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I swear no sooner had I began to hate using Firefox did apple come in and save the day... Over the past couple of years I've never given much thought to Apple's browser but with several headlines of "World's Fastest Browser" quickly filling up the internet, I figured I would give it another go. And let me tell ya, Safari Beta 4 is some sort of fantastic.

They've basically taken Google's Chrome idea and made it much better. Here's a screen showing the new slim-lined fashion of new age browsers but apple style. And the nice thing about their chosen style scheme, is that it fits very well into the windows theme vs. looking abstract with its earlier revisions.

But apple evidently knew they had a hit this time around since the first-time startup dialog was replaced with a snazzy video (apple's way of rubbing it in). And as expected after a few minutes a browsing, it held up to their word. Browsing was significantly faster than most browsers. I'm not sure if I can claim them the fastest but it definitely filled me with joy after having to deal with bloated competitors.

But the thing that caught my eye the most out of all of this is the fancy new screenshot views to replace the traditional bookmark system. The first of which was another copy from other browsers like Opera and Chrome, which was a "speed dial" view. Recently visited webpages would pop up in a screenshot format and you simply selected the screenshot of the page you wanted to visit. But once again Apple stepped up and took it a step further, Giving it a front rowesque feel to it.  Just take a look at the screenshot to the right. You can't tell me that doesn't look awesome.

But the one area that they went outside the box with is the bookmarks page itself. Simply open up your bookmarks window and you are presented with the famous Coverflow that has taken over everything Apple. With the flick of your mouse, you are whizzing through your bookmarks as God intended, the Apple way.