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New Safari 4 Frustrates, but Is Blazing Fast

Apple browser's UI improvements flop, but halve load times

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 5, 2009 1:00 PM CST

(Newser) – Apple’s new Safari 4 browser is the fastest available by far, Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal, but the much-hyped “user-interface changes are a big disappointment.” In most cases, Safari just follows other browsers with helpful improvements to its format.... Read full story »

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