Is there anywhere I can get a complete list of historical Safari release notes?

I’ve done a bit of searching for specific Safari version numbers in support.apple.com. Quite a few versions have specific change notes, but it seems like often the versions bundled with major OS X releases aren’t given their own change notes.

  • 1.0: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2964

    • 1.2: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL612 (Dave Hyatt also provided some more detailed notes on the old WebKit blog: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/archives/2004_02.html#004874)

    • 1.3.1: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL445

    • 1.3.2: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL403

  • 2.0.1: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL444

  • 3.1: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA25197?viewlocale=en_US

    • 3.1.1: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL78

    • 3.2.1: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL723

    • 3.2.3: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL820

  • 4.0.5: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL877

    • 4.1: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1045

    • 4.1.2: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1069

  • 5.0: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1046

    • 5.0.2: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1070

Also, sometimes Apple’s release notes can be a bit... terse.

I’m trying to figure out which versions of Safari introduced support for HTML5/CSS features.

Wikipedia’s got a great table of releases, but it is a bit vague on CSS improvements (e.g. “improved CSS support”).


Safari uses Webkit as it's rendering engine. If you're specifically looking for when it began to support HTML5/CSS3, it as a fully open-source repository where you can review changes commit by commit. As such, you can see the full comprehensive, intricately detailed history here: http://trac.webkit.org/timeline


The Wapedia table you point to appears to just be a less clear version of the Safari version history page on Wikipedia.

This particular search on "When can I use…" appears to display much of what you're looking for.

This page at findmebyip.com also has a good breakdown, although it's not as specific about particular browser versions.


This website may help you:

http://caniuse.com/