Comments on: Safari 4 has almost caught up to other browsers

By: stevewiilliams

stevewiilliams — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:03:22 +0000

@Wikzo: Safari does like slightly akin to Chrome, in that it’s relatively minimalist in design, and makes use of the title bar atop the browser window. Even the toolbar buttons are similarly positioned.

@ubuntucat: Not forgetting that Safari is merely in beta – most betas have a lot of bugs and errors. For example, where has Safari’s in-address-bar loading bar gone? Previous versions of Safari sported an address bar which displays the loading status of pages. Unfortunately, this has disappeared with the Safari 4 beta. Not to worry, though. By the time Snow Leopard is out, it should be a lot better.
On two technical notes, Safari’s ‘speed dial’ tool is known as ‘Top Sites’, which is hardly inventive. Secondly, and in conclusion, Safari 5 is still quite a way off, so there’s no point waiting for that yet.

By: Wikzo

Wikzo — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:14:05 +0000

I know – but you can’t deny that the new Safari browser looks very much like Chrome. Just try to compare:

http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=safari4btoolbarvschrome.png

(from Lifehacker.com)

I like Chrome’s UI over Safari 4′s.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:28:23 +0000

@Wikzo: Safari was around before Chrome. That being said, they both are built upon Webkit, which has been around longer then both.

@ubuntucat: Firefox will always be my browser of choice though. The other choices just have no real customization options that interest me.

By: Wikzo

Wikzo — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:12:03 +0000

I agree. I can’t see what’s the big deal about Safari 4. It is too obvious that they are trying to make something similar to Google Chrome, but I sure prefer Chrome over the new Safari.

I am using Firefox, though, and have no intentions switching to other browser.