I’ve had a bit of a dilemma in recent months. You see, my browser of choice, Google Chrome, is not available on my operating system of choice, Apple’s OS X. So I’ve been waiting patiently as Google makes slow progress on the Mac version. But after today, I may not be waiting anymore.

No, Chrome for Mac still isn’t available, but something which may be on par, if not better is - Safari 4. Apple has launched a beta version of its web browser packed with 150 features, including dozens of new ones that it thinks makes it the best browser available. I’ve only been using it for a couple hours, so while I don’t feel confident in saying it’s the best browser out there, I will say that it is going to be my new everyday browser.

And let me be clear, I did not really like Safari 3. I would use it from time to time, but my main browser of choice for OS X was Mozilla’s Camino (which incidentally, the chief guy behind that project, Mike Pinkerton is now working on Chrome for the Mac). But Safari 4 seems to take much of what I liked about Camino - its light weight, its speed and its simplicity - and packs it all in with some nice new user interface elements.