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Safari 4 --> New Features for Mobile Safari coming?

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lilmitchmitch

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I downloaded the beta version of Safari 4 today during class and have been using it for the past few hours. I really like the concept of the "Top Sites" and just thought that this could be nice for my iPhone. With the Top Sites, I find it almost pointless to have a bunch of bookmarked sites (unless you seriously check 20+ sites a day) because you can just pop open a new window and have it go to your top sites because you're probably going to visit one of them anyways.

I started to think of how this could work on the iPhone/Touch and thought that when you clicked on the Safari icon, it would then bring you to basically another home screen that would have your top sites as more icons. From there you could click those icons and it would bring you to that site.

Edit: To go along with more of my title, does anybody think that this could spark some new features? Possibly some type of cover flow integration like they did with the history and such?

I don't know... I am reading for a class and got bored and started to think about this. Sorry if it's been said before (and no I didn't search, because I don't care). So if it's a repeat then delete it, I won't be offended.
 
It's not a beta anymore.

Maybe we will see some of the features in Safari 4 in Safari Mobile in the next software update. 2.3? 3.0?
 
iParis said:
It's not a beta anymore.
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safari 4 is still a beta. my guess on time frame is that it'll become final release for the release of snow leopard.

iParis said:
Maybe we will see some of the features in Safari 4 in Safari Mobile in the next software update. 2.3? 3.0?
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i'd stake my savings on the fact that we'll see new features in safari in 3.0.
 
lilmitchmitch said:
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/ ...still says Safari 4 Beta for me :confused:
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petemwah said:
safari 4 is still a beta. my guess on time frame is that it'll become final release for the release of snow leopard.
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Tallest Skil said:
It became a beta today. Before it was just a Developer Preview.
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Probably why when I ran the Apple Software Update it didn't come up.
Wow. That's strange. I could have sworn it said beta when I downloaded it a couple months ago from the developers site.
And yes, Snow Leopard sounds like a good time for Safari 4, final version, to be released.
 
If Apple was going to bring in more HTML5 and Safari 4.0 features to the iPhone, i'd imagine it'd be worthy of release around when the v3 iPhone comes out.
 
I actually like Safari on Windows now. Before the UI was hideous and really slow now it's fast and sexy. Now if only they would make iTunes look like that...
 
locifcan said:
Top Sites is really like Chrome and finally Safari have the New Tab button.
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Or like Opera which has had "SpeedDial for a long time. So happy, I have been waiting for the place where the features of Safari, Opera and Chrome intersect, and now I have it.
 
superstrikertwo said:
I actually like Safari on Windows now. Before the UI was hideous and really slow now it's fast and sexy. Now if only they would make iTunes look like that...
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I agree about iTunes windows. It's hideous. Also could use some tweaking of its speed. Although my laptop is fairly dated.
 
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