Today Apple released a new beta version of their browser, Safari. This release is for Mac and Windows.
The new browser features:
- Cover Flow — You can browse through your site history or bookmarks the same way you browse album covers in iTunes
- Top Sites — look at renderings of your favorite sites, and open any one of them with a single click
- Full History Search — A clever way to visit sites you have been to in the past. You can type a word or phrase into the history search field and you’ll get a cover flow view of sites that match your criteria
- Nitro Engine — Apple claims JavaScript now executes 30 times faster than IE7 and 3 times faster than Firefox
- Tabs on Top — Allows Safari to have multiple pages open at the same time in a single browser window, and to switch back and forth with a click. This is very similar to Google Chrome. The new Safari beta gives you more room at the top of the screen when in tabbed mode.
- Windows Native Look and Feel — The Windows Safari 4 beta more closely matches the look of other Windows applications and gives access to standard Windows fonts; Apple claims the same performance boost on Windows as in the Mac version
Other features include Full Page Zoom, a ‘smart’ address field, a ‘smart’ search field, and more robust phishing and malware protection.
Visit Safari on the Apple website | More information on upgrading your browser.
Tags: Web Standards