Safari 4.0.5 Released, Promises Even More Performance and Stability Than Ever Before
Posted 03/12/2010 at 5:49am
| by J.R. Bookwalter
If you weren’t by your Mac (or PC) on Thursday evening, you might have missed it: Apple released Safari 4.0.5, the latest version of their WebKit-based browser, which now promises even more performance, stability and security.
While you’re pondering that iPad preorder, why not take a visit to Apple’s Software Update and download the new Safari 4.0.5 update which Cupertino made available on Thursday night?
Weighing in at 30.52MB for Snow Leopard users, 38.59MB for Leopard users, 26.78MB for Tiger users or 30.18 for Windows 7, Vista or XP, the update “addresses a number of issues related to the browser, WebKit, ColorSync, ImageIO and more,”
according to AppleInsider.
The complete list of changes for Safari 4.0.5 include:
Performance improvements for Top Sites
Stability improvements for 3rd-party plug-ins
Stability improvements for websites with online forms and Scalable Vector Graphics
Fixes an issue that prevented Safari from changing settings on some Linksys routers
According to AppleInsider, the update also brings improved HTML5 video playback, faster JavaScript performance, better performance loading YouTube and an overall memory footprint, which would all be welcome. The release also includes “a much improved plugin manager aimed at reducing the number of crashes caused by plugins, including Adobe Flash.” That’s something we can all get excited about.
If you don’t want to run Software Update, the Safari 4.0.5 release is
also available directly from Apple’s website.
