Safari Beta 4 Out and About

Apple released Safari Beta 4 today. It has a nice new look to it that comes to look like Google Chrome's home screen. Here are some pics.

First off you got the opening sequence starting with the Apple logo:


Then you got your intro:


Safari logo:


And your home screen with your top sites. Obviously I haven't been using my safari very much but maybe now I will.


It looks very clean and seems to run smoother than before so far in my 10 minutes of using it.

Here are some specs:

• Cover Flow -- You can browse through your site history or bookmarks the same way you browse album covers in iTunes
• Top Sites -- look at renderings of your favorite sites, and open any one of them with a single click
• Full History Search -- A clever way to visit sites you have been to in the past. You can type a word or phrase into the history search field and you'll get a cover flow view of sites that match your criteria
• Nitro Engine -- Apple claims JavaScript now executes 30 times faster than IE7 and 3 times faster than Firefox
  
• Tabs on Top -- Allows Safari to have multiple pages open at the same time in a single browser window, and to switch back and forth with a click. The new Safari beta gives you more room at the top of the sceen when in tabbed mode.
  
• Windows Native Look and Feel -- The Windows Safari 4 beta more closely matches the look of other Windows applications and gives access to standard Windows fonts; Apple claims the same performance boost on Windows as in the Mac version

Other features include Full Page Zoom, a 'smart' address field, a 'smart' search field, and more robust phishing and malware protection. [TUAW]

It's available for Mac and Windows now. Making a run at IE are we??? [Download link]