Apple's Safari 5 hits Mac and Windows

Steve Jobs unveiling the iPhone 4 was not the only news emerging from Apple’s WWDC. Apple also declared the launch of their Safari 5 web browser which they expected to offer Mac users a 30% performance increase as compared to its previously released version. It comes with the Safari Reader and allows users to select Google, Bing or Yahoo! as the search service supplementing Safari’s search field. The download is now available on the Apple's website.

The browser has many new cool things aimed to 'Improve the way you view the web. And powerful new tools to help developers enhance and customize the browsing experience altogether.' 

The new Safari 5 includes the following new features :-

Safari Reader

Safari Reader removes annoying ads and other visual distractions from online articles. So you get the whole story and nothing but the story. It works like this: As you browse the web, Safari detects if you’re on a web page with an article. Click the Reader icon in the Smart Address Field, and the article appears instantly in one continuous, clutter-free view. You see every page of the article — whether two or twenty. Onscreen controls let you email, print, and zoom. Change the size of the text, and Safari remembers it the next time you view an article in Safari Reader.

Even Greater HTML5 Support

Web standards are the future of the Internet. The world’s most innovative browser, Safari continues to lead the way in support for HTML5. Safari 5 supports over a dozen new HTML5 features that allow developers to create interactive content and media experiences that work right in the browser — without the need for third-party plug-ins.

Better Performance

The world’s fastest web browser gets an engine upgrade. Enhancements to the Nitro Engine in Safari 5 mean you experience web browsing at greater speeds than before. Powered by the Nitro JavaScript engine, Safari 5 on the Mac runs JavaScript up to 30 percent faster than Safari 4, 3 percent faster than Chrome 5.0, and over twice as fast as Firefox 3.6.