Safari 4 Public Beta Released, competes with Firefox? (screenshots added)
Safari 4 Public Beta has been released and is surprisingly great competition against Firefox. When testing it myself, I decided to switch browsers. Come test it out for yourself!
Safari 4 Beta Pros:
- Tabs on the top of the window
- Top bar takes up less space
- A “top site” page when you create a blank new tab (like Google chrome does)
- All around better UI
- Faster (and I mean Fast) Browser
- Application launch time is faster than Firefox (about <1 second for my system)
- Coverflow history
- New built-in Nitro engine
- Native Windows feel
- Developer tools
- Smart address/search field
- Phishing and Malware Protection
- Updated RSS reader
Safari 4 Beta Cons:
- Lost the progressbar in the address bar
- Saved session in safari is still not added (Stand plug-in can fix this)
- Takes time to get used to tabs on top
Screenshots:
I almost posted a safari entry last night myself. Good information.
It is pretty nice, the tabs in the top bar with XP look kind of blah. I'm sorry, I mean really ugly. It is better performance though. I will test this on Windows 7 tomorrow. But i can tell you, it looked more mac like before. I liked that better than this. Take a look: http://i40.tinypic.com/28r05k8.png
The final turned out way nicer than that, thank goodness.