Apple Releases Safari 5.0.4 with Enhancements

Few hours ago Apple has released iOS 4.3, now Apple also pushed out Safari 5.0.4, bringing a lot of improvements to Apple official internet browser.

This update contains improvements to stability, compatibility, accessibility and security, including the following:

- Improved stability for webpages with multiple instances of plug-in content
- Improved compatibility with webpages with image reflections and transition effects
- A fix for an issue that could cause some webpages to print with incorrect layouts
- A fix for an issue that could cause content to display incorrectly on webpages with plug-ins
- A fix for an issue that could cause a Screen Saver to appear while video is playing in Safari
- Improved compatibility with VoiceOver on webpages with text input areas and lists with selectable items
- Improved stability when using VoiceOver

Put Your Safari Tabs in a Grid using Gridtab for Safari [Jailbreak Tweak]

Gridtab for Safari is a new tweak available in Cydia that allows you to view all your tabs on Safari in an Expose like view. This tweak is useful for anyone who browses on their iDevice using a lot of tabs in Safari. This tweak will be great to view all your tabs and navigate easily between tabs.

This is very convenient because it views your tabs in a very professional way and also lets you close out tabs easily.
Gridtab for Safari the BigBoss Repo for $0.99.

White Cydia Icon and Safari Crashing When Using Redsn0w 0.9.6b4 to Jailbreak iOS 4.2.1?

After releasing iOS 4.2.1, the dev-team updated redsn0w to version 0.9.6b4 to jailbreak iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPod touch 4G, 3G, 2G and iPad, I received many comments complaining about white Cydia icon and Safari crashing after jailbreaking their devices.

Therefore, dev-team has sent a new blog post update while the concept of a “tethered” jailbreak is pretty new to many people, let's check out this:

The notion of a “tethered” jailbreak is pretty new to many people, so here’s a quick rundown on what to expect:

1. If you’re on an iPhone3G, old-bootrom iPhone3GS, or non-MC ipt2g, life is easy. redsn0w installed an untethered jailbreak and so nothing below applies.
2. “Tethered” does not mean you cannot boot at all without PC/Mac assistance. If you have not installed any tweaks that hook into important programs like SpringBoard or CommCenter, your device will actually boot. However, jailbreak programs like Cydia won’t work (and Cydia may still have a white icon). Also, certain built-in apps that had to be moved by Cydia will fail (Safari being the most noticeable example).
3. If you’ve installed MobileSubstrate tweaks that hook into SpringBoard or other important programs, your boot will actually fail (you’ll get stuck at the Apple logo). You need to use redsn0w to “Just boot tethered right now”.

Remember, @comex and others are working on a way to untether the 4.2.1 jailbreak. Meanwhile, the above 3 points hopefully will make it all seem less confusing :)

You can avoid the reasons above to enjoy a jailbreak free of bugs (i.e. White Cydia Icon and/or Safari Crashing), but I highly recommend to wait for the comex untethered jailbreak on 4.2.1 which expected to be very professional (still no ETA). Let me know if you still facing these bugs or not via the comment section, stay tuned.

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FullScreen for Safari Enables Multitouch Gestures and Full Screen Mode to iPhone & iPod touch

FullScreen for Safari is a new tweak available in Cydia that enables the full screen mode and also adds many new multi-touch gestures for iOS Safari to surf the web faster with a lot more functionalities.

Use Safari like never before!

Offers a FullScreen mode. Also makes Safari a real multitouch browser.

Adds many new Gestures like two and three finger swipes, three finger tab, shake…

Assign different actions to the gestures like switch tabs, go back, go forward, create new tab close current tab, and so on..

With this, Safari is a really intuitive and cool web browser.

Note: FullScreen has been tested to work on all iPhones and iPods running firmware 4.0 to 4.1. It also works well with other Safari extensions.

Watch the video below to see it in action:

You have to jailbreak your iPhone using our guides posted here to jailbreak iPhone, iPod touch and iPad using Limera1n or GreenPois0n. Then navigate to Cydia and search for “FullScreen for Safari” under BigBoss  repository and download it. The app available at $1.49.

Once activated, a new tab will be added in the Settings app allowing you to customize the behavior of Safari. You can assign gestures to different actions such as create new tab, reload, toggle fullscreen, close tab and go to bookmarks. If you have No Bookmarks installed, FullScreen for Safari is compatible.

Before you leave, you can check our full iPhone apps gallery for both Cydia apps and App Store apps. Also take a look on our iPad apps gallery.

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Covert Brings Private Browsing in Safari for Free

The popular developer behind InfiniDocks, InfiniFolders, ProSwitcher, etc. has developed a new tweak called "Covert", the tweak that enables private browsing in Safari. With this tweak you can easily enable and disable anonymous browsing directly from Mobile Safari.

When you install this tweak, Safari Mobile Browser interface will be slightly changed. you’ll see a new “Private Browsing” button just between “New Page” and “Done” which will enable you to browse web privately (i.e. without leaving any data in your history). Once you activate private browsing, Safari UI's will turn grey to show that private mode is enabled. This function is useful if you want to browse safely and peacefully on your iOS device.

Covert will be available in Cydia via BigBoss repo for free within the next hours, we will updated the post whenever it's available.

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Apple Releases Safari 5.0.2 to Bring Improvments

Apple has just updated their browser Safari to 5.0.2, the update fixes some bugs and security issues. The update is 39 MB size and as usual it requires a restart. Apple notes on the update "improvements to compatibility and security", here's the full changelog.

- Fixes an issue that could prevent users from submitting web forms
- Fixes an issue that could cause web content to display incorrectly when viewing a Google Image result with Flash 10.1 installed
- Establishes an encrypted, authenticated connection to the Safari Extensions Gallery

Also you will notice that iWeb update is included in the update. To install these updates, just navigate to "The Software Update" app from your Mac OS.

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How to: Fix Safari Browser Sudden Crashes on your iPhone

Some users are reporting Safari browser sudden crashes on their devices, this issue is caused because of the massive history, cookies and cache saved on your Safari browser, So Here's a simple step by step guide to prevent sudden crashes and startup troubleshooting of Safari..
Step 1: Navigate to Settings by touching the Settings app from your home screen.
Step 2: Scroll Down, and click on Safari 
Step 3: Now you have to Tap the following 3 bottoms to clear history, cookies, and cache,

• Clear History
• Delete Cookies
• Clear Cache

Step 4: Turn off your device for two minutes then turn it on again.

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Apple releases Safari 5.0.1, Featured Extensions

Apple has just released Safari 5.0.1, with the new amazing feature by activating extensions, Apple now open its official Extension Gallery, the extension gallery loaded with alot of wanted stuff like google, twitter , bing, ebay, amazon... etc.

Download Safari Extensions Gallery [Safari Menu]

Apple Released Safari 5 to Support Mac and Windows

Safari 5 was expected to be mentioned yestarday in the WWDC 2010, But it didn't get any mention! Today Apple Press Info has just released a Press Release for Safari 5. The new Version brings alot of features as it supports both Windows and Mac extentions, Microsoft Bing as of search engine [Optional], improved HTML5 support, Safari Reader and more.

Here's the full "Press Release" from Apple:

SAN FRANCISCO—June 7, 2010—Apple® today released Safari® 5, the latest version of the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser, featuring the new Safari Reader for reading articles on the web without distraction, a 30 percent performance increase over Safari 4,* and the ability to choose Google, Yahoo! or Bing as the search service powering Safari’s search field. Available for both Mac® and Windows, Safari 5 includes improved developer tools and supports more than a dozen new HTML5 technologies that allow web developers to create rich, dynamic websites. With Safari 5, developers can now create secure Safari Extensions to customize and enhance the browsing experience.

“Safari continues to lead the pack in performance, innovation and standards support,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Safari now runs on over 200 million devices worldwide and its open source WebKit engine runs on over 500 million devices.”

Safari Reader makes it easy to read single and multipage articles on the web by presenting them in a new, scrollable view without any additional content or clutter. When Safari 5 detects an article, users can click on the Reader icon in the Smart Address Field to display the entire article for clear, uninterrupted reading with options to enlarge, print or send via email.

Powered by the Nitro JavaScript engine, Safari 5 on the Mac runs JavaScript 30 percent faster than Safari 4, three percent faster than Chrome 5.0, and over twice as fast as Firefox 3.6.* Safari 5 loads new webpages faster using Domain Name System (DNS) prefetching, and improves the caching of previously viewed pages to return to them more quickly.

Safari 5 adds more than a dozen powerful HTML5 features that allow web developers to create media-rich experiences, including full screen playback and closed captions for HTML5 video. Other new HTML5 features in Safari 5 include HTML5 Geolocation, HTML5 sectioning elements, HTML5 draggable attribute, HTML5 forms validation, HTML5 Ruby, HTML5 AJAX History, EventSource and WebSocket.

The new, free Safari Developer Program allows developers to customize and enhance Safari 5 with extensions based on standard web technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. The Extension Builder, new in Safari 5, simplifies the development, installation and packaging of extensions. For enhanced security and stability, Safari Extensions are sandboxed, signed with a digital certificate from Apple and run solely in the browser.

Pricing & Availability
Safari 5 is available for both Mac OS® X and Windows as a free download at www.apple.com/safari. Safari 5 for Mac OS X requires Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8 or Mac OS X Snow Leopard® 10.6.2 or later. Safari 5 for Windows requires Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista or Windows 7, a minimum 256MB of memory and a system with at least a 500 MHz Intel Pentium processor. Full system requirements and more information on Safari 5 can be found at www.apple.com/safari. The Safari Developer Program is free to join at developer.apple.com/programs/safari.

*Performance will vary based on system configuration, network connection and other factors. All testing conducted by Apple in May 2010 on an iMac® 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo system running Mac OS X 10.6.3, with 4GB of RAM. JavaScript benchmark based on the SunSpider 0.9.1 JavaScript Performance test.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution with the Apple II, then reinvented the personal computer with the Macintosh. Apple continues to lead the industry with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system, and iLife, iWork and professional applications. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store, has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

And Here's a screenshot from Apple's Safari 5:

Download Safari 5 For Windows and Mac Users.

Safari 5 Includes a New Reader, Bing Search, HTML 5 and More..

Safari 5 will be updated on Monday at the WWDC 2010 and includes a lot of useful features which will help you in browsing the internet. You can check the Apple Release for the Update and Also check the new features in Safari 5 After the Jump..

Safari 5 is said to include a new Reader feature which will let you view articles in a single clutter free page. It also will add Bing as a search option in addition to Google and Yahoo. Other improvements include more HTML5 support, up to 25% faster javascript execution, better caching, and more.