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Safari 3.0 Public Beta (Windows)
Frazier Barretto, Jun 25, 2007 1100 hrs ISTAre you ready for a simple and smooth Safari? Still in Beta stages, here's our preview of the budding browser for the good old Windows.
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Added Features
Safari has a couple of extra features, which is now a standard among most browsers. Here is quick run-down of the few.
SnapBack
SnapBack is a new feature. It basically lets you reach the homepage or the first page you opened under that particular site in that very tab. For example, if you went to the Techtree homepage and after surfing a couple of articles you wish to go back to the homepage, all you have to do is click on the orange colored icon that appears towards the right side in the address-bar. There is no actual need for this as most sites these days have a home link on every page. But it's a welcome addition as long as it doesn't hinder your browsing. SnapBack can also be set to a particular page; therefore, if you wish to see the Top Reviews at Techtree, you go once to that particular page and set it. From then on, whenever you're surfing Techtree and you hit the SnapBack icon, you'll reach the Top Reviews page.
Tabbed Browsing
No browser feels complete without tabbed browsing. There is no need to open multiple windows; instead, you just have one window with as many tabs as you wish. Safari as well supports tabbed browsing. The only difference is the tab close buttons appear on the left side.
Pop-up Blocking
The Safari has an inbuilt Pop-up blocker. It is a standard feature among most browsers to keep away the annoying pop-ups incorporated by many sites. The Safari Pop-Up blocker did a pretty good job of blocking pop-ups, especially if they were to show in another window. As for the flash pop-ups, it didn't do much about them.
Form Auto-Fill
The Safari browser has an Auto Form-Fill feature. For it to be active, you first have to fill a form on a site. Safari detects a form being filled and asks you to verify the entries and save it for itself. Once done, all you need to do is hit a combination of Ctrl+Shift+A to fill a form.
Others & Upcoming
The Safari browser has a few other features that are standard and don't require any separate mention. Features like RSS Feeds, Private Browsing, and Security are also present. There is also a list of features that will be incorporated in this browser before its final release such as Proxy Settings, Localized Menus, FTP directory (ftp browsing), Spell Check, Cookie Management, NTML Support, PAC file auto-detection, Tooltips, etc.
Performance
Under performance, we take a look at the amount of system resources utilized by the browser. Safari has similar performance to that of Mozilla's Firefox. The browser utilizes similar amounts of RAM and page file. The browser didn't seem to be the crashing types even though in Beta, there were a couple of times when it did make the system slow. That said, Safari can't be counted as a system hog for the average computer configuration today, but for those on a system couple of years old, it might seem like another IE. The final version of the Safari should be even more optimized that would require even lower resources.
Final Words
Safari 3.0 is in its Beta stages. Until its final release, we'll just have to wait and watch whether Safari can actually change old habits.
Download Safari 3.0 Public Beta here.
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