14 DAY TRIAL // Nowadays, numerous companies are fighting for the most powerful browser title but it seems the leaders are still the classic ones. Macworld published an interesting research, sustaining the most secure Mac OSX browser of 2006 is Safari. The company said Firefox was affected by 26 percent fewer security flaws than Microsoft's Internet Explorer, the browser included in the well known Windows operating system.
It seems like Internet Explorer was affected by 54 vulnerabilities while Firefox recorded 40 security flaws between August and December 2006. The winners of the rank are surely Opera and Safari, the application that discovered only 4 bugs for each of the programs.
"Internet Explorer was particularly affected by concerted efforts to 'fuzz' the browser for new vulnerabilities. The majority reported affected Internet Explorer or Windows components accessible through the browser," said the Symantec report, which cited July's 'Month of Browser Bugs' project as a big contributor according to Macworld.
As you surely know, the battle for the most powerful browser is often limited only to the two well-known applications: Mozilla's Firefox and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. I must admit they are somehow advantaged because IE is offered as the default browser for the Windows operating system, so it's quite obvious to become popular, while Firefox is regarded as the secure alternative for the buggy IE. It seems like Safari is a new competitor for the two giants, attracting most of the Mac owners.
Safari is the default browser provided by Apple in the Mac OSX but will also represent the only browsing application included into the upcoming mobile device iPhone. Safari was first announced in January 7, 2003, the same day when the first beta application was also launched in the battle. Soon after this first test release, Safari became the default browser in Mac OSX, receiving praises from many of the Mac owners.