A new version of Safari is reported to be coming in the next firmware update for iPhone. As well all know the desktop version is in beta at the moment…
Some of the new features reported to be included sound quite interesting. It should render non-standard fonts much better, giving it better scaling and rendering action. Sounds good to me, I only hope this doesn’t slow processing / rendering down at all. 60% of the time I want a fast load all the time. Ok that doesn’t make sense and was a terrible Anchorman reference… But I think you know what I mean.
The new version may also translate HTML boxes in real time. This could prove very interesting to developers. It would allow them to give users the ability to scale, rotate and move elements on a page. Cool, but we’ll see where this one goes.
It in all likelyhood will be an HTML 5 capable browser. So, more multimedia elements and controllers will be available to embed on a page.
The exciting part of the new safari may be in a database browser tool. It will have support for the SQL storage API. With this you could theoretically store web page applications right on your iPhone.
We’ll see how many of these features translate over to a new Safari built for iPhone. Should be coming down the pipe shortly!
What is your take on Safari for the iPhone? Love the experience? Or are there some areas you think it could be better? Obviously it is leaps and bounds ahead of the browsing experience on other hand held devices… I simply hope Apple keeps pushing forward to stay well out in front.
[via iPhoneFreak]
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