Outside the WWDC Apple released a new version of its Safari Internet browser. This latest version is 30% faster than the previous 3% faster than Chrome 5.0 and two times faster than Firefox 3.6. Remember that Apple is using the SunSpider test for measuring performance rendering engine WebKit.
One new feature is the player. Indeed, the application is able to recognize the type of websites visited. If you're on a magazine-type Clubic, a small button titled player will appear to the right of the address bar. Just click on it to extract the contents of the article and automatically hide the contextual ads and related links. The font, spacing and layout are then optimized for better screen reading.
According to Philips Schiller, senior vice president of Marketing for Apple, the browser is installed on 200 million devices around the world with a total of 500 million installations of the open source WebKit engine. In addition to the JavaScript engine optimization Nitro Safari improves cache management to return more quickly sites previously visited. Apple has also implemented new features of HTML5, including geo-location API, but also drag and drop native EventSource, WebSocket, Ruby and AJAX History.
Another interesting point: Safari should soon grow rich extensions. In fact, Apple has introduced a program inviting developers to concoct new features. They can "create buttons for the toolbar or their own bar. Change the display of web content. Add controls to Web pages. These extensions will be strictly based on web technologies HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. In this sense, Apple's efforts are similar to those of Mozilla and Google Chrome with Jetpack. To ensure maximum security, each of these extensions will receive a certificate and will have a dedicated process.
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