The Lab: Apple Safari 4 beta

Apple released a beta version for a new release of its web browser, Safari, last week. Among its new features are:

• Top Sites - a gallery of most viewed pages a la Apple TV's interface
• Cover Flow - a scrollable view of bookmarks and history, like what you find in iTunes and OS X 10.5's Finder
• Tabs on top - relocating tabs to the title bar, rather than below the back/forward buttons
• Dramatically improved JavaScript performance

Alas, after using it exclusively for the few days since its launch, I feel like it's two steps forward, one step backward. The new features seem to be little more than eye candy, while the rest just can't compare with what's been available in Mozilla Firefox 3.

Read my review at Mocca's "Techie Monster" tribe, "The Lab: Apple Safari 4 beta", and see if you agree with my findings.

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