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Safari is the most popular Macintosh web browser. Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world. With its simple, elegant interface, Safari gets out of your way and lets you enjoy the web up to 4 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 and 2 times faster than Firefox.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 4.0.4:

This update is recommended for all Safari users and includes improvements to performance, stability, and security including:

  • Improved JavaScript performance
  • Improved Full History Search performance for users with a large number of history items
  • Stability improvements for 3rd-party plug-ins, the search field and Yahoo! Mail

REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4.11 or 10.5.7.
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Developer:Apple
Downloads:97,284
  - Version d/l:8,358
Internet:Browsers
License:Free
Date:11 Nov 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
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Jan 13 2010
*****

PUKKY  W Safari! Is the best. And beats the new Google Chrome. Is very stable and fast.

Good work!  
(Version 4.0.4)

praisebury
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Dec 15 2009
*****

KKNOPP  Works great, and is very mac-like. I have yet found any real bugs that effect performance yet. *Fingers Crossed*  
(Version 4.0.4)

praisebury
-1
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Nov 25 2009

JEFF H.  Well, at least this one Force-Quits faster than the last when it freezes...  
(Version 4.0.4)

praisebury
0
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Nov 21 2009

IGREG  Also, Shockwave Player does not seem to work in this 4.04v of Safari  
(Version 4.0.4)

praisebury
-3
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Nov 15 2009
**...

IGREG  Having more site display problems with this version of Safari. Current version of Camino displays pages better  
(Version 4.0.4)

praisebury
-3
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Nov 15 2009

PROGRAMHAPPY  Anybody else having a constant problem with the toolbar disappearing?  
(Version 4.0.4)

praisebury
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Nov 27 2009

JEFF H.  Yes, me too  
(Version 4.0.4)

praisebury
+1

Nov 12 2009

THUS.SPAKE.Z  Stated requirements for Safari 4.04 for Tiger requires OS 10.4.11 and Security Update 2009-002 or later. Available from Apple's Mac OS X software site. Just type in the Security Update that you want in the search window there.  
(Version 4.0.4)

praisebury
+5
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Nov 12 2009

TIMMYB  What I am saying is that Apple should be consistent in their update policy.

They skipped a very important security update for Tiger (the recent 2009-006) but then released this new version of Safari 4.0.4.

It creates the impression that Tiger is still supported, when in-fact it is not (and continuing to Surf the web with Safari 4.0.4 is NOT SAFE)  
(Version 4.0.4)

praisebury
-3

Nov 12 2009

TIMMYB  I really don't understand why Apple made this version available for systems prior to 10.5.x

This creates the impression that it is ok to use Safari on a 10.4.x system.

Unfortunately, this is not the case, since Apple did not release a Security Update 2009-006 for 10.4.

10.4.x now has several unpatched vulnerabilities which make it unfit for use.  
(Version 4.0.4)

praisebury
-3
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Nov 12 2009

THUS.SPAKE.Z  See above comment.  
(Version 4.0.4)

praisebury
+2
Jan 26 2010

RICHARD TAYTOR  Can you give specific details as to why it is more secure to run Safari 3 instead of Safari 4?  
(Version 4.0.4)

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0

Nov 12 2009

KATUZERO  But no fix for this bug.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2143627&start=0&tstart=0  
(Version 4.0.4)

praisebury
-1
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Nov 12 2009

GAZMAN  It's because Webkit, the engine that powers Safari, is a major system component.

I don't get this notion of people getting their nickers in a knot when a system update requires a restart - simply hold off on updating until a time when you can restart.  
(Version 4.0.4)

praisebury
+5
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