of tabs
- Improve PDF handling
- Address an issue that could affect cookie and data deletion
- Address an issue that could cause History items to appear incorrectly
- Correct the text in application download alerts
- Improve compatibility with webpages with Flash video embedded from vimeo.com and other websites
- Improve printing from Safari
- Address an issue that could prevent the Google Safe Browsing Service from updating

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post #11 of 13
11/30/11 at 5:42am
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Safari 5.1.2

This update contains various improvements, including fixes that:

- Improve stability
- Address issues that could cause hangs and excessive memory usage
- Address issues that could cause webpages to flash white
- Allow PDFs to be displayed within web content

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post #12 of 13
3/12/12 at 3:55pm
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Safari 5.1.4

- many security fixes

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post #13 of 13
3/29/12 at 5:03am
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5.1.5

- Contains stability improvements.

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