Apple recently released a beta preview to developers of the newest version of Apple’s webkit based browser- Safari 4.  This new version according Apple Insider will contain among other things:

Safari 4.0’s implementation of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) includes support for masks, gradients, reflections, and specifying a named canvas. Also being carried over from the latest WebKit builds is rudimentary support for the WAI-ARIA (Rich Internet Application) and cross-site XMLHttpRequest specifications. Among the technologies supported from HTML 5 are the ability to send messages between documents, storage of data either locally or just for the user’s session, the option of running web applications outside of a browser or when disconnected from the network, and canvas pixel manipulation.

My greatest hope however, is that this will transfer over to MobileSafari with the released of iPhone Firmware 2.1.  I for sure want to see some Firefox-esque features come to Safari.

-Jameson

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