Apparently Apple focused Safari development on gaining milliseconds instead of improving their web browser. According to Apple’s marketing department Safari 3 outperforms every other available browser. And you really need those milliseconds to compensate the time you loose while using Safari caused by the lack of new and innovative features, compared to other popular web browsers.
E.g. the implementation of a simple but very handy feature like bookmark keywords and the wonderful %s for adding search functionality:
- type a bookmark keyword followed by a blank and the search term into the address bar – just like “wiki Apple” for looking up the word “Apple” on Wikipedia for instance
- and hit enter
That way I can possibly search every searchable site on the internet very fast and easily.
In Safari I use
- the Bookmark Bar or Bookmark Menu to
- find the right bookmark,
- click on it or type the site address into the address bar,
- wait until the page loads – btw, in Safari it really loads blazingly fast now!
- figure out where the searchbar is on the site,
- click in it to activate it – now I think you even can resize text input fields in Safari, and be honest, we all anxiously waited for this feature!
- type in my search term
- hit enter or the search button.
You see what I mean?
Search is one of the most important features on the internet, a web browser should therefore ease the access to search and information.
By definition beta software is feature complete and ready for testing. So that means I’ll have to wait for Safari 4 until I eventually see more features…