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Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 24 With User Timing and Link Preload
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The problem with using safari is that it's baked into the OS. Yes it will launch faster than the others but if you like to keep your computers for several years (5+) and stay on the OS that works best on your aging machine, Safari can't get upgraded and it becomes old, unsupported, and develops issues with newer sites.
It's better to stick with a third party browser if you don't want to constantly upgrade the OS every year... otherwise you'll be left in the dust in no time.
It's better to stick with a third party browser if you don't want to constantly upgrade the OS every year... otherwise you'll be left in the dust in no time.
Regardless of what browser I have installed, first thing I do is scrap Google for the search engine and replace it with DuckDuckGo.
I've got to say, it's been almost 10 years since I've seen an OSX update negatively impact performance/features. In 2017 this just isn't an issue. My main desktop is a baseline 2011 iMac and it runs great on the latest OSX (my newer machines are laptops).
That said, you may have some app compatibility reasons to stick with the older OS.
Also for what it is worth, your unpatched 5 year old machine is a severe security red flag. I recommend that you don't use it for anything sensitive like your taxes or banking.
While agree with most of what you say here I think you overreact on security, while it is better to have the latest patches OS X/MacOs is by no means insecure, chance of getting hacked is ver-Very-VERY low on a mac.
No one can hack my banking since I use a random reader, much more secure than a password/Username login.
Safari FTW on my Macs, but I keep Chrome around for Google compatibility with my Note5 and work-related bookmarks and settings.
I love SSO, and I don't mind being followed.
I love SSO, and I don't mind being followed.
Actually I am not exaggerating. All of the exploits for older versions of OSX are already in the wild and compiled into hacking kits that are widely available. These vulnerabilities are active on your machine. You should assume that anybody with your IP address can fully compromise your machine through completely automated tools. Any arbitrary code can be remotely executed and the lack of randomised memory addressing will allow even modern browsers on your machine to be compromised.
You should consider yourself about as secure as using a public terminal at your local library.
Safari has or feature that compels me to use it vs Chrime: Its not spyware.
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Safari has one feature that compels me to use it vs Chrime: Its not spyware.
Because of the lacking favicons into the tab bar. How could you separate all the tabs fast without them?
Yes, because there a not a lot of alternatives. Opera and Chrome download and install new browser versions without permission, Chrome even installs their backdoor as a system service. Firefox is great as a secondary browser, but I need Webkit and Safari developer tools for development.
if you use password keychain , try 1password works amazing, its paid software but only once and its universal in all apps, OSs
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keyword search. In Firefox and Chrome I can do this in the URL bar: w trump
and it will search Wikipedia for Trump. If I switch to : y trump it will search YouTube from Trump
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keyword search. In Firefox and Chrome I can do this in the URL bar: w trump
and it will search Wikipedia for Trump. If I switch to : y trump it will search YouTube from Trump
I do! As others have mentioned, it feels faster and more energy-efficient than other browsers. Also bookmark and tab sharing between macOS and iOS are very neatly done. All my personal browsing takes place in Safari.
I hate how Chrome talks home to Google, so I use Vivaldi for web development usually as Safari's dev tools are cumbersome.
Safari has some nice continuity features. It uses significantly less battery life, and is less taxing on performance. It also has Picture in Picture video which is very nice when watching YouTube videos.
I have tried Chrome several times but always go back to Safari, it does everything I need and just 'feels right'.
That is easily solved by switching to DuckDuckGo
. And it supports a lot more searches this way than Chrome. For instance with Safari with my prefered search engine DDG: "dogs !gi" will search google images for pictures of dogs or "!w Einstein" will go to the wikipedia page for Einstein directly.
Yes, I do.
After years on Linux struggling with Konqueror, SeaMonkey, Qupzilla, Midori, Rekonq, Iceweasel, etc, all well meaning, all unreliable, crash prone, niche and mostly useless, it's a genuine pleasure to use Safari. Thus far I've not come cross anything that does't work, flawlessly and reliably.
Yes. I'm fully in the Apple eco system and it stores all of my passwords, credit and details easily because it already has access to them. I also have hand off, it's sleek and smart. I'm not sure why you wouldn't use Safari as an Apple user.
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Looks like the "I's" have it!
Echoing what others have said. I'm a Front End Developer and Safari is hands down the most stable, energy efficient browser on a Mac. Apart from a couple of extensions, I don't get the Chrome love at all. No reader mode, no sane undoing of closing browser tabs, lots of stability issues and accidental closing of tabs.
Chrome has always loaded pages way faster for me. When you speak about faster do you mean responding to hotkeys like Ctrl + W and Ctrl + T?