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It seems more and more web users are, with the internet research company NetApplications recording a steady rise in Safari's browser market share over the past year.
The Apple internet browser is a healthy third after Microsoft Internet Explorer and the open-source Firefox – not bad for a Mac-only application.
The latest figures from NetApplications show Safari has a 4.7 per cent share of web browsers, behind Firefox on 14 per cent and Internet Explorer, which has slipped to just under 80 per cent. Safari was up over 50 per cent on its 3.1 per cent market share of a year ago.
Safari's surge was accompanied by a similar increase in online market share for the Mac overall, which accounted for 6.2 per cent.
Web browser market share is a more reliable indicator of the Mac's install base than quarterly sales figures, as PC users are thought to replace their machines more often than Mac users due to virus and spyware issues. It also excludes the many Windows machines used as cash registers and dumb terminals.
Also, the Mac's share of the home user market is likely higher than browser statistics suggest, as many Mac owners use PCs at work, thus registering a 'vote' for Windows as well.
With web browsing becoming the main task of many computer users, browser choice is critical. Apple developed Safari, based on the Konqueror KHTML code base, when Microsoft axed Internet Explorer for Mac. With tabbed browsing and a smooth Mac-like interface, Safari has in a few short years gained a reputation as the best web browser on any platform.
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It hasn't been a smooth ride, however. With Microsoft's Internet Explorer dominating the web until recently, Mac users have felt like second-class citizens, encountering websites that don't support non-Microsoft browsers.
However the situation has improved with Safari and Firefox gaining market share at the expense of IE. Now, with one in five internet users on a non-Microsoft browser, webmasters ignore them at their peril.
Safari's market share will grow even more when Apple releases the iPhone, which features a fully fledged version of the browser.
But despite its surge in popularity, Safari isn't without its critics. Some users have found it bogs down after a while, requiring a relaunch (or cache purge) to get it back to speed.
Some also have complained it lacks some features of other browsers, such as search bar plug-ins for sites other than Google, and PDF thumbnails of recently visited web pages. Safari add-ons like Saft and SafariStand have sprung up to cater to these requests.
And controversially, while Safari comes free with every new Mac, each major revision requires the user to upgrade the entire operating system. For instance, Safari 3, with its 'WebClip' feature for making a Dashboard widget from any web pages, will only be available with Mac OS X Leopard when it ships in the next few months.
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However, for those willing to risk a less-than-stable browsing experience, the Safari team's 'nightly builds' are available as a free stand-alone install from nightly.webkit.org. For the technically inclined, the Surfin' Safari weblog (webkit.org/blog) is a good journal of the Safari progress.
Despite its relatively small user base, the Mac actually boasts the most number of web browsers of any platform, mainly due to the fierce dedication of its software developers. Some alternatives to Safari include:
Firefox: The second most popular browser in the world is also available for Mac, and offers features Safari doesn't, such as plug-ins for searching pretty much any major website from the search bar. However some users find it too Windows-like, as it has been ported straight from the PC version. Firefox for Mac is a free download from www.mozilla.com/firefox.
Camino: This is a more Mac-like browser based on the same source code as Firefox, and was previously known as Chimera. It offers many of the same features as Firefox, such as search plug-ins, but with a more tasteful Mac-like interface. More information and free download at www.caminobrowser.org.
Opera: This long-time rival to the big two of IE and Firefox keeps plugging away despite almost fading into obscurity. While most Opera action is in mobile phones and other devices nowadays, the desktop version remains in development, with the Mac version a free download at www.opera.com.
OmniWeb: One of the few Mac browsers that actually costs money, but its users will argue it's worth every cent. Features include PDF thumbnails of recent pages, HTML source editing, and the ability to restore a previous browsing session. OmniWeb costs $US14.95. More details and download at www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb.
APPLE last week released the final update to Mac OS X Tiger, signalling that its next giant leap, Mac OS X Leopard, could be mere weeks away.
Mac OS X 10.4.9 offers a slew of performance, stability and security improvements, as well as greatly expanded mobile phone support in iSync. It is available in both Intel and PowerPC versions, and combo or point versions.
Apple also released a security update for Mac OS X Panther, and updated iPhoto to version 6.0.6 and iTunes to 7.1.1. All are downloadable via your Mac's Software Update control panel or from www.apple.com/support/downloads.
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