I've stuck with Safari till now for performance as well as aesthetics. I like the new firefox look on mac, and the performance is better as well. Anyone switching over? Why or why not?
Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?
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Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?
#2I'm still sticking with Safari. Firefox's faster, but there's nothing that beats the speed of Safari on Mac, and in addition it is Cocoa (while Firefox is Carbon.) For some reason, this makes Safari feel like a more solid browser, and Firefox feeling like a typical Carbon app (whatever that is - just a weird user experience using it.)
If the dealbreaker is extensions, then I have to say that the only extensions I use in Firefox are Web Developer Toolbar and Firebug, which are excellent extensions. I only start Firefox to a) test sites on Firefox and b) use the aforementioned extensions.
Safari has a good built-in alternative to Firebug, which is available by going to Safari > Preferences > Advanced and checking Show Develop menu in menu bar. Then go to Develop > Web Inspector (or the other tools there.) Good for quick Javascript troubleshooting, as it also has a Javascript error/eval console.
In Firefox, I've found that other extensions usually make the browser more bloated and slower to use. They're nice, and sure, you could have ForecastFox tell you the weather, but it's not worth the bloat, in my opinion. And themes... :|
If you're like me, you'll miss a lot of extensions, but realize in the end that you don't really need most of them. del.icio.us was a favorite extension of mine. On Safari, I put the del.icio.us bookmarklet as the first bookmark on my menu bar. Then I hide the menu bar (apple+shift+b.) When I want to bookmark something to del.icio.us, I hit Apple+1, tag, save.
Firefox is a great browser, and Firefox 3 makes it even better, but Safari is a fast, no-frills, and great web browser. Although Safari has less 3rd party addons (and most of them superb, like Inquisitor) it's a web browser that does what you should expect it to do, and fast - browse the web.
Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?
#3When I switched from Windows, I went straight to Firefox because I felt comfortable there. But (3 years ago), Firefox started getting buggy and slow. I loved the add-ons, but I switched to Camino because it was more Mac-like and stable. But since Beta 3 for Firefox came out, I've switched back and been really impressed with it.
One feature that Firefox and Camino both have is the "Search for text when I start typing" which I use a lot for mouseless navigation.
I don't have any major gripes against Safari, I just prefer Firefox.
The GrApple Delicious theme for firefox is a must have for any Mac user.
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#4Camino
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#5I am just totally enamored by Webkit. It's insanely fast. I usually run nightlies and haven't hit a nasty bug yet.
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#7FF 3. Just hope they get the bug fixed QUICK. Safari is a huge resource suck and horks on a lot of sites I use.
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#8When I switched from Windows, I went straight to Firefox because I felt comfortable there. But (3 years ago), Firefox started getting buggy and slow. I loved the add-ons, but I switched to Camino because it was more Mac-like and stable. But since Beta 3 for Firefox came out, I've switched back and been really impressed with it. One feature that Firefox and Camino both have is the "Search for text when I start typing"…
Safari has the search for text while typing now too. It's cool.
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#9I settled on Safari a while ago. I'll probably stick with Safari as my default, but make more use of firefox and it's plugins.
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#10Compartmentalizing helps prevent the possibility of total catastrophe, so for me it's Firefox for work, Safari for personal business, Opera for browsing, Camino for everything else.