Apple Releases Safari 4 Beta, Claims 30X Faster Than IE7
by Wyatt WalterApple has released a beta version of the next version of its browser, Safari. Among some usability features, Apple is boasting some significant performance gains. It is saying that its new Nitro Engine, it can execute Javascript code 30x faster than Internet Explorer 7 and 3 times faster than Firefox 3. They are also bragging 3x faster html rendering than IE7 and Firefox as well. They stated the browser was faster than Google Chrome, but no numbers were given to compare the two.
They made two big changes as far as usability goes. Probablythe biggest changes as far as usability is that Apple moved the tabs to the top of the browser window similar to the way Chrome displays tabs. Also added was cover flow for browsing history. It’s the same coverflow just like you find in Finder (I couldn’t resist) and iTunes only with webpages that you’ve visited.
A new feature that’s been added is something they call “Top Sites”. By default when you open a new tab or window, it displays the top 12 sites you’ve visited in the past and gives you a nice one-click access to your favorite spots on the web.
They finally made the Windows version look more like a Windows application and not painfully obvious that it was an application built for Apple and ported to Windows. That’s one of my biggest pet peeves with applications that get ported to the Mac is some developers don’t adhere to the “look and feel” of the platform they are porting to. I was disappointed to see Safari 3 on Windows, but am relieved to see they’ve finally adopted the Windows “look and feel” on Windows.
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