Safari 4

In WWDC Postscript, Apple Announces Safari 5 Launch

John Paczkowski in News on June 7, 2010 at 3:34 pm PT

Among the Apple rumors that failed to materialize during CEO Steve Jobs’s WWDC keynote address this morning was Safari 5, the next iteration of the company’s Web browser. But shortly after 3 pm PT, an Apple news release announcing the launch appeared on the PR Newswire site, only to vanish after about 10 minutes and reappear about an hour later.

Using Private Browsing in Internet Explorer

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on July 23, 2009 at 10:32 am PT

Readers ask about the Internet Explorer private browsing mode, the Apple Safari Web browser and add-on software to search for documents.

Safari 4 More Popular Among Window Users Than Mac Users

John Paczkowski in News on June 12, 2009 at 7:35 am PT

Apple claims that Safari 4 is “the world’s fastest” Web browser. That may or may not be true, but certainly its speedy market share gains are impressive, particularly among Windows users. Apple said Friday that more than 11 million copies of the new browser have been downloaded in the first three days of its release, including more than six million downloads by Windows users.

A Stylus for the iPhone

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on March 11, 2009 at 3:04 pm PT

Walt answers questions about using a stylus with an iPhone and offers suggestions for improving typing accuracy with the virtual keyboard. He also explains how to change Apple’s Safari 4 beta so that it looks and works more like the previous version.

Faster, Safari! Kill! Kill!

John Paczkowski in News on February 24, 2009 at 8:08 am PT

Apple touts Safari 4, released as a public beta this morning, as the world’s fastest Web browser for Mac and Windows PCs, and after using it for a short time, it’s tough to disagree. Safari 4 is fast–three times as fast as Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 3, if Apple’s typically hyperbolic claims are to be believed.