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Apple’s Safari 5.1 beta passes Google Chrome to retake HTML5 benchmark lead

“Competition is a good thing… The summer Mac OS X 10.7 Lion release will bring with it a thoroughly updated browser that offers much better HTML5 compatibility,” FairerPlatform reports.

“When I last looked at the HTML5 test in March compatibility across the mainline Mac browsers, Chrome 11 earned top marks,” FairerPlatform reports. “Now, two months later, Google’s browsers have stalled and Safari 5.1, a beta version of Apple’s WebKit-based browser that ships with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Preview Release, has risen to the occasion, grabbing the brass ring.”

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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “fred” for the heads up.]

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