Safari 3.1's minimalist me¬tallic theme has clean lines and uses space well. Tabs smoothly link to the book¬marks bar above them, and pop-up notices-such as the one that appears when you add new bookmarks-use animation to flow into and out of the title bar. The load progress indicator (which fills in the address bar) is a nice design touch, as is the blue outline around a page's currently selected text box.

The browser handles RSS feeds smoothly, and it can show all of the posts from RSS-feed bookmarks gathered in the same folder in a customizable display. On the other hand, Safari lacks an antiphishing filter (standard in both Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7), and it doesn't support EV certificates. Another drawback: Safari doesn't permit third¬party themes or add-ons.