Above is a screen shot to the new Browser App for Mac, Cruz.
Although not getting paid, clearly by the level of writing herein, I highly recommend the new hottness. There are some drawbacks, as with any beta release of something open source (re: releasing skeleton and having users build it up, etc.) but the coolest features are built right in and are highly usable.
First, as located in the right screen tilt, is the BrowsaBrowsa plug in. Fully user-oriented these task pains auto-refresh. "Why is this any better than tabs?"
...Good question, because Cruz has a tabs feature built in this really is an enhancement, or icing on cake. The full goodies aren't really harvested less you twitter or ebay frequently (re: something that needs constant monitoring and refreshing) however another more ubiquitous use is that of monitoring RSS feeds plus the GUI is nice. Further though, it is clearly the first stretching of legs that will become more and more viable.
In the lower screen is the money shot, the CSS compressor. For a discussion of CSS one might look here. A great tool and truly navigable (also very slick looking) this makes migration around cumbersome, content heavy sites...like CNN's blog pages or something, much more manageable and friendly. This way, no one has to miss a single word Wold Blitzer every commits to the 'net, and you thought you wouldn't live to see the day.
True, as it sits now the beta has flaws. Mainly they lie, as I see them, in the bookmarking functionality...which is limited (mesozoic) at best, but being open source and only in V 0.1, we're still looking pretty good.
Currently, it is a fun secondary browser (if for no other reasons than, as mentioned above, you cannot import your bookmarks from your primary browser...which is a real drag) that is nice to have when you're cruising content, bidding or coding. It looks to be a framework upon which something truly impressive could one day sit (me).
-AJS
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