Apple Release Safari 4 Beta

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Apple releases Safari 4 Beta browser.

Read more in the news article

 

[themcman1]

I've been using it.

It's quite quick + the CSS effects look quite interesting.

 

[DavidT]

It really is super quick The only thing preventing me from using it full time is how the tabs span across the entire title bar. Not a fan of that, and it's hard to adjust to.

Some screenies:

 

[themcman1]

I don't like how the tabs look in Windows XP... it seems to overdo the XP 'effect'

 

[zak4994]

The only thing preventing me from using it full time is how the tabs span across the entire title bar.

Didn't Google's Chrome browser come up with that first?

Though will download FTSOI...

 

[DavidT]

Didn't Google's Chrome browser come up with that first?

Indeed they did, but Apple didn't pull it off nearly as well. Google got it right with normal sized tabs. Having the tabs span across the entire title bar in Safari 4 is just pointless and difficult. Just means you need to move your mouse more when switching between tabs.

I'm still sticking to Google Chrome as my default. Maybe they'll fix up the UI in later builds. I am impressed that Apple actually managed to develop a program for Windows that doesn't use OSX visual styling though.

 

[themcman1]

Didn't Google's Chrome browser come up with that first?

Though will download FTSOI...

They are both based off the same rendering engine.

Nothing to do with the tabs, mind you.

Indeed they did, but Apple didn't pull it off nearly as well. Google got it right with normal sized tabs. Having the tabs span across the entire title bar in Safari 4 is just pointless and difficult. Just means you need to move your mouse more when switching between tabs.

I'm still sticking to Google Chrome as my default. Maybe they'll fix up the UI in later builds. I am impressed that Apple actually managed to develop a program for Windows that doesn't use OSX visual styling though.

I would've preferred it if it was more OSX like, although that screenshot shows it looking nice on Vista.

 

[zak4994]

This browser looks almost exactly like Chrome except for the images.

Talk about same "engine".

 

[themcman1]

I just found out something else..

If you activate the developer menu in the menu bar you can set the user agent to make it look/work like an iPhone or an iPod touch. Could be quite useful.