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There are several things that can make you consider using Safari as your Leopard web browser. Let's take a look at them.
Ultimate Safari Webclip
Webclip is newly released tool for Safari. With Webclip, you can pick portion of your favorite web pages as an new Dashboard widget. Webclip is located next to the reload button.
I have taken the snapshot for illustrating how the webclip can benefit us. In picture, you will see that I've three widgets for my dashboard, the clock, web browser game, and Hot in Apple upcoming stories on Digg. Therefore, I can monitor the upcoming stories as well as the development of my village in browser game. This is just an example, you don't have to take it seriously.
Better Speed Performance
Apple claims that Safari browsing speed is 1.43, which is 3 times faster than Firefox with 4.52 and 6 times faster than Opera 9.
Handy RSS Feeds Burner
Gaining RSS Feeds of certain website using Safari is easier than ever now. Safari provides us with RSS button, which is located at the rightmost of the address bar, and it's easy to use.
Quick Navigating Bookmarks
Bookmarks Bar, which is other handy stuff in Safari, can help you create new bookmark in instant and also can help you refer back to your bookmarks really quick. You will have your top 9 bookmarks assigned to shortcut from Command-1 to Command-9 which will be a great help for you.
In order to add new bookmark to your Bookmarks Bar, you just need to drag the web fav-icon and drop it to the Bookmarks Bar. See also Safari n' Javascript : Printing from Browser for another more advance example of using Safari Bookmarks Bar.
A Few Display Issues
Unfortunately, Safari still got a few display issues.
Standard Font
Safari's Standard Font, that can be set inside Safari ▸ Preferences ▸ Appearance, sometimes can ruin the whole display because Safari renders the webpage using this user-defined font, which overwrites the original CSS.
Option Bar
Safari Option Bar cannot work properly in some webpages, such as the sorting feature of Digg.
Compatibility
Perhaps this is Flash compatibility, somehow I cannot manage to use the Share feature of Digg using Safari.
I hope that there will be immediate solution for these issues.
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