Apple has released [1] Safari in a final version 3.1 for both Mac OS X and Windows platforms.

The press release states:

“Safari 3.1 for Mac and Windows is blazingly fast, easy to use and features an elegant user interface,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “And best of all, Safari supports the latest audio, video and animation standards for an industry-leading Web 2.0 experience.”

The new version mainly brings a major performance boost as well as standards compatibility and bug fixes:

This update is recommended for all Safari users and features improvements to stability, compatibility, JavaScript performance and security.

Detailed information on this update can be found here [2] and here [3] for security related information.

The update is available either from the Software Update utility - which is also works on Windows - or through Apple's web site [4].