Safari (web browser)
Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. which can be downloaded free of charge. It also comes with a Mac computer. It is based on the WebKit engine, which is a fork of KDE's KHTML engine.
| Safari browser logo.svg | |
| Safari Acid3 test result.png | |
| Developer(s) | Apple |
|---|---|
| Initial release | January 7, 2003 |
| Stable release | iOS: Safari 17.0
MacOS: Safari 17.0 Windows: Safari 5.1.7 |
| Preview release | MacOS: Safari 17.1 iOS: Safari 17.1 |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | C++,[1] Objective-C and Swift |
| Operating system | macOS iOS Windows (discontinued, last version: 5.1.7 on May 9, 2012) |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | Freeware; some components GNU LGPL |
| Website | apple |
History
Apple Inc. replaced the previous default web browser, Internet Explorer, with their Safari many years ago. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, said that it would be released in Jan 2003. Since then, 15 types of Safari have been made. The newest one was made in Sep 2023 for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
Features
Safari has several features. Some are specific to certain operating systems or platforms. Here is a list of some of Safari's features:
- Email webpage (macOS only)
- Save webpage
- Topsites (pages most visited)
- Support for HTML5
- Development features
- Extension support
- Profiles
- Opening webpage with another browser
- Changing user agent
- Web Inspector
- Error console
- Disable CSS
Safari (web Browser) Media
Safari 15 on iPadOS 15
Safari 4 (pictured) was the first version that had entirely passed the Acid3 rendering test.
Safari 5 (pictured) was the final supported version for Windows.
Safari 6 ceased support for Windows users, and it was subsequently removed from Microsoft's browser-choice menu (pictured).
Safari 12 (pictured) in dark mode
Safari's Web Inspector in macOS Sonoma
Market share data of Safari
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Notes
- ↑ "The WebKit Open Source Project". Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2013-01-01.(subscription needed)