Apple Announces fastest web browser Safari 4

February 25, 2009 · Filed Under News · Comment

Apple on Tuesday announced the public beta of Safari 4 boasting it to be the fastest web browser. Built on the world’s most advanced browser technologies, according to Apple, Safari 4 loads HTML web pages three times faster than IE 7 and also three times faster than Firefox 3. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than its earlier version, Safari 3.

Whether on a Mac, PC, iPhone, or iPod touch, Safari 4 aims at redefining the browser, providing the most pleasant mode to experience the Internet.

One of the newly added 150 innovative features include Top Sites, a visual preview of the most frequently visited pages; complete history search, search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages.

Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing has this to say, “Apple created Safari to bring innovation, speed and open standards back into web browsers, and today it takes another big step forward. 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 also includes HTML 5 support for offline technologies. Safari 4 is also 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.
Safari 4 is available immediately as a free download at http://www.apple.com/safari

Tags: Apple, Firefox 3, IE7, iPhone, iPod, JavaScript, Mac, Safari 4, Top Sites