Neither, really...OmniWeb is better. Technically it is now using the Safari engine, but the browser itself is superior to Safari.
It has very nice per-site preferences, really smart privacy options, plug-in management, etc.
Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?
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Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?
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Safari has the search for text while typing now too. It's cool.
Really? How would I enable this? I don't see anything in prefs for Safari 3.1.1.
Command + F then start typing what you're looking for on the page. Command + G will proceed to the next instance of your search phrase on the page.
Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?
#33FF 3. Just hope they get the bug fixed QUICK. Safari is a huge resource suck and horks on a lot of sites I use.
Safari is a resource suck? I always thought it was more efficient than FF.
Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really? How would I enable this? I don't see anything in prefs for Safari 3.1.1.
Command + F then start typing what you're looking for on the page. Command + G will proceed to the next instance of your search phrase on the page.
Unless I'm mistaken, Safari can't do this:
There's the "logout" link on this page, I just start typing l-o-g..., and once it gets highlighted, I can hit return and it'll click the link for me. Or if I need to go to the next word, I can still hit command+G. I don't have to invoke Find either, I can just start typing.
Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?
#35FF 3. Just hope they get the bug fixed QUICK. Safari is a huge resource suck and horks on a lot of sites I use.
Safari is a resource suck? I always thought it was more efficient than FF.
It's fine on its own, but any time a site is using Flash or, heaven forbid, an applet, it would jump right to the head of the line, even with 70 or 80 tabs open in FF2.
Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?
#36FF3. Apple developers succeeded in make Safari FEEL more solid but it crashes too often. I also wish Safari was as configurable as FF.
Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really? How would I enable this? I don't see anything in prefs for Safari 3.1.1.
Command + F then start typing what you're looking for on the page. Command + G will proceed to the next instance of your search phrase on the page.
Okay, I think there is a misunderstanding. I want a feature equivalent to 'find as you type' in Firefox. Just start typing while the focus point is on the content area of the tab, and the first search result gets highlighted. No need for command+F.
This is really the main reason firefox is my default browser.
Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?
#38I use both. Safari's still got a better look and feel, I think, so that's my default.
Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?
#39Firefox is a -beast- on the mac. It drags and constantly seems to be using 5% of CPU, doesn't do fonts right, and hangs and lags a lot. So, i use Safari about 80% of the time.
However, it's got a lot of great plugins, so I use it for any questionable stuff and for proxied traffic, etc.
Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?
#40Safari to surf, Firefox to develop because of Firebug. So far though, I am very unimpressed with the interface choices they made with Firefox.
Webkit nightlies have an enhanced Web Inspector that's nearly as good as Firebug.