Apple Releases Safari 3.1
March 18th, 2008
Apple today introduced Safari 3.1, the world’s fastest web browser for Mac and Windows PCs. Apple claims that Safari loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2. Safari also runs JavaScript up to six times faster than other browsers, and is the first browser to support the latest innovative web standards needed to deliver the next generation of highly interactive Web 2.0 experiences. Safari 3.1 is available immediately as a free download here for both Mac OS X and Windows.
“Safari 3.1 for Mac and Windows is blazingly fast, easy to use and features an elegant user interface,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “And best of all, Safari supports the latest audio, video and animation standards for an industry-leading Web 2.0 experience.”
Safari 3.1 is the first browser to support the new video and audio tags in HTML 5 and the first to support CSS Animations. Safari also supports CSS Web Fonts, giving designers limitless choices of fonts to create stunning new web sites.
On a related note, Safari was the first browser to pass the Acid2 test and the latest nightly WebKit builds suggest Apple is well on the way to being the first company to release a browser that will achieve a perfect score on the Acid3 test.
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