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Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?

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Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?

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Post by sc »

markbao wrote: post #2

I'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…

> it also has a Javascript error/eval console.

It even has tab-completion, which makes it feel even more solid than what I've experienced with FF and various extensions.

I only open FF for FF-specific testing.

Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?

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Post by sc »

ajbatac wrote: post #19

If you are just browsing, reading stuff, Safari rules. However, if you are developing a website, use Firefox.

I don't know. These days, Safari's Web Inspector is quite on-par with Firebug, with some things I like even better.

Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?

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Post by fourlittlebees »

dcurtis wrote: post #46
fourlittlebees wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Why would you have 70-80 tabs open in anything? When I have a lot of tabs open, I feel dirty and cluttered.

That's the life of a technology writer. I'm usually working several different stories at the same time. It's a mess, but it works better for me than trying to retrieve bookmarks. I keep meaning to check out one of the new research tools to manage it, but never seem to make the time.

Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?

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Post by evgen »

jimm wrote: post #30
zzzmarcus wrote: post #22

The main reason I stick with FF is for Firebug and the Del.icio.us plugins.

Those two and AdBlock---though I just discovered an ad blocker on pimpmysafari.com. (For the record: I use Firefox.)

Check out safariadblock (safariadblock.sourceforge.net) for an adblocker that is basically a port of adblockplus.

Re: Mac People: Safari or Firefox 3?

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Post by elidourado »

comatose_kid wrote: post #37
noelchurchill wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

This kept me on Firefox as well until I discovered SafariStand, which includes this feature.

http://hetima.com/safari/stand-e.html

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