Looks like Apple does pay attention to criticism after all. Out from the beta shell, Safari 4 has undergone some pleasant UI refinements since the beta release, including but not limited to *drumroll* tabs at the bottom!
Safari 4 tabs are almost like what Safari 3 tabs used to feel like, except with some minor cosmetic changes. The loading spinner has also changed to include ‘Loading…’ text when there’s page activity. A minor UI refinement to the Top Sites feature of Safari 4, they’ve finally gotten rid of the hideous blue border around the thumbnails, now appearing a more muted pale blue.
Safari 4.0 also comes with a new feature ‘Crash Resistance’, which keeps it from crashing if a plugin misbehaves. Just refresh the page and everything is back to normal. And, in a 64bit environment, Safari renders Javascript 50% faster. We hear reports that’s faster than Chrome 2.0.
Coupled with HTML 5, CSS effects, Coverflow history and bookmarks, full page zoom, smart address field, search suggestions, and a whole lot more, Safari 4 is the browser to use on the Mac.
