Apple Releases Safari 4 for Mac and PC
Today, Apple released Safari 4 beta for Mac and PC. I have installed both the Mac and PC implementations and they are both beautiful and unique to their corresponding operating systems.
This news has a big impact on all new browsers, but especially Google Chrome (a very similar competitor) because there is now no compelling reason to use or anticipate (Mac version) it; most of its differentiating features from Safari 3 have been matched and exceeded in Safari 4. Safari appears to run separate processes in each tab, it has a bytecode JavaScript engine, has a Google Gears like database implementation, and it obviously uses the Webkit engine. Additionally, it is the first and only browser to pass the Acid3 test to date.
This release is a huge step forward for Apple in not only the computer browser market, but eventually in the mobile browser market as well; imagine what the iPhone implementation of Safari 4 will bring.