Apple claims 11 million downloads of Safari 4
updated 10:25 am EDT, Fri June 12, 2009
11M Safari 4 downloads
Over 11 million copies of the final version of Safari 4 have been downloaded in a space of three days, Apple claims. The software became available for Macs and PCs on Monday, following Apple's WWDC keynote. Prior to the keynote, a beta version of the web browser had been available since February. It is not known how many downloads of the beta were recorded.
Some 6 million copies of the completed browser are believed to have been downloaded by Windows users.
Apple notes that Mac OS X Snow Leopard, slated to launch in September, will run Safari 4 as 64-bit software, in theory boosting JavaScript performance by as much as 50 percent. The browser should also gain extra stability, due to support for running plug-ins as separate terminable processes. The need for some plug-ins will be eliminated through the addition of audio and video streaming through HTTP.
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Does it count?
Does it count if this was all done automatically without my volition? It just popped up and asked for passwords to update and bingo I had a big wall of top sites that took me a few minutes to recognize.
I wonder how many Windows folks were pleasantly surprised?