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Apple updates its Safari web browser with extensions
LITTLE SOFTWARE HOUSE Apple has updated its Safari web browser, taking the version number up to 5.0.1.
The browser also benefits from additional extensions support, which will let developers start using web standards like HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript, though not Flash.
Users too will benefit from extensions, and Apple said that they will be able to quickly find and use any that strike their fancy. Typical extensions can range from toolbars with live web feeds to web filtering tools.
Extension choice is not sandboxed, and the firm explained that its browser users can download extensions from its own gallery or direct from a developer site, which could pave the way for a range of interesting additions.
Brian Croll, Apple's VP of OS X product marketing, trilled, "We're thrilled to see so many leading developers creating great extensions and think our users are going to love being able to customise Safari."
Firms that would love to see consumers customise Safari include Amazon, Bing, the New York Times, and Twitter, and they were quick to support the launch.
"Millions of our customers already use Amazon Wish Lists to store items they want to buy for themselves or receive as gifts," said Gianna Puerini, VP of worldwide design and community at Amazon.com.
"With Safari 5, we were able to quickly build the Add to Amazon Wish List extension that lets customers add items from any website to their Amazon Wish List with the click of a button." µ
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That's exactly what I need to do with my boss !
HTML5 is not a standard.
Sandboxing is pretty much ALWAYS a good idea. If I were them, I would make sandboxing each tab a priority. When I heard that Firefox tabs were each going to be their own separate instance, I was thrilled. If you can't squash an exploit, putting it in a tiny cage is the next best thing.
That is, and always has been, the solution to malware. If you don't trust it, but want to use it anyway, sandbox the software and be careful what you let it see. If I were on Windows and wanted to play a game that was given out free because it had nasty malware, I would want sandboxing pretty badly.
If you take an insane psychopathic axe murderer and put him on an island with no animals or people and enough food to live on, he's suddenly pretty manageable.
Extensions are old hat. Nothing new here. I didn't even realize it didn't have extensions. I used Safari for a while, but I don't use it anymore. Their drive by install policy was bad. That browser is insecure at this point, and my impression of Apple is that they don't take action fast enough, and hence don't put a priority on security.
Their PR guy made this out like it's some super futuristic feature that others have to compete with. Safari's market share is one of the lowest and for good reason--the browser just isn't very good.
"Brian Croll, Apple's VP of OS X product marketing, trilled, "We're thrilled to see so many leading developers creating great extensions and think our users are going to love being able to customise Safari.""
That's sad that he hasn't realized that this sort of thing has been around for a very long time. And, who are the leading developers? Developers of browser extensions are leaders in the software development field? What is going to make those extensions any more spectacular than those developed for other browsers? And why do you need extensions to customize the browser?
To the comment from the guy below, the article states developer, allowing us to us extensions of all classes for those specified.
"The browser also benefits from additional extension support, which will let developers start using web standards like HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript, though not Flash."
What nonsense is this? All those standards, as well as the proprietary Flash, can already be used and have nothing to do with Safari's extensions. A very cack-handed effort to include dig at Apple's justified campaign against Flash.
More "journalism" from the Inquirer. *shakes head*