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Apple Safari 4 Is Like Whole New Browser
By Jim Rapoza
Top Sites
The Top Sites feature in Safari provides an attractive and interactive method for browsing and tracking your favorite Websites.
Top Sites Order
Safari 4 Top Sites can be placed in any order on the screen through drag and drop, and can be permanently pinned to any spot.
Top Site Tracking
By choosing Small, Medium or Large thumbnails, users of Safari 4 can track a few or many Top Sites.
Cover Flow
The iTunes-like Cover Flow feature in Safari 4 provides a very nice interface for searching browser history and favorites.
Search History
When searching the history of Safari 4, users can see the Web page within the Cover Flow interface, rather than just a listing of sites.
Full Page Zooming
Safari 4 now supports full page zooming within Websites.
Acid3 Test
Based on the powerful Webkit browser engine, Safari 4 gets a perfect score on the Acid3 Web standards test.
Developer Tools
Very nice visual developer tools inside Safari 4 help Web authors build and diagnose their Web pages.
Search Field
The search field in Safari 4 offers suggested search options and recent similar searches.
In previous versions of Apple Safari, the Web browser was a capable if somewhat basic and utilitarian tool for surfing the Web. But with the release of Safari 4, Apple has gone in a very new direction, creating one of the most attractive and interactive browsers on the market today. Borrowing liberally from Apple’s iTunes, Safari 4 provides visually attractive site tracking and searching tools that help users scan through their favorite sites. Along with its excellent standards support and other strong browser features, Apple’s Safari 4 has gained considerable ground on its browser competitors.