Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included in Mac OS X. It was first released as a public beta on January 7, 2003, version was included as the default browser in Mac OS X v10.3. A beta version for Microsoft Windows was released for the first time on June 11, 2007 with support for Windows XP and Windows Vista, although it will also unofficially work on Windows 2000. Safari has also been run unofficially on Linux under Wine, but the GUI and graphics do not render properly.
The browsers layout draws many comparisons to Firefox, though it does lack Firefox's modularity. Safari's native Quicktime support makes it the browser of choice for some. Safari 2 included a built-in RSS reader, and removed the "bug report button" from the default interface. The browser also includes an integrated pop-up ad blocker. Also from Apple is the Web Inspector - a DOM Inspector-like utility that lets users and developers browse the Document Object Model of a web page.
Since the release of Safari, its browser usage share has been climbing. For the month of May 2006, thecounter.com shows that Safari has a usage share of 2.86%; NetApplications.com reports that Safari has a usage share of 4.59% as of April 2007, an increase of 1.33 percentage points since May 2006.
