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| Apple posts Safari 5 for OS X 10.5/10.6/Windows, Safari 4.1 for OS X 10.4 |
| Safari 5 for OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard (and windows) is available for download. (They've also released Safari 4.1 for Tiger with many similar improvements listed.)
"About Safari 5
This update contains new features including:
- Safari Reader: Click on the new Reader icon to view articles on the web in a single, clutter-free page.
- Improved Performance: Safari 5 executes JavaScript up to 25% faster than Safari 4. Better page caching and DNS prefetching speed up browsing.
- Bing Search Option: New Bing search option for Safari's Search Field, in addition to Google and Yahoo!.
- Improved HTML5 support: Safari supports over a dozen new HTML5 features, including Geolocation, full screen for HTML5 video, closed captions for HTML5 video, new sectioning elements (article, aside, footer, header, hgroup, nav and section), HTML5 AJAX History, EventSource, WebSocket, HTML5 draggable attribute, HTML5 forms validation, and HTML5 Ruby.
- Safari Developer Tools: A new Timeline Panel in the Web Inspector shows how Safari interacts with a website and identifies areas for optimization. New keyboard shortcuts make it faster to switch between panels.
Other improvements include:
- Smarter Address Field: The Smart Address Field can now match text against the titles of webpages in History and Bookmarks, as well as any part of their URL.
- Tabs Setting: Automatically open new webpages in tabs instead of in separate windows.
- Hardware Acceleration for Windows: Use the power of the computer's graphics processor to smoothly display media and effects on PC as well as Mac.
- Search History with Date: A new date indicator in Full History Search shows when webpages were viewed.
- Top Sites/History Button: Switch easily between Top Sites and Full History Search with a new button that appears at the top of each view.
- Private Browsing Icon: A "Private" icon appears in the Smart Address Field when Private Browsing is on. Click on the icon to turn off Private Browsing.
- DNS Prefetching: Safari looks up the addresses of links on webpages and can load those pages faster.
- Improved Page Caching: Safari can add additional types of webpages to the cache so they load quickly.
- XSS Auditor: Safari can filter potentially malicious scripts used in cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
- Improved JavaScript Support: Safari allows web applications that use JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) to run faster and more securely.
For more information about fixes that improve performance, stability and compatibility, please see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4134 ('about safari 5')
For detailed information on the security content of this update, please visit this site: About Apple Security Updates."
As I'm posting this the apple security updates page doesn't have a doc linked on this yet, but here's the doc with details About the security content of Safari 5.0 and Safari 4.1.
Even though I have no 3rd party browser addons, I'm going to wait awhile before I update to v5 on my main work machine. (Just a reminder that 3rd party addons can cause problems with updated browsers.)
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| iPhone 4 launched at WWDC |
Apple's now updated their iPhone product pages for the new iPhone 4. As rumored w/A4 chip, a 5MP camera w/backlit sensor (for better low-light), 720P HD recording, 960-by-640 "Retina" display, LED Flash, Video calling ("facetime" - currently via WiFi only to other iPhone 4's), a 3-axis Gyro, 802.11N and Multitasking (via iOS 4).
Preorders start June 15th, available June 24th. Prices (US) are $199 (16GB)/$299 (32GB) w/2yr contract. (The OS 4 update is GM today and available to developers at WWDC. Public release is June 21st.)
I was reading Fortune's Live Coverage of WWDC Keynote. (The quote "That's more magical than unicorn poop." made me LOL...)
I was hoping for some word on new Macs (i.e. new mac pro, macbook air) and still hoping for some news on new graphics cards for macs. No announcement yet on the rumored $99 (iOS4 based, cloud) AppleTV either. |
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| New Asus O!Play (Media player) Firmware |
| I've not yet updated my O!Play Air but posting a FYI on new firmware. (FYI - as of June 11th the firmware versions were updated again - same change notes however.)
Here's the change list for the Air model (R1 similar) - no changes apparently from v1.15 to 1.16
"O!Play Air firmware update
- Add 5000 Internet TV Channels
- Add RSS News
- Add stock inquiry
- Add support for wireless headset (only ASUS HS-1000W is capable for current)
- Add support for external optical disk drive with homemade VCD/DVD (only ASUS SDRW-0D1S-U is capable for current)
Adding this to the previous page here with reader feedback on Oplay and WDTV Live media players.
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