JOHN BIGBOOTE So after using the new public beta for a few hours, I'm very pleased. On my ancient 5-yr old PowerBook G4 1GHz, this thing screams compared to ver 3. Page loading and scrolling are way faster. Tabs on top will take some getting used to, but as a web designer, I like the extra screen real estate for actual web pages! I don't mind the stop/reload button moved into the Address bar, as it matches the UI on the iPhone. I do like the Google search suggestions, but would like options to disable. The Top Sites feature is pretty, but a resource hog. I doubt I'll continue to use it on my old machine. 1. Bring back the page load progress bar! 2. Auto-Close the Downloads window when all downloads finish. I had been using Glims to do this, but it's broken with the beta. 3. Built-in ad-blocking. Had been using Pithhelmet, but Safari AdBlock is working with the beta. If this were built-in, we'd be one step closer to eliminating the "nasty" InputManager hacks. 4. Make the Google search field resizable and give config options for how it behaves. Overall, great update! (Version 4.0b1) |