Apple Releases Safari 1.0

Apple today introduced Safari 1.0, completing the wildly successful beta program which had nearly five million downloads since its initial release on January 7th, 2003. Safari has become the browser of choice for millions of Mac users and will be the default browser for all newly-introduced Macintosh computers, starting with the Power Mac G5 announced today. Apple also released a software development kit that allows developers to embed the Safari HTML rendering engine directly into their applications.

The fastest Web browser ever created for the Mac, Safari re-energises thebrowser category through innovations like built-in Google search; SnapBackto instantly return to search results; a completely new way to name,organise and present bookmarks; tabbed browsing; and automatic ‘pop-up' ad blocking.

“Safari has reinvigorated the browser market with innovative features thatdeliver the best browsing experience on any platform”, said Steve Jobs,Apple's CEO. “Every Mac user should download Safari today and join themillions already using it”.

“Wells Fargo very much values all of our Mac customers, and we fully support the Safari 1.0 browser for access to our online financial services”, said Kevin Zaney, senior vice president, Wells Fargo Internet Services. “Using the Safari browser Mac users can take advantage of Wells Fargo Online to quickly and conveniently view all accounts in one place, manage investments and pay bills online”.

“Safari has become the pre-eminent Web browser at the Mac Publications Websites which see more than 2 million visitors a month”, said Rick LePage,president of Mac Publishing. “Representing more than 40 percent of thebrowsers hitting our sites, Safari has overtaken the long-time leader,Internet Explorer. This is an amazing achievement for a brand-new browser —overtaking the market leader in less than six months — and a testament toSafari's intelligent design and innovative feature set”.

“Macromedia is committed to helping developers create and deliver the bestdigital experience possible, and Safari's HTML engine is a great stepforward for the Mac developer community”, said Norm Meyrowitz, president ofProducts, Macromedia. “The engine will give developers the speed andcomprehensive Internet standards support they need for great renderingwithin their applications”.

Based on KHTML from KDE's Konqueror open source project, the Safarirendering engine delivers the best performance and standards compatibilityavailable on the Mac platform. Apple will continue to work closely with theopen source community and share its ongoing optimisations to the KHTML code.

Pricing & Availability:

Safari 1.0 is available immediately as a free download athttps://www.apple.com/ie/safari/, requires Mac OS X version 10.2 and is optimised for Mac OS X v10.2.3 or later. Safari 1.0 is localised for English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, French Canadian, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Korean and Simplified Chinese.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the AppleII and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience tostudents, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the worldthrough its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.

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