These speed tests were filmed at actual web page rendering times.

Gina Trapani from Lifehacker recently did a review of Safari 4 entitled “A Hands On Look at Safari 4’s (Crashy) Eye Candy“.  She explains how although Apple is claiming that they’re “leading the way with innovation”, the latest version of Safari offers very few features that haven’t already been done in other browsers (namely, Chrome) a long time ago.

Here are the top ten negative things that she said in that review, in quote format:

1. “… all things we’ve used before in other browsers.”
2. “… been-there-done-that feature …”
3. “Another page stolen from Chrome’s playbook …”
4. “… you’ll probably find this change pretty disconcerting …”
5. “… this is the one visual effect where Chrome” … “actually does a nicer job.”
6. “… Safari 4 reminded me several times that it’s not kidding about that “beta” label.”
7. “Safari 4 is still super-crashy …”
8. “… it’s got a long way to go in the stability department.”
9. “… not the fastest kid on the block …”
10. Last but certainly not least, “Safari 4 Is Not Ready for Everyday Usage”

Read more at Lifehacker.com.

Wrox Programmer to Programmer offers “The must-have reference for building and optimizing Web applications for Safari on iPhone 3.0″. It is available in paperback or Kindle Edition.

View more of this book’s description and purchase at a discount at Amazon.

“You should read this document if you want your web content to look good and perform well on either the desktop or iPhone OS, plan to write iPhone OS-specific web content, use iPhone OS-specific style sheets, or use iPhone application links in your web content. Definitely read this document if you are creating a custom web application for either platform.”

View the Safari Web Content Guide.

Safari has come to a point where it isn’t even a factor in the browser speed tests against Firefox, Chrome, and Opera.  The test criteria: Boot-up and warm loading, tab loading, Javascript, DOM/CSS, and memory use.  Safari’s sorry score put it only ahead of the expired version of Opera.

Read more at Lifehacker.com.

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Inc. appeared on the reality show Dancing With the Stars last night.  Following his performance which yielded the lowest score of the night, host Tom Bergerson made small talk in his interview by asking what he should do if Safari freezes.  After brief hesitation, Wozniak quickly blurted out “Reinstall!”.

Just as he did when Safari for Windows first arrived, Aviv Raff immediately went to work on Chrome yesterday to find it’s vulnerabilities. Because Chrome is based on Webkit, the same application framework as Safari, it shares some of the same flaws.

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Google has announced that they will release the Beta version of Chrome today (for Windows). They haven’t made it publicly available as of this writing, but have given some sneak peaks of it’s features, philosophies, processing, and design in a comic book.

Okay, we know that Safari Sucks, but what if you need to test your website on IE & would like to avoid it at all costs as well? Try the Firefox Add-on IE Tab (not available for MacOSX). It will embed an Internet Explorer window in tabs of Firefox.