Safari

Safari is one of the KHTML and WebKit-based browsers which can be availed as a portion of the Mac OS. The developer of Safari is the renowned Apple Incorporation.

Features of Safari

Some of the important features of Safari are:

Safari utilizes the user interface characterized by the brushed metal feature of Apple.

It possesses a bookmark management plan, whose function is similar to that of the jukebox software from iTunes.

It integrates the multimedia technology of QuickTime from Apple.

It has a similar tabbed browsing interface feature like that of Firefox and Opera.

The standard part of the interface of Safari is the search box from Google.

Safari also has software services which can fill web forms automatically, spell check the text that is entered into the fields of web pages and also handle passwords through “Keychain”.

Safari has an integrated feature that blocks pop-up ads. It also includes an image blocker that is configurable.

Usage of Safari

The release of Safari has increased the shares in browser usage. The usage share of Safari for the month of May in 2007 was 3% Safari comes as the default browser of Mac OS v 10.3 or Panther and is bundled with the iPhone mobile gizmo and Mac OS X v10.4 or Tiger.