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Apple launches Safari 4 beta web browser
Sure, both Google and Apple ripped the feature off from Opera, which had a Speed Dial feature long before anybody. But Safari 4's new Top Sites feature is pretty slick. When you first launch the browser you're greeted with thumbnails for popular web sites like Wikipedia and Google Maps. As you use the browser, Safari will detect which web sites you visit mos frequently and add them to the list.
There's also a little history search box in the bottom right corner of the screen. Start typing a query and Safari will conduct a full history search. But unlike Chrome or Firefox which show the results in the locationbar, Safari will bring up a Cover Flow window and show you previews of each web site containing your search term.
Like Google Chrome, Safari 4 moves the browser tabs to the very top of the window and has a smarter address field that saves you time when typing a web address. For instance, once I've typed www.downloadsquad.com once, the next time I start to type "down" Safari will fill out the rest of me.
Safari has also added the full page zoom feature that's so popular with the kids these days, and which is missing from Google Chrome, which only lets you zoom in on text. The Windows version of Safari 4 also supports native Windows fonts, title bars, and borders.
As with most Apple products, if you're installing the Windows version you'll want to be careful during the installation process. If you don't uncheck all of the options, you could wind up installing several other utilities in addition to the web browser.
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Subscribe to commentssoftwareFeb 26th 2009 9:37AM
Moving the tab to the title... saves valuable space. Nice feature. Hope it's implemented in the OS X windows by next upgrade.
Java seems to perform more stable... better. Surfing some sites... I've had to do with firefox cause of Safari's way of handling Java. Works better now...
Seems Safari are back on track... on competition with firefox, google and... big brother.
jeremyMar 2nd 2009 1:38PM
i downloaded and it and visited a few pages and closed it out and opened it back up and opened those same pages (4) and checked memory usage, peak memory usage and handles. safari used around 230000- 250000 memory and 1700+ for the handles. i went to firefox and opened the same 4 pages and usage was 140000 - 175000 and around 500-600 for handles. so safari uses a lot more memory and seemed to slow things down just a bit.
danglo.seun.gladysApr 27th 2009 12:20PM
Excellent.