New Safari 4 Browser (Beta)

Safari Browser

I am loving some of the new features in New Safari 4 Browser (Beta). My favorite is the Top Sites Feature: Safari automatically identifies your favorite sites and displays them as a wall of stunning graphical previews. To visit one of your top sites, just click any of the previews. As you browse, Safari identifies the websites you’re most interested in based on how often and how recently you visit a site. So as you explore the web and discover new websites, your top sites will change to match your evolving tastes.

Check out this list of 150 Features. And if you want to experience them all, Download Safari 4 (Beta).

18 Comments leave a comment below

  1. Wow, that is nice…kind of a step beyond Chrome.

    James
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 1:35 pm

  2. Loving it so far. Makes Chrome look tired.

    Daniel
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 1:46 pm

  3. FUN FUN FUN!

    Rusty
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 1:47 pm

  4. Fun isn’t it?!!
    I was just in Top Sites preview mode and watched the preview of SwissMiss switch from the Geometric Pattern post to the Safari 4 – an interesting echo experience.

    Carlo
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 1:50 pm

  5. I’ve been using it all day. It’s fantastic. Only thing missing that I’ve noticed is the blue progress bar that used to display in the URL slot. Oh, and it no longer works with Inquisitor plugin. Othewise: 5 stars!

    Chris Long
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 3:05 pm

  6. OMGOODNESS, That’s me!

    Chris
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 3:11 pm

  7. I’m guessing they borrowed the display grid from Opera, who does that with their start up / top bookmarks page. I’ve been using/loving Opera for that reason over the last year, though looks like Safari did a lot more with it on the backend…

    Rion
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 3:27 pm

  8. I love it!! I’m leaving FF3 behind for sure now.

    Jerome
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 4:16 pm

  9. Tabs on top are pretty confusing for me :S

    Joel
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 4:59 pm

  10. Oh! And I need a more clickable Reload/Stop button… sigh!

    Joel
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 5:01 pm

  11. Hey you guys. Check this out:
    http://pastie.textmate.org/398861

    Chris Long
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 5:23 pm

  12. yeah, love the TopSitesFeature !!
    but dont like the top tabs… ugly!

    Dirk
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 6:41 pm

  13. Don’t forget to to post your Top Sites pages to the new group on Flickr!

    http://flickr.com/groups/1038256@N21/

    Tanner
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 7:01 pm

  14. Top sites? umm…right..
    FF already has that feature …and I don’t use it — my Top Sites are bookmarked in my BookmarksToolbar or Delicious etc ..I don’t need something to tell me my top 10, it’s quite clear

    chrisfizik
    Feb 24th, 2009 / 11:34 pm

  15. Is there any way to continually sync FF and Safari?
    (something like foxmarks, but between browsers, as well as between computers)

    Noa
    Feb 25th, 2009 / 7:51 am

  16. “I’m guessing they borrowed the display grid from Opera, who does that with their start up / top bookmarks page. I’ve been using/loving Opera for that reason over the last year, though looks like Safari did a lot more with it on the backend…”

    It always seems like Opera puts the good ideas out there in a marginally attractive way (tab browsing, top sites display…) and then 2 -3 years later Safari and Firefox bring it out all new and sexy-fied.

    Caitlin Weber
    Feb 25th, 2009 / 11:47 am

  17. Is it possible to make exceptions for several URLs?
    Don’t want all friends, workmates etc to see EVERY site I’m visiting sometimes.. OK, more than sometimes. you know.

    swissmiss-lover
    Feb 26th, 2009 / 10:29 am

  18. It’s a pity that after quitting and restarting it doesn’t seem to be able to reopen the tabs that were in use before it quit – it’s a very useful feature in FF for me. I hope it’s added to Safari 4 quite soon. Also, I prefer the refresh button to the left of the screen.

    ticktock
    Mar 6th, 2009 / 7:46 am