Apple has released an update to their desktop Safari browser; the new 5.1.2 software brings a couple of bug fixes with some other improvements within the browser itself. The minor update from Apple will address the problems users were experiencing with webpages that were flashing white, as well as any sluggish performance with the Safari more »

A Developer Preview of the upcoming Safari 5.1 has made its way into the hands of developers through the Safari Dev Center yesterday. The final release of the new browser will be included with OS X Lion when it releases this fall and will be accompanied by a Windows version as well. Among the browser’s new features, Safari 5.1 will support…

Amongst the improvements in Safari 5 is extension support. Firefox and Chrome have had support for extensions for quite some time, and there has been some extremely awesome development in those markets. On June 10th, Apple announced the Safari Developer Program that allows developers to create extensions using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Shortly thereafter, a flurry of extensions become available for the browser.

Lost amongst the WWDC Keynote and iPhone 4 announcements yesterday was Apple’s release of Safari 5. This updated version of Apple’s web browser features the new Safari Reader for reading articles on the web without distraction, a 30 percent performance increase over Safari 4, and the ability to choose Google, Yahoo! or Bing as the search service powering Safari’s search field.

It seems that this past Friday, rumors started to circulate that Apple will be launching Safari 5 as early as today’s WWDC keynote presentation. With it, Apple is believed to be taking aim at Google with features such as an option for Bing search engine integration (has Google really made bedfellows of Apple and Microsoft?) and at Adobe with increased HTML5 functionality.

On Tuesday, I released a list of the 8 principal things wrong with the Safari 4 interface from a usability standpoint. Today, I’m going to outline six fixes that would make me love Safari 4, and that I feel solve all the issues.

With Safari 4, Apple apparently got over its “let’s bring Mac OS X style windows into a Windows environment” mentality, and has done a really great job making Safari 4 fit in with the environment in which it is installed. Oddly enough, it seems as though they designed the new Safari 4 interface for Windows, and then applied the exact same design to the Mac version. What you see above is the Fail Diagram, explained below. Most are more design complaints than things that may actually cause a large usability issue, but they are things that a design-oriented company such as Apple should have noted. Feel free to check things out for yourself with your own copy of Safari 4.

Today, Apple have updated their web browser Safari to version 4. It’s currently in beta testing stages, but is available to the public to download. On the face of it, Safari 4 looks brilliant. A full update that we’ve been waiting for is delivered with some new and interesting features.

Just a few weeks after releasing Safari 3.2, Apple has already released 3.2.1. Since I have been using Safari 3.2, I’ve noticed it crashes quite frequently, and I’ve also had some issues with third-party plug-ins such as flash. This update includes stability improvements and is recommended for all Safari users. The update is available for more »

Apple has released version 3.2 of its Safari browser for Leopard (39 MB), Tiger (25 MB), and Windows (19 MB). The update includes the latest security updates. Also, “This update is recommended for all Safari users and features protection from fraudulent phishing websites and better identification of online businesses.” Product [Safari for Leopard, Tiger and more »