Apple Safari 4 Beta released

Apple Safari 4 Beta released

Apple has released a beta edition of Safari 4 web browser for both Windows OS and Mac OS X.

The company is promising an enhanced browsing experience with this latest edition of the Safari web browser.

Apple said that this edition of Safari use a new Javascript engine called Nitro. This engine is much faster than the one used in Safari 3 edition.

Apple has also added a Cover Flow interface for browsing through the web browsing history on this browser.

Apple Safari 4 beta also comes with its own implementation of smart address bar. Apple calls it Smart Address Field. Almost every web browser out there has improved how address bar works.

In all Apple claims that Safari 4 comes with more than 150 new features over the Safari 3 edition.

The web browser market is becoming competitive again with the entry of Google Chrome. Mozilla Firefox is already providing massive competition to the domination of Internet Explorer.

Features:
Support for Accessible Rich Interactive Applications
Full-Page Zoom
Speculative Loading
CSS Effects
Acid 3 Compliance
CSS Canvas
HTML 5 Offline Support
Nitro JavaScript Engine
Cover Flow
History View
Top Sites
Smart Address Field
Customize Number of Top Sites
Pin Top Sites
Top Sites: Fresh News
Tabs on Top
Full History Search
Smart Search Field
Inline Progress Indicator
Windows Native Look !
Windows Font Rendering

Overall a great new update… We hope Apple do more to promote Safari on the Windows platform. Apple has borrowed a lot of elements from Google Chrome in this release!

Checkout: Apple Safari 4 beta