It was later replaced by Microsoft's Internet Explorer for Mac within Mac OS 8.1 under the five-year agreement between Apple and Microsoft.

Prior to 1997, Apple's Macintosh computers were shipped with the browsers Netscape Navigator and Cyberdog. Pictured from left to right: Netscape Navigator, Cyberdog and Internet Explorer for Mac were the predecessors of Safari. Safari was then used by 9.61 percent of desktop computers worldwide. In May 2022, Safari became the third most popular desktop browser after being overtaken by Microsoft Edge. The Safari Developer Program, which granted members the privilege to develop extensions for the browser, was available for US$99 per year. It received criticism for its approach to software distribution and its past limitations of ad blockers. In the Pwn2Own contest at the 2008 CanSecWest security conference, Safari caused Mac OS X to be the first OS to fall in a hacking competition. The fifteenth version (July 2021) is the current revision, featuring a redesigned interface.Īpple used a remotely updated plug-in blacklist license to prevent potentially dangerous or vulnerable plugins from running on Safari. The fourteenth version, released in November 2020, was over 50% faster than Google Chrome according to Apple. The thirteenth version included various privacy and application updates such as the FIDO2 USB security key authentication and web Apple Pay support. In the eleventh version (September 2017), it added support for Intelligent Tracking Prevention.

The fifth version (June 2010) introduced a less distracted page reader, extension, and developer tools it was also the final version for Windows. The third generation (January 2007) brought compatibility to the iPhone via iPhone OS 1, while the Macintosh edition was topped with the fastest browser performance at that time. Safari was introduced within Mac OS X Panther in January 2003, and as of 2021, has progressed through fifteen major versions. It is supported on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS a Windows version was offered from 2007 to 2012. It succeeded Netscape Navigator, Cyberdog and Internet Explorer for Mac as the default web browser for Macintosh computers.

It is primarily based on open-source software, and mainly WebKit. Safari is a graphical web browser developed by Apple.

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