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

Safari browser logo.svg
Safari Acid3 test result.png
Developer(s)	Apple
Initial release	January 7, 2003 (2003-01-07)
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++, 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.com/safari

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

• Screenshot of Safari 15 on iPadOS.png

  Safari 15 running on iPadOS 15

• Safari4 osx.png

  Safari 4 (pictured) was the first version that had entirely passed the Acid3 rendering test.

• Refinery CMS Dashboard-2.png

  Safari 5 (pictured) was the final supported version for Windows.

• Select your web browser(s).jpg

  Safari 6 ceased support for Windows users, and it was subsequently removed from Microsoft's browser-choice menu (pictured).

• Safari 12 on Mojave.png

  Safari 12 (pictured) in dark mode

• Safari's Web Inspector in macOS Sonoma.png

  Safari's Web Inspector in macOS Sonoma

• Safari's market Share from 2009 to 2021.svg

  Market share data of Safari