Apple Releases Safari Beta 2

Apple today released Safari Beta 2, an updated beta version of the Safari browser that delivers highly requested features including tabbed browsing and AutoFill forms. Safari is now the browser of choice for millions of Mac users with more than two million downloads since its free public beta release on January 7th, 2003. Safari is the fastest Web browser ever created for the Mac, and re-energises the browser category in general with innovations like built-in Google search; SnapBack to instantly return to search results; a completely new way to name, organise and present bookmarks; and automatic “pop-up” ad blocking.

“Safari is already an incredible success, with more than 2 million downloads since its launch”, said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. “Safari has brought innovation back to the browser market and now we are making it even better”.

Building on the innovative features delivered with the first Safari publicbeta, Safari Beta 2 popularises the most convenient way to see and switchbetween multiple Web pages in a single window by bringing the latest browserinnovation to Safari-tabbed browsing. The new AutoFill feature makes Webform completion incredibly easy by using information from the Address Bookor previous forms to automatically fill in name, street address, city,postcode, email and other information. The updated beta also provides theoption of automatically filling in user names and passwords, which aresecurely stored in the Mac OS X Keychain.

Because protecting personal information on public computers is essential,Safari Beta 2 introduces the Reset Safari option that erases browsinghistory, empties the cache, clears the Downloads window, removes cookies,clears Google search entries and removes any saved names and passwords orother AutoFill text. Additional Safari Beta 2 features and enhancementsinclude: easy import of Netscape and Mozilla bookmarks, increased supportfor AppleScript, enhanced standards compatibility for improved Web browsingand expanded language support for Japanese, French and German.

Safari is powered by the industry's best rendering engine based on KHTML,from KDE's Konqueror open source project, and Apple continues to contributeto and work closely with the open source community. Safari related sessionsplanned for the upcoming Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, June 23-27,in San Francisco will help developers learn how to factor Safari technologyin to their applications. For more information on conference tracks,exhibits and registration visit https://102.p.syniva.es/wwdc/.

Pricing & Availability:

The Safari Beta 2 release is available immediately for free download athttps://102.p.syniva.es/ie/safari.

Safari requires Mac OS X version 10.2 and is optimised for Mac OS X v10.2.3or later. Safari Beta 2 is a compact 3.9MB download and is localised forEnglish, Japanese, French and German. The final version of Safari will bemade available later in 2003.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the AppleII and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience tostudents, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the worldthrough its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.

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