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User-friendly internet browser that helps you search and navigate the world wide web

User-friendly internet browser that helps you search and navigate the world wide web

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What is Safari

Safari is a web browser that allows you to search the Internet and view web pages. Safari is a browser designed by Apple, but it is available to download on Windows as well. The newest version has become more stable than the first version that was available for Windows.

Safari 5 includes all the basic features of a web browser as well as some great new features designed to make browsing easier and quicker. It includes improved HTML5 support, faster loading times and a new Reader icon.

You can easily download or upgrade to the current version of Safari quickly so that you can enjoy its new interface. Once the download has completed, you will notice that it has many of the features from the old version as well as the new features.

The browser has tabs to allow moving from one page to another and a new Cover Flow, which allows you to go through your bookmarked sites like you see on iTunes. Safari's unique Top Sites feature allows you to view thumbnails of your most visited webpages in one screen. You can also lock your favorite websites into specific locations on the Top Sites so that you can get to your pages quickly. The Top Sites also tells you which websites have new content on them by displaying a star in the corner of the thumbnail.

Cover Flow allows you to browse your bookmarks, which shows you the full page the way it looked when you last visited the page. You can flip through the bookmarks the same way you flip through albums on iTunes, making it easier to find the website you were looking for. Also, the search history allows you to search for a specific term and shows you every website that has that term on it that you have previously been to.

The new Safari also has quicker loading times, and it claims that Javascript is 25 percent faster than the previous version. It even loads sites that take up a lot of resources quicker. There are not that many plugins available on the latest version of Safari. Safari is a great browser to view websites quickly, but there are still some stability issues that need to be worked out.

Pros

  • Contains popular features on previous versions
  • Tabbed browsing allows you to switch between pages quickly
  • Top pages show you the websites you visit most frequently
  • Shows which top pages have new content since your last visit
  • Cover Flow allows you to see full pages of your bookmarks
  • Loads quicker than previous versions
  • Search history helps you find pages quicker
  • Private browsing mode

Cons

  • Not many plugins available
  • Plugins may not work with the latest version
  • Third-party programs may not work
  • Cannot change the font in Reader
  • Stability issues present in newest version