The world’s fastest browser, Safari has speed to burn. Why should you wait for pages to load? You want to see those search results, get the latest news, check current stock prices, right now. And Safari delivers, letting you wait less and browse more.
Safari is leading the way to a standards-based Internet. Standards matter. Before standards, every browser had its own play book. With standards, every browser’s on the same page. Great for developers, standards let them create sites that work on all browsers out of the box. Great for the browsing public, they ensure that you enjoy a great experience on every site you visit. And these technologies are free for anyone to use.
That’s why Apple has adopted and has taken an active role in defining standards, such as HTML5 and CSS3, that ensure consistency and push the boundaries of what’s possible on the web. Advancements in web standards mean that leading-edge Internet experiences — rich media and interactive graphics, for example — are available to everyone.
Safari was the first browser to support HTML5 audio and video tags. They allow developers to integrate media directly into standard web pages, reducing development time and leading to faster response for you. Full-screen and closed-caption support for HTML5 video lets developers deliver a richer and more accessible video experience. With geolocation support, websites can customize content for users who choose to share their location. And by supporting HTML5 offline technologies, Safari allows web-based applications to store information on your hard drive, so you can use them even without an Internet connection.
Safari was also the first browser to support CSS3 Animations, which bring a new level of interactivity to the web, and CSS Effects, which let developers add polish to websites by stylizing images and photos with eye-catching gradients, precise masks, and stunning reflections.
Apple has also consistently demonstrated its leadership in supporting the latest standards by passing both Acid 2 and Acid 3 before any other browser. Designed by the Web Standards Project, Acid tests confirm a browser’s ability to handle the latest web standards.
View demos that illustrate the capabilities of HTML5 and web standards
Innovation starts with WebKit, the technology at the heart of Safari. Powering Safari on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch and Safari on the Mac and PC, WebKit displays graphics, renders fonts, determines page layout, and supports the interactivity of the sites you visit on a daily basis.
Introduced by Apple engineers, WebKit simplifies web development and accelerates innovation. An open source engine, WebKit is free for anyone to use. In fact, right now an entire community of engineers is refining and streamlining the code to be faster and more reliable — all in the interest of making the web a better place. That’s teamwork on a very large scale, and the web is a better place for it.
Now used in more than 100 desktop and mobile products, WebKit has been adopted for use in Google Chrome and AOL Desktop for Mac. It’s used as the web rendering engine in Steam, Adobe Dreamweaver, and Microsoft Entourage. And it’s become the new standard for mobile browsers. WebKit powers Google Android, Nokia Series 60, and the Palm WebOS. On over 500 million devices, WebKit is pushing the possibilities of the modern web.
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