Safari

Safari is a web browser developed by Apple. It is built into Apple's operating systems, including macOS, iOS, iPadOS and visionOS, and uses Apple's open-source browser engine WebKit, which was derived from KHTML.
Safari was introduced in Mac OS X Panther in January 2003. It has been included with the iPhone since the first generation iPhone in 2007. At that time, Safari was the fastest browser on the Mac. Between 2007 and 2012, Apple maintained a Windows version, but abandoned it due to low market share. In 2010, Safari 5 introduced a reader mode, extensions, and developer tools. Safari 11, released in 2017, added Intelligent Tracking Prevention, which uses artificial intelligence to block web tracking. Safari 13 added support for Apple Pay, and authentication with FIDO2 security keys. Its interface was redesigned in Safari 15.
==Features==
Features of Safari web browser include:
*HTML5 - Safari pioneered several HTML5 features that are now standard, such as the Canvas API.
*Ease of use
*Privacy
*Intelligent Tracking Prevention - Prevents trackers from following users across the web.
*Plugin support - Apple used a remotely updated plug-in blacklist to prevent potentially dangerous or vulnerable plugins from running on Safari. Initially, Flash and Java contents were blocked on some early versions of Safari.
*Third-party extensions
*Tab Groups
* Bookmark and reading list synchronization across devices through iCloud
*Spelling and grammar check tools
*Download Manager
*Developer tools
*Continuity - Safari supports the Handoff feature, which allows users to continue where they left off on another device."Apple Handoff lets Macs and iPhones share files, phone calls, and more" - The Verge, June 2, 2014
==Versions==
===macOS===
Version compatibility for macOS operating system.
Operating system version 	Latest Safari version 	Support
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar 	1.0.3 (August 13, 2004) 	2003-2004
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther 	1.3.2 (January 11, 2006) 	2003-2006
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger 	4.1.3 (November 18, 2010) 	2005-2010
Mac OS X Leopard 	5.0.6 (July 20, 2011) 	2007–2011
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard	5.1.10 (September 12, 2013)	2009–2013
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion 	6.1.6 (August 13, 2014) 	2011–2014
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion 	6.2.8 (August 13, 2015) 	2012–2015
OS X 10.9 Mavericks 	9.1.3 (September 1, 2016) 	2013–2016
OS X 10.10 Yosemite 	10.1.2 (July 19, 2017) 	2014–2017
OS X 10.11 El Capitan 	11.1.2 (July 9, 2018) 	2015–2018
macOS 10.12 Sierra 	12.1.2 (July 22, 2019) 	2016–2019
macOS 10.13 High Sierra 	13.1.2 (July 15, 2020) 	2017–2020
macOS 10.14 Mojave 	14.1.2 (September 13, 2021)	2018–2021
macOS 10.15 Catalina 	15.6.1 (August 18, 2022) 	2019–2022
macOS 11 Big Sur 	16.6.1 (September 21, 2023)	2020–2023
macOS 12 Monterey 	17.5 (May 13, 2024) 	Since 2023
macOS 13 Ventura 	17.5 (May 13, 2024) 	Since 2023
macOS 14 Sonoma 	17.5 (May 13, 2024) 	Since 2023
===Microsoft Windows===
Version compatibility for Microsoft Windows operating system.
Operating system version	Latest Safari version 	Support
Windows 2000 	3.1.2 (June 19, 2008) 	Unofficial
Windows XP RTM, SP1 	4.0.3 (August 11, 2009)	2007–2009
Windows XP SP2, SP3 	5.1.7 (May 9, 2012) 	2007–2012
Windows Vista 	5.1.7 (May 9, 2012) 	2007–2012
Windows 7 	5.1.7 (May 9, 2012) 	2009–2012
Windows 8 	5.1.7 (May 9, 2012) 	Unofficial
Windows 10 	5.1.7 (May 9, 2012) 	Unofficial
Windows 11 	5.1.7 (May 9, 2012) 	Unofficial
==Architecture==
On macOS, Safari is a Cocoa application. It uses Apple's WebKit for rendering web pages and running JavaScript. WebKit consists of WebCore (based on Konqueror's KHTML engine) and JavaScriptCore (originally based on KDE's JavaScript engine, named KJS). Like KHTML and KJS, WebCore and JavaScriptCore are free software and released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. Some Apple improvements to the KHTML code were merged back into the Konqueror project. Apple has also released some additional codes under the open source 2-clause BSD-like license.https://web.archive.org/web/20090812011020/http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CocoaFundamentals/WhatIsCocoa/WhatIsCocoa.html
The version of Safari included in Mac OS X v10.6 (and later versions) is compiled for 64-bit architecture. Apple claimed that running Safari in 64-bit mode would increase rendering speeds by up to 50%."iOS 7 will be 64-bit, just like the iPhone 5s' new A7 chip" - Engadget (September 10, 2013)
==External Links==
*Safari in Wikipedia.
==References==
Category:Web browsers