phonegeek 588 Report post Posted February 24, 2009 New Nitro Engine Runs JavaScript More Than Four Times Faster CUPERTINO, California—February 24, 2009—Apple® today announced the public beta of Safari® 4, the world's fastest and most innovative web browser for Mac® and Windows PCs. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3.* Innovative new features that make browsing more intuitive and enjoyable include Top Sites, for a stunning visual preview of frequently visited pages; Full History Search, to search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages; Cover Flow®, to easily flip through web history or bookmarks; and Tabs on Top, to make tabbed browsing easier and more intuitive. "Apple created Safari to bring innovation, speed and open standards back into web browsers, and today it takes another big step forward," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Safari 4 is the fastest and most efficient browser for Mac and Windows, with great integration of HTML 5 and CSS 3 web standards that enables the next generation of interactive web applications." Safari 4 is built on the world's most advanced browser technologies including the new Nitro JavaScript engine that executes JavaScript up to 30 times faster than IE 7 and more than three times faster than Firefox 3. Safari quickly loads HTML web pages three times faster than IE 7 and almost three times faster than Firefox 3.* Apple is leading the industry in defining and implementing innovative web standards such as HTML 5 and CSS 3 for an entirely new class of web applications that feature rich media, graphics and fonts. Safari 4 includes HTML 5 support for offline technologies so web-based applications can store information locally without an Internet connection, and is the first browser to support advanced CSS Effects that enable highly polished web graphics using reflections, gradients and precision masks. Safari 4 is the first browser to pass the Web Standards Project's Acid3 test, which examines how well a browser adheres to CSS, JavaScript, XML and SVG web standards that are specifically designed for dynamic web applications. Safari for Mac, Windows, iPhone™ and iPod® touch are all built on Apple's WebKit, the world's fastest and most advanced browser engine. Apple developed WebKit as an open source project to create the world's best browser engine and to advance the adoption of modern web standards. Most recently, WebKit led the introduction of HTML 5 and CSS 3 web standards and is known for its fast, modern code-base. The industry's newest browsers are based on WebKit including Google Chrome, the Google Android browser, the Nokia Series 60 browser and Palm webOS. Innovative new features in Safari 4 include: Top Sites, a display of frequently visited pages in a stunning wall of previews so users can jump to their favorite sites with a single click; Full History Search, where users search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages to easily return to sites they've seen before; Cover Flow, to make searching web history or bookmarks as fun and easy as paging through album art in iTunes®; Tabs on Top, for better tabbed browsing with easy drag-and-drop tab management tools and an intuitive button for opening new ones; Smart Address Field, that automatically completes web addresses by displaying an easy-to-read list of suggestions from Top Sites, bookmarks and browsing history; Smart Search Field, where users fine-tune searches with recommendations from Google Suggest or a list of recent searches; Full Page Zoom, for a closer look at any website without degrading the quality of the site's layout and text; built-in web developer tools to debug, tweak and optimize a website for peak performance and compatibility; and a new Windows-native look in Safari for Windows, that uses standard Windows font rendering and native title bar, borders and toolbars so Safari fits the look and feel of other Windows XP and Windows Vista applications. Pricing & Availability Safari 4 is a public beta for both Mac OS® X and Windows and is available immediately as a free download at www.apple.com/safari. Source Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted February 24, 2009 is safari available for windows ? or only for Mac ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asit 4 Report post Posted February 24, 2009 Safari 4 is a public beta for both Mac OS® X and Windows Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted February 25, 2009 Yes just downloaded safari and tried in windows, the page loading speed is simply SUPERB... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 Safari can’t use JavaScript for this action. Safari can’t run the script “void(0)” because Safari doesn’t allow JavaScript to be used in this way. got this for image verification in orkut photo comments.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 another problem while opening the browser, i get an alert, after clicking ok the browser opens and works.. the alert is "The procedure entry point is ThreadDesktopComposited could not be located in the dynamic link library user32.dll" have reported the bug to apple. but any suggestion to solve this immediately will be helpful.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FEVIN-RAJ 61 Report post Posted March 11, 2009 Is it a trial version .... dude ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted March 11, 2009 ^^^ only one version found in their site for windows seems to be BETA version Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted March 11, 2009 Overall Safar4 Beta is really good. User Interface with Animated Book Marks are good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greatest 55 Report post Posted March 12, 2009 .... downloading... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmanJ 1 Report post Posted March 12, 2009 i vouch for safari4 aswell, javascript works amazingly well. try opening nse/bse website on safari4 and ie/firefox simultaneously and u will c the diference. though i use it on my mac, but i suppose it'll b equally great on windows. Yes its' available on windows too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted March 14, 2009 can anyone help me to remove the attached error alert i get while opening safari.. i tried reinstallation but again same error comes... after this alert the safari works fine... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FEVIN-RAJ 61 Report post Posted March 16, 2009 me too facing some probs with safari ... sometimes the safari window gets stucks ...the same url is working fine with Internet explorer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted March 22, 2009 (edited) sometimes i get an alert message saying error occurred safari need to be closed.. screenshot attached.. surprisingly i was able to continue browsing in the same window by moving the alert box to monitor corner.. i guess this possibility is not available with any other browsers.. ie continue browsing even after error occurs.. Edited March 22, 2009 by savramesh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
