Alternative browser to Safari?

[Foz]

I am looking for a browser that is similar to the latest version of IE - I am so used to how IE allows me to view my favorites bar in a separate pane on the left and then I can open several tabs at once and click on the links I want to go to in each separate tab ... I use Roboform to fill out any info that I need to fill out ...

I tried using Safari and Password 1 but it just doesn't work as well for me ... not unless I'm using Safari incorrectly ...

Which offers me a similar experience ... Firefox ? Opera ?

Thx

 

[alust2013]

Firefox will probably be the closest. It offers the most functionality out of the browsers for Mac.

 

[Daffodil]

Firefox is a good browser, although a lot of people swear by Chrome too.

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Although I'm a little confused by what Safari isn't letting you do that IE would (perhaps cause I haven't used IE for years ). Safari has tabs too - you open them by cmd-t, and you can open things in tabs by cmd-clicking links (for settings related to this, see Preferences - Tabs).

Although the favorites bar is on top, not to the left, I imagine it works pretty much the same, and with the new "Reading List," you could probably use that instead if the location really mattered that much.

If instead of having a home page, you set it to show top sites (which are customizable by the lower right edit button), you can also really quickly find your favorites when you open a new window.

Finally, you can store all your passwords with keychain access, located in the Utilities folder.

 

[paulsalter]

been a while since i used ie

when you open safari, click the little book icon in the menu bar

first tab is now your favourites/bookmarks where you can open any from here into a new tab

 

[orvn]

Opera would probably be the closest to IE in functionality and design.

It's also built from webkit and even offers an IE emulation module, in which you switch to a mode where it browses the web just as IE would (useragent, activex, etc.)