“The company said the newest edition of Apple’s browser for both Mac OS X and Windows will run JavaScript commands 4.2 times faster than Safari 3, and also claims to deliver better JavaScript and HTML page loading than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 or Mozilla’s FireFox 3.
Apple also added the Cover Flow interface now found in almost every piece of its software to let users scroll backwards through browsing history as if they were flipping through album covers, and what appears to be Apple’s own implementation of FireFox’s Smart Location “awesome bar” called Smart Address Field.
The new beta version is available for download at Apple’s Safari Web page with both Windows and Mac OS versions ready for testing. Mac users need to be running Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 and Apple’s latest security update or Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 on an Intel Mac or a G3 or better Mac. Windows users need Windows XP SP 2 or Vista.
Safari is used by about 8 percent of Internet surfers, according to Net Applications, trailing Internet Explorer and FireFox. ” -CNN.com
Personally, I didnt care for Safari at all when it first came out for Windows and I know a lot of my friends who use Mac don’t use Safari as their primary browser either. I prefer FF. I found that Safari was just way to slow and actually used up more RAM on my PC than I would have thought. Safari 4 is only in Public Beta right now so everyone can download it. It can be downloaded here. I have had the chance to try it out and even though I didnt like Safari before I must say I REALLY REALLY have now fallen in love with Safari 4. A lot of web browsers are doing like a homepage with the tope sites you visited now but Safari just revolutionized that, Wow I can’t even begin to describe how much Safari has now caught my attention. I am now barring Firefox coming out with something amazing, using S4 as my default browser. Wow, if you haven’t downloaded it yet, I suggest you get on that right now!