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Version history

Safari version WebKit version Operating System Release date Features
0.8 48 Mac OS X 10.2 January 7, 2003 Public Beta. Initial release at Macworld conference.
0.9 73 Mac OS X 10.2 April 14, 2003 Public Beta 2. Tabbed browsing, forms and passwords autofill, browser reset (removes cookies, cache and so on), Netscape and Mozilla bookmarks importing, improved support for web standards, improved AppleScript support, more localizations.
1.0 85 Mac OS X 10.2 June 23, 2003 First non-beta release. Safari is now default Mac OS X browser, faster autotabs, support for iSync bookmark synchronization, all Mac OS X languages supported, more AppleScripts to control browser, improved support for web standards.
1.1 100 Mac OS X 10.3 October 24, 2003 Released with Mac OS X v10.3. Improved speed, improved support for web standards, improved CSS support.
1.2 125 Mac OS X 10.3 February 2, 2004 Improved compatibility with websites and web applications. Support for personal certificate authentication. Full keyboard access for navigation. Ability to resume interrupted downloads. LiveConnect support. XMLHttpRequest support.
1.3 312 Mac OS X 10.3 April 15, 2005 Released with 10.3.9. Included most of the rendering speed and website compatibility improvements that were developed for 2.0.
2.0 412 Mac OS X 10.4 April 29, 2005 Dubbed "Safari RSS." Released with Mac OS X v10.4. Improved rendering speed and website compatibility. Integrated RSS and Atom reader. Integrated PDF viewer. Private Browsing mode and Parental Controls. Saving Websites completely as Web Archives.

Safari 3.0 public beta

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Safari version WebKit version Operating System Release date Features
3.0 522.11 Mac OS X 10.4
Mac OS X 10.5
June 11, 2007 Public beta. Initial release at the Worldwide Developers Conference. Version for Mac OS X v10.4.9 and later. Improved searching within web pages. Drag and drop tabs, and the ability to save a group of tabs as a single bookmark. Live resizing of text input fields. Bonjour support for bookmarks. Initial SVG support.
3.0 522.11.3 Windows XP, Vista June 11, 2007 Public beta, first release for Windows XP and Windows Vista (not supported on Windows 2000, although it will run on it)[13][14]. Has same new features as the version for Mac OS-X.
3.0.1 522.11.3 Windows XP, Vista June 13, 2007 Public beta, second release for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Major security updates.
3.0.2 [15] 522.11 Mac OS X 10.4.10 June ?, 2007 Public beta, Safari build number is 522.12.
3.0.2 [15] 522.13.1 Windows XP, Vista June 22, 2007 Public beta, third release for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Will run on AMD and older Intel processors [citation needed]. Security updates.
3.0.3 522.15.5 Windows XP, Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later July 31, 2007 Public beta, fourth release for Windows XP and Windows Vista.