Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

PrometheusG5

macrumors member
Original poster
Jun 23, 2004
84
0
San Francisco, CA
I'd like to hear from people what they think of these two browsers. I use them both, and there are features about both I like. However, Firefox doesn't seem like a well done Mac OS app. But I'm interested in opinions....
 
I think that they're about equal. I'd rather use Firefox since there is a larger group using it and more experiences should lead to better code. I do switch off and try the other for a while. I can't say that I've noticed one being faster than the other, despite some claims about Camino.
 
I prefer Camino, and I find it to be faster than FireFox. I also prefer the interface of Camino, and the way it handles tabs.

The only thing I don't like is that there is no spell check as you type feature like in Safari.
 
I like Firefox myself, but that's only because I haven't used Camino very much at all. I use it as an alternate browser when Safari can't get the job done.
 
i prefer Camino but only because i like the interface much more. it is quite unstable at sometimes though.
 
Camino is a fully-fledged OS X app with a lovely interface and excellent start up times. Firefox on OS X feels like a port of a Windows app and takes an age to start up.

My honest opinion is that OS X Firefox is not ready for the prime time (on Windows and Linux it's much much better) whereas Camino is a serious challenger to Safari as best OS X browser. Firefox will get better though, no question.
 
Speed

I am also a big fan of mozilla.org but,

Has anyone noticed slower scroll speeds in Camino (versus Mozilla 1.7.2)?
 
thequicksilver said:
Camino is a fully-fledged OS X app with a lovely interface and excellent start up times. Firefox on OS X feels like a port of a Windows app and takes an age to start up.

My honest opinion is that OS X Firefox is not ready for the prime time (on Windows and Linux it's much much better) whereas Camino is a serious challenger to Safari as best OS X browser. Firefox will get better though, no question.

That's kind of the way I feel. Firefox is a good browser...but it doesn't feel like a real OS X app.
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.