Safari 5

News

Safari Extensions Gets Official: 12 You Should Add on Now

Two bits of good Safari news this morning — first, Apple has released another update (Safari 5.0.1) to fix that pesky AutoFill problem we reported a few days ago, and second, the Safari Extensions gallery is officially open for business!

Two bits of good Safari news this morning — first, Apple has released another update (Safari 5.0.1) to fix that pesky AutoFill problem we reported a few days ago, and second, the Safari Extensions gallery is officially open for business!

Firefox users have been enjoying sweet extensions for a while now (while Chrome users' extension choices have been rapidly expanding), and Apple has finally jumped on the wagon to allow developers to create helpful and fun extensions to make browsing easier. There's 16 different categories already up and running, and here, I'll tell you which ones you should consider adding on first. Check them out below!

  • Twitter for Safari — The official Twitter extension for Safari brings trending tweets to your webpage, and easily tweet about what you're reading with a quick link and URL shortener.
  • Woot Checker — Keep a constant eye on Woot with this extension, which notifies you when there's a new item up for grabs.
  • Delicious Safari — Quickly send links to your Delicious account.

See the rest of my picks when you read more.

Apple

5 New Features in Safari 5

Apple had quite the Monday — first Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone 4 at the WWDC keynote, then later that day, announced the availability of Safari 5.
New Features in Safari 5

Apple had quite the Monday — first Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone 4 at the WWDC keynote, then later that day, announced the availability of Safari 5. Coming with a bunch of new features, Safari 5's productivity is touted as being 40 times that of Safari 4! Can you handle it? Take a quick tour of five interesting new features you'll find inside Apple's next browser.

News

Apple Sneaks in Safari 5 Announcement After Keynote

Looks like the Apple news keeps on coming — although there was no mention of a Safari update at today's keynote, Apple issued a press release this afternoon detailing new features in Safari 5.

Looks like the Apple news keeps on coming — although there was no mention of a Safari update at today's keynote, Apple issued a press release this afternoon detailing new features in Safari 5.

Coming as a free download on Mac (OS X Leopard 10.5.8 or Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.2 or later) and Windows, Safari 5 will include Reader, which will allow you to browse news articles in an easy-to-read scrolling format, and will be opened up to developers to create extensions. Additionally, Bing will be made available in the search field, and the new update will reportedly boost performance by 30 percent over Safari 4. Strangely enough though, the links for downloading aren't live just yet, but you can wait for it to appear at www.apple.com/safari.

Update: The press release has been pulled by Apple. Stay tuned for another update!
Update 2: It's back! Download Safari 5 here.