Talk:Safari version history

Issue with Safari 12 Webkit versions
Apple stopped updating the webkit version in the useragent, freezing it at 605.1. However that is not the actual webkit version for these safari revisions. For example 12.0.2 is running 606.3.4 (found using about window: 12.0.2 (14606.3.4)). I don't have the other versions since I don't have a mac unfortunately — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.121.196.42 (talk) 17:27, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Safari 4.1
What is with Safari 4.1 (see http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1045)? --78.94.8.163 (talk) 09:23, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Safari 5.0 (5533.16 ?) for Leopard and Safari 5.0 (6533.16 ?) for Snow Leopard are incorrectly listed as being the same
An incorrect listing states that the 32-bit Safari 5.0 (build 5533.16 ?) for OS X 10.5.8 Leopard (PPC and Intel), and the 64-bit Safari 5.0 (build 6533.16 ?) for OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard (Intel only), are the same.

Could someone with an Intel CPU Mac (I'm a PPC CPU user) double check the Safari build information I've looked up, and then correct the page to clearly indicate the difference between the Safari 5.0 for OS X 10.5.8 Leopard (PPC and Intel), and the Safari 5.0 for OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard (Intel only)?

Mtq (talk) 19:00, 16 June 2010 (UTC) mtq

Webkit vs Software version
There seems to be some errors in the chart listing the Safari build version instead of the WebKit version. Both seem to have relevance for the chart. The Safari build version is most likely what will be tracked by things like Google Analytics.

This is a lot of data to fill back but really (IMO) should be listed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lordandrei (talk • contribs) 14:02, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

I confirm this, thing are wrong here! "6533.x" and similar are not WebKit versions. Jjeka (talk) 14:14, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm... it sure looks like Apple's switched from one to the other in Safari 6's About dialog. Should this be noted in the article? -- Wrldwzrd89 talk 18:19, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

iOS versions
Hi, I'm opening discussion as to my edit removing the iOS version section, as it is completely uncited and pure speculation. Also, the iOS versions update Safari, it is not updated separately from the OS, and iOS version history provides information for when Safari is updated. Let me know your ideas here. Thanks.. Kiranerys-talk 09:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

I'm highly disappointed that the link to iOS doesn't have the Webkit version numbers the way that this page does. Why make the Safari page so PC-centric? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.119.170.242 (talk) 22:07, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

At least the iOS Safari versions are found in this article's history page. There's nothing about Safari at all in the iOS version history article. I don't even know why you bothered linking to it. If you want to delete useful information, don't pretend that the information exists elsewhere. 75.186.5.185 (talk) 02:24, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

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Where can we find the Safari Versions related to IOS releases? Ideas? --lukejmorrison — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lukejmorrison (talk • contribs) 14:58, 13 October 2015 (UTC)


 * User:Kiranerys appears to be a vandal account (now redirected to User talk:Iuhkjhk87y678) I strongly disagree with the deletion and agree with the (unsigned) comments. On the basis of the information given, deletion was against wiki guidance (which I believe is to tag uncited content and/or attempt to provide citations NOT to simply delete what may well have been a valueable contribution).  Your reason for deletion as stated appears trivial.  The link on the article to the iOS article is useless - as is acknowledged in the linking itself.  This appears to be a madness.  There is now zero information in current wiki articles that deals with Mobile versions of Safari. I too must now search the history to find the information you deleted!!! A most unhelpful edit. LookingGlass (talk) 12:39, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Safari 6.0.3 Confirmation Resources
Hey, I noticed the note under the general summary of Safari's version history that a new version, v6.0.3, might have been released for OS X 10.7 Lion and 10.8 Mountain Lion but that this can't be confirmed. I thought that I might contribute some source material that I found via Google to clear things up a bit:
 * About the OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.3 Update&thinsp;—&thinsp;Apple Support (Knowledge Base Article HT5671) (scroll down to the part where it says that, "Safari 6.0.3 is included in the OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.3 Update and contains fixes that improve performance, stability, and security, including: …")
 * About the security content of Safari 6.0.3&thinsp;—&thinsp;Apple Support (Knowledge Base Article ht5612):*Apple releases OS X 10.8.3 with Safari 6.0.3, new iTunes integration and bug fixes&thinsp;—&thinsp;AppleInsider
 * Apple releases Safari 6.0.3 update&thinsp;—&thinsp;O'Grady's PowerPage


 * Apple releases Safari 6.0.3&thinsp;—&thinsp;MacDailyNews:*Apple Improves Facebook Performance in Safari 6.0.3&thinsp;—&thinsp;The Mac Observer


 * OS X 10.8.3, Safari 6.0.3, Security Update 2013-001 go live&thinsp;—&thinsp;MacNN
 * Apple releases OS X 10.8.3 with Boot Camp additions, bug fixes, and Safari 6.0.3&thinsp;—&thinsp;Macworld

Hope this helps,

—&thinsp;RandomDSdevel (talk) 19:06, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Snow Leopard Safari EOS
Based on the lack of any updates since September, and there being no current beta for SL, as there is for Lion/ML, it would appear that development has ceased for this version of OS X. --Resplendent (talk) 06:03, 21 January 2014 (UTC) →Shouldn't there be a definitive announcement from Apple before declaring this? 71.193.133.235 (talk) 17:39, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Windows Versions
The latest Windows version in the list is in red (indicating an old version). This implies that there is no 'current' version for Windows in existence. Is this correct? If so, this is worthy of note, and therefore a sentence or two explaining this might be useful. If not, obviously the list needs updating with the current version. Phil the (talk) 10:55, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Safari Technology Preview?
Should we include Safari Technology Preview in this list? Sites such as caniuse.com include it in their list of Safari browsers, but I'm unclear on whether it's the same thing as the upcoming Safari 10 (currently in developer Beta) or not. Cvkline (talk) 23:04, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Nobody has done this yet, but it theoretically could be done. Apple even still saves all of the release notes for previous preview releases. I'll be looking into it. Herbfur (talk) 01:19, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Safari 13.1
As of 14 April 2020, Safari 13 is entirely missing from the article. According to https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211104, Safari 13.1 was released on 24 March 2020, while https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210608 says that Safari 13 was released on 19 September 2019. Razvan Socol (talk) 18:15, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

I have added Safari 13 to the article. Herbfur (talk) 07:26, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Safari on iOS 6-12
Safari on iOS 6-12 has absolutely no information on updates or changes whatsoever. If anyone can help add this information, it would be greatly appreciated. Herbfur (talk) 23:09, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:IOS version history which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 17:48, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Not any more, there isn't - "The result of the move request was: pages not moved." Guy Harris (talk) 23:34, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Legend inconsistent with table
On Safari (at least), the color for the obsolete versions in the first table (which are tagged using 'bad') do not match the legend entry, which is tagged '#ececec'. The table entries appear reddish/peach here, while the legend is gray.

Unfortunately, previewing a change of the legend to use 'bad' shows a purple (!). It's not immediately obvious to me how to align the color schemes unless the '#ececec' is used throughout the table. Youblend2 (talk) 15:56, 19 March 2023 (UTC)


 * It's purple because "#bad" is how you invoke CSS colors (and gives purple), while is a Wikipedia template, and gives red. CSS colors are preceded by pound signs ("#ececec" is another example). There are apps you can use (like ColorSlurp on Mac, or free websites), to convert colors to and from CSS codes easily.
 * When it comes to the tables, I think gray should be used, not red, since red would just make things harder to read with no clarity benefit. DFlhb (talk) 13:31, 26 March 2023 (UTC)