One problem that I have run into has to do with setting my default browser. Snap-back is a cool feature that allows you to mark a certain page (CTRL-ALT-K) and then later switch (or snap-back) to that page quickly by using CTRL-ALT-P combination. This opens up a nice HTML formatted page that shows all the plug-ins that are installed in great detail. You can go back and forth to the pages that you have visited while the Safari browser is open but will clear everything after you close the browser.Īs I mentioned earlier, on the Help menu you can check the installed plug-ins. When private browsing is turned on Safari won’t save your browsing history, clear your downloads window, and Safari won’t save AutoFill and won’t add searches to the pop-menu in the Google search box.
You can selectively select only the items in this list that you want.Īnother security feature is the ability to turn Private Browsing on or off. You can reset Safari which allows you to clear history, empty the cache, clear the downloads window, remove all cookies, remove all Web icons, remove saved names and passwords, remove AutoFill form text, clear recent Web searches, and close all Safari windows. This test is by no means a scientific test but it is a good indicator of what to expect. For example, when I click on the hyperlink that contains a QuickTime video, Firefox makes the video available for playing right away and continues to download it in the background, while some browsers (such as Internet Explorer) take time first to download the entire video in the background then they make it available for viewing. I observed the following times when starting a 44 second QuickTime video in a Web browser. I also ran some tests to check out the QuickTime plug-ins. Internet Explorer 7.0 was the slowest of the three, even though it is built into the Windows Vista operating system.
I found that compared to Firefox it was at least 2-3 times faster when accessing various Web sites on the Internet. I discovered that it completely blows away both Firefox and Internet Explorer when it comes to speed. I tested the new beta and compared it to Mozilla’s Firefox and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Based on my tests on the Windows platform, I completely agree with Apple. Apple claims that Safari is the fastest browser on any platform.
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