It is apparent that the developers at Apple did not rush into things when planning Safari's infrastructure. This becomes clear when you first launch the application and notice how quickly the main window draws and your home page loads. Apple has publicly benchmarked Safari v2.0 (for OS 10.4.x) as having HTML page load speeds at almost two times that of its Firefox counterpart and approximately four times that of Internet Explorer.
A Comparison of Web Browsers for Macintosh (OS X)
By Scott Orgera, About.com Guide
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- Apple Safari vs. Mozilla Firefox 2.0
- Why You Should Use Safari
- Speed
- News and Blog Reading
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- Session Restore
- Multiple Searches
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