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Safari 4 is watching you, and never forgets

February saw the public release of Safari 4 Beta—the latest update to Apple’s own browser. There were a couple of complications for some people, but for the majority, Safari 4 looked a nice improvement. Little would we release that it would keep track of each and every site we visited, regardless of our preferences.

Save as Web Application still a planned feature for Safari 4 (Mac)

Though the Safari 4 beta added a lot, at least in looks, when compared to earlier developer betas, one notable thing it lost was the “Save as Web Application…” command in the File menu. Using this command, Safari would make an application in your Applications folder that basically ran just that one website, something introduced more »

Appletellcast weekly Apple podcast: March 1st, 2009

The theme of the week is Apple’s Safari 4 public beta that took us all by surprise, and we followed suit with some discussion on the topic. We’ve also got some more articles and reviews that we talked about. Plus we’ve got a special 20% off discount code on the Podium stand that won our recent iPhone stand roundup for listeners. Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and listen all the way to the end for the code!

How the Safari 4 interface can be improved

On Tuesday, I released a list of the 8 principal things wrong with the Safari 4 interface from a usability standpoint. Today, I’m going to outline six fixes that would make me love Safari 4, and that I feel solve all the issues.

Safari 4 beta for Windows: First impressions

I have been using the Safari 4 beta for a little over 24 hours now on both Windows XP/Vista and OS X Tiger/Leopard. Apart from the slight learning curve (where’d my Tab bar go?!), I have to say, I love the OS X version. The Windows side of things is, decidedly, a mixed bag. Apple appears to have answered several major criticisms, though I’m not sure this is entirely a good thing.

Safari 4: Hell in a handbasket (or a disk image)

I’m sitting here, typing away at this article in Firefox. I currently have Mail, iChat, and Twitterriffic open. They are all connected to the internet. Oh, there’s a new batch of tweets! And a new mail message! And in comes a new chat with a link to a funny video. Let’s check it out! Up more »

Safari 4 Top Sites first look

One of the coolest features revealed in today’s Safari 4 beta release from Apple is Top Sites. This provides a cover flow-style gallery of the sites you’ve recently visited most often. Aside from being helpful, it’s always frighteningly revealing…do I really spend that much time on Facebook?

Apple releases Safari 4

Today, Apple have updated their web browser Safari to version 4. It’s currently in beta testing stages, but is available to the public to download. On the face of it, Safari 4 looks brilliant. A full update that we’ve been waiting for is delivered with some new and interesting features.