At the beginÂning of May I wrote an artiÂcle with some stats on OS and browsÂer share and, perÂhaps labourÂing under the misÂapÂpreÂhenÂsion that some peoÂple found it interÂestÂing, have decidÂed to revisÂit those stats after roughÂly three months have passed.
The figÂures are takÂen from the periÂod 27th April to 27th July, and are the mean averÂage of two difÂferÂent sites I manÂage. For more details on audiÂence and trafÂfic I refer you back to the preÂviÂous article.
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At the recent unveilÂing of OSX MavÂerÂicks Apple also announced Safari 7, with greatÂly improved web stanÂdards supÂport. It was left a litÂtle unclear as to which verÂsions of OSX it would run on, but browsÂing through their develÂopÂer area this week I found a downÂloadÂable pre-release of Safari 6.1, which I think clears that up: it seems Safari 7 will be excluÂsive to MavÂerÂicks, while 6.1 will run on Lion and MounÂtain Lion, with all of the web stanÂdards supÂport of Safari 7, but only a limÂitÂed set of new features.
As both verÂsions are a major update for the browsÂer, bringÂing almost a year’s worth of WebKit updates, I thought it would be useÂful to take a look through the new and updatÂed feaÂtures in each, as well as tryÂing to idenÂtiÂfy where they differ.
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