Apple Releases Safari Browser 5.0.1

After the iMac and Mac Pro hardware updates yesterday, Apple has given attention to problems of today with a new version of its Safari browser. Safari 5.0.1 has enabled Safari extensions basically HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript coded add-ons and plug-ins, which can be installed Safari Extensions Gallery.

Apple Safari 5 made its debut in June, with a 30 percent speed increase over v.4 browser and double the speed of Firefox 3.6. Users also have a new reader mode, which basically eliminates all foreign ads, images and content of a web page, leaving only the text back in an easy to consume format.

Extensions, meanwhile, each set in its own slot, sandbox, with Apple using digital signatures to try to ensure a degree of security. Amazon already, MLB, Bing, Twitter, and the NYTimes have created extensions (Google conspicuous by his absence from the press release, replaced by his rival of Microsoft). You can download Safari 5.0.1 for Windows and Mac here.