Browser "Safari": description and possibilities

Safari can be defined as a web browser that was created by Apple and comes complete with the operating system Mac OS X, as well as iOS. The application was first introduced to the world on January 7, 2003, it is currently the default program on Apple devices (since the release of Mac OS X v10.3). Also the browser "Safari" is "native" for iOS.

Until 1997, Macintosh computers used Netscape Navigator or Cyberdog. Later appeared Internet Explorer for Mac OS, which by default became the browser for the eighth version of Mac OS under the terms of the agreement concluded between Microsoft and Apple for five years. During this time, Microsoft released three versions of Internet Explorer for Mac, which came with versions 8 and 9. Despite this, Apple still used Netscape Navigator as an alternative.

As already mentioned above, Steve Jobs announced in January 2003 that the company had developed its own browser, which was released under the name Safari. It was based on an engine called WebKit. After that, the application was repeatedly upgraded and supplemented and today offers many useful functions. The main ones that make the Safari browser very convenient are:

- Ability to save a web page with video files for viewing on Apple Dashboard (for Mac OS X).

- Variable size of the search bar in the toolbar, which allows you to make a choice between Google, Yahoo! Or Bing.

- Automatic filling of web forms ("autocomplete").

- Integration of bookmarks with the address book.

- Built-in password management (for Mac OS X).

- History of searching and creating bookmarks.

- Expandable text fields.

- Manage bookmarks.

- Support ICC color profile (from version 4).

- Built-in PDF viewer.

- Integration of IPhoto.

- Blocking pop-up ads.

- Integration of mail.

- Support for tabs.

- Search by text.

- Support for HTML5.

In addition, the most famous plug-in Safari is Cocoa. He uses the Apple engine to render web pages and works with JavaScript. In turn, WebKit consists of WebCore (based on Konqueror HTML) and JavaScriptCore (originally based on JavaScript in KDE, later using KJS).

Prior to version 6.0, the Safari browser did not have a built-in web feed supporting RSS and Atom standards. The current capabilities of the program are such that they allow you to perform private browsing (a mode in which information about the user's web activity is not recorded, this data is not saved in the session history).

In addition, the browser "Safari" suggests using a security function that allows you to block the transfer of data about the user when visiting sites. In new versions of the application, you added a bookmark search and the ability to integrate all the tabs of the Mac and iOS devices through an Icloud account.

Starting with version 4, the "Safari" browser for Windows XP became available, offering users of this OS almost the same capabilities as for their native "shell". However, subsequently the support of this application for Microsoft products was discontinued due to the small popularity and the presence of a large number of competitors.

Currently, the program is used exclusively for devices manufactured by Apple: both on computers and smartphones. Due to constant updates, today it will be easy to find and install the Safari browser in Russian with the newest version. The latter, by the way, contains much more features than the previous ones, and the developers do not intend to stop there.