Safari 4 Beta Released

Happy Tuesday! Apple has given us a true gift from the heavens. Starting today, you can download Safari 4, the new version of their popular web browser. You can download it here for Mac OS X (Tiger or Leopard) and Windows XP and Vista.

New features include:

• Nitro engine. A fast Javascript engine that renders 4x faster the previous version of Safari, up to 30x faster than IE, and 3x faster than Firefox. Buckle up for safety.
• Top Sites. A new page built into the browser with thumbnails of all your commonly visited sites. It makes for easy access to your favorite online haunts. If you've used Opera of Google Chrome, this feature will be familiar to you.
• Cover Flow. Love it or hate it, Apple has integrated Cover Flow into your bookmarks. Now you can just scroll your bookmarks like album covers in iTunes.
• Nifty search features! Now you can easily search your entire browsing history. The search bar has been tweaked and now offers suggestions and previous searches as you are typing in your criteria.
• A new facelift. There's a lot of little modifications to the look and feel of the browser as well as some big ones. For one, the page tabs are now located at the top of the browser, much like Google Chrome. For Windows users, you'll find the interface to fall more in line with your other native applications versus the previous version of Safari.

For a more complete list of features, check out the Safari homepage.

Even though it's a beta, Safari 4 seems pretty stable and very fast. I've tried it on both Windows and Mac OS X and, so far, am very impressed. Give it a spin and let everyone know what you think of it in the comments.