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Safari 5.0 and Mac OS 10.6.4 to be announced/released at WWDC?

by David Winograd Jun 5th 2010 at 3:00PM

According to French Apple news site Macgeneration, Safari 5.0 will be released at WWDC. We usually don't post non-verified information, but I think that this might be true since we were sent specific release notes. With the understanding that this is a rumor, albeit a very good one, here's what Safari 5.0 purportedly contains:
  • Safari Reader: Click on the new Reader icon to view articles on the web in a single clutter-free page.
  • Improved Performance: Safari 5 executes Javascript up to 25% faster than Safari 4. Better page caching and DNS prefetching speed up browsing.
  • Bing Search Option: New Bing search option for Safari's Search Field, in addition to Google and Yahoo.
  • Improved HTML5 support: Safari supports over a dozen new HTML5 features including Geolocation, full screen for HTML5 video, closed caption for HTML5 video, new sectioning elements (article, aside footer, header, hgroup, nav and section), HTML5, AJAX History, EventSource, WebSocket, HTML 5 draggable attribute, HTML 5 forms validation, and HTML 5 Ruby.
  • Safari Developer Tools: A new Timeline Panel in the Web Inspector shows how Safari interacts with a web site and identifies areas for optimization. New keyboard shortcuts make it aster to switch between panels.
  • Smarter Address Field: The Smart Address Field can now match text against the titles of web pages in History and Bookmarks, as well as any part of their URL.
  • Tab Settings: Automatically open new webpages in tabs instead of in separate windows.
  • Hardware Acceleration for Windows: Use the power of the computer's graphics processor to smoothly display media and effects on PC, as well as Mac.
  • Search History with Date: A new date indicator in Full History Search shows when web pages were viewed.
  • Top Sites/History Button: Switch easily between Top Sites and Full History Search with a new button that appears at the top of each view.
  • Private Browsing Icon: A "Private" icon appears in the Smart Address Field when Private Browsing is on. Click on the icon to turn off Private Browsing.
  • DNS Prefetching: Safari looks at the addresses of links on web pages and can load those pages faster.
  • Improved Page Caching: Safari can add additional types of web pages to the cache so they load quickly.
  • XSS Auditor: Safari can filter potentially malicious scripts used in cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
  • Improved JavaScript Support: Safari allows web applications that use JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) to run faster and more securely.
It was also reported that Safari 5 contains some other features not mentioned above. Additionally, release notes were posted for Mac OS 10.6.4 which we were told has already been distributed in house, with the server version passing golden master status. It looks like a minor update. Here are the release notes sent to us:

The 10.6.4 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:
  • resolve an issue that causes the keyboard or trackpad to become unresponsive
  • resolve an issue that may prevent some Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications from opening
  • address issues copying, renaming or deleting files on SMB servers
  • improve reliability of VPN connections
  • resolve a playback issue in DVD Player when using Good Quality deinterlacing
  • resolve an issue editing photos with iPhoto or Aperture in full screen view
  • improve compatibility with some braille displays
And that's what we were sent. My inclination is to believe it since Macgenerations is in French and the release notes were in perfect English, and the text seems consistent with other Apple release notes. Macgenerations tells us that this is verified and that they are not a rumor site but have been reporting Apple news for the last ten years.

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John

"Smarter Address Field: The Smart Address Field can now match text against the titles of web pages in History and Bookmarks, as well as any part of their URL."

YES! One major reason I still use firefox!

Also, make f5 refresh, not cmd+r!

June 07 2010 at 10:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Duane

Wow, you know things are getting ugly between Apple and Google when Apple gives you BING as an alternative.

June 07 2010 at 10:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
R94N

Neat, I was wondering when 10.6.4 was going to come out. They've been testing it since March.

June 07 2010 at 7:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
no name

knowing Apple, this will not have any more extension "support" than it already has. And that is the major reason i do not use it.

June 06 2010 at 10:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nicola

Still no updates for the built-in flickr uploader plugin in iPhoto....:(

June 06 2010 at 4:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ricardo.filipe.saraiva

Safari 5 will be based in WebKit2.

"WebKit2 is designed from the ground up to support a split process model, where the Web content (JavaScript, HTML, layout, etc) lives in a separate process," wrote Apple developer Anders Carlsson to WebKit's public mailing list on April 8, 2010. "This model is similar to what Google Chrome offers, with the major difference being that we have built the process split model directly into the framework, allowing other clients to use it."

June 06 2010 at 1:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MRBlue

One thing that's been a constant annoyance with Safari is that you can only open a link in a new tab if you right-click it. This is why I use Firefox. This probably wouldn't be a big deal but I prefer to use the track pad which means I have to right-click, select "Open in New Tab" then actually click on the tab since it doesn't automatically go to the new open tab.

Even IE 8 has the ability to have new tabs open in the same window. You'd think that Apple would be the first one to implement this with the constant minimalist design of OS X.

There are still things I like in Safari over Firefox and Chrome and if they do happen to address this minor inconvenience it'll make me love the browser that much more.

June 06 2010 at 12:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Victor

They have this thing... it's called the internet and it will help solve almost every problem you have.

http://secrets.blacktree.com/

After install just click "open all new window links in tabs." Problem solved.

I do understand your pain. Safari should support this out of the box... they should also give users the option to have tabs on top dammit!

June 06 2010 at 3:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Victor

Sorry.... download the prefpane application from that website. It will install a new pane in your preferences and you can adjust a bunch of applicants hidden prefs.

June 06 2010 at 3:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matt

I hope they have tabs on top like safari 4 beta.

June 06 2010 at 11:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Christian Williamson

i think you got trolled

June 05 2010 at 8:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
iPad Weekly

Safari 5 doesn't seem to be worth writing home about. Every browser claims a faster JavaScript engine.. Doesn't quite seem worthy of a keynote mention unless Jobs has something better to talk about.

iPad Weekly - http://www.ipadweek.ly/

June 05 2010 at 7:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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