Full FeedWWDC: Safari 4 released
Today at WWDC 2009, Apple removed the beta label from Safari 4 and released it for Leopard, Tiger, and Windows. This finalized version of the browser includes Top Sites, as well as other new features that make browsing the web easier. Also, Safari 4 will increase the speed of surfing… Continue Reading »
Apple gains in web share
Apple has been gaining web share—both as a platform and with its Safari browser—at the expense of Windows, a new study reveals. From April 08 to April 09, use of OS X-based browser to surf the internet grew from 7.38% to 9.73%, Safari use (presumably both Mac and Window flavors)… Continue Reading »
Safari for Windows, not so good
I have been using Safari for Windows at work since it was released in 2007. I have tried to be patient with it, because I know Apple, except for iTunes, is not in the business of making applications for Windows. With the most recent release 3.2.1 in November of last… Continue Reading »
Browser Battles: Safari still increasing in market share, IE continues to drop
Net Applications has release market share stats for the browser category updated as of November 2008, and they show some pretty interesting numbers. This data, which aggregates some 40,000 corporate and ecommerce websites, is reviewed by Quality Assurance. Are you ready for some numbers? On top of the list, as… Continue Reading »
Microsoft to embrace WebKit in IE?
Could Steve Ballmer get any more confusing? He laments the lack of openness in the iPhone OS and Google’s Android, will swear up one side and down the other that proprietary walled gardens are better, but then publicly contemplates an open future for Microsoft’s flagship browser! At the Power to… Continue Reading »
Safari beats Firefox at JavaScript rendering, and IE, of course…
Firefox 3 may have beaten Apple’s Safari in several tests, but Safari is still the best browser in the market at JavaScript. Webkit recently adopted the SquirrelFish JavaScript interpreter, and we can definitely see a speed increase. The current build of Webkit and Safari 3.1.1 are ahead of both Firefox… Continue Reading »
Apple restricting iDisk browser access
It seems Apple has decided to restrict access to its online storage component, iDisk, from certain browsers. iDisk, once supported by any browser, is now blocking access to the site unless the browser used to visit it is officially supported. Supported browsers include: Safari 1.3 or Firefox 1.0.4 (And later… Continue Reading »
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