2 Things I like most about changes to Safari 5

Reader

The Browser will detect when the article you are reading, can be viewed using the reader. Notice this new icon taking the place of the rss button.

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After clicking the reader icon:
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You should see the Reader appear:

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My first reaction to this, is that advertisers will hate this. But maybe that’s an over reaction. The ads are not blocked. When the user arrives at the page, they will see the ads. Also, the user cannot browse in “Reader” mode, thus always seeing the dimmed ads. The take way for advertisers might be, to say what you want to say sooner in the animated ads. You have about 5 seconds to capture my eye before I click on the reader icon.

IPad User Agent

As a developer, I want to see how a page might look on the IPad. We can do this with Safari 5 now:

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