Safari Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Slew of updates include Java, Safari, iPhoto and Aperture

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 16th, 2013)

Apple decided to push a lot of updates this afternoon, most of them related to a Java update that disables the Java SE 6 applet plug-in. By disabling the plug-in, Apple is allowing consumers to re-enable it on a case-by-case basis. Apple has ...

Net Applications: Safari still the top mobile browser

by Steven Sande (Apr 3rd, 2013)

According to the latest data from Net Applications, Apple's Safari still dominates mobile browser web traffic. As reported by John Paczkowski at AllThingsD, Safari for iOS grabbed 61.79 percent of all mobile browser web traffic in March of 2013, ...

Apple blocking older version of Flash Player plug-in on Safari

by Steven Sande (Mar 1st, 2013)

Apple announced today that they've updated the web plug-in-blocking mechanism in Safari on OS X to disable older versions of the Adobe Flash Player. The move is a way to protect users from a recent vulnerability that took advantage of an older ...

Google accused of tracking iPhone users, up to 10m could sue in the UK

by Steven Sande (Jan 28th, 2013)

The Guardian is reporting that Google may be hit with a slew of lawsuits over the company's clandestine monitoring of Britons who use the Safari web browser on iPhones, iPads and Macs. Google admits that it bypassed Safari security settings ...

TUAW Bookshelf: iPod Evolution

by Steven Sande (Jan 26th, 2013)

The iPod is the member of the Apple family that is overshadowed by the newer, more popular kids on the block. Yet it was the iPod that was the "gateway drug" for many of today's Apple fans, opening the eyes of a generation to how consumer ...

Apple Safari is 10 years old today

by Steven Sande (Jan 7th, 2013)

Sniff. Those children of ours get so old so quickly... Today is the 10th birthday of Apple's Safari web browser, so have a little cake or maybe propose a toast to the default Mac and iOS browser. The first version of Safari was released as a ...

How Apple's Safari was kept a secret

by Mike Wehner (Jan 4th, 2013)

How do you build and test a new web browser when nobody in the world -- outside of the tiny development team -- is allowed to know of its existence? Very carefully, according to Safari engineer Don Melton, who detailed some of the finer points of ...

iOS 6 JavaScript bug could affect mobile Safari users

by Mike Wehner (Dec 21st, 2012)

If you've used Safari on your iOS 6 device lately, you've probably noticed the new app banners that pop up on several sites whenever that site has a related app. But as AppleInsider reports, it looks like the new banners have the ability to meddle ...