Fastest browser for OSX?

Chrome.

 

chrome.

but i like the new safari 5 so i use it

 

Safari 5's reader > Chrome's slight speed advantage

I love this feature. Besides, Chrome's lead diminishes and in some cases disappears the more tabs and extensions you're running.

 

I find chrome slower than Safari but faster than Firefox however im not a fan of Google.

 

doesn't Chrome hog the nvidia gpu where safari uses mainly the Intel one, making the battery last *much* longer?

 

I think Opera is fastest. Opera is safe, secure, powerful and fully customizable, the Opera Web browser is faster and more secure than other browsers available on the market. Opera delivers robust security and a far-richer feature set than any other Web browser and it's free.

 

Yep it does, thats the reason i'm having to use Firefox atm :/

 

I'd like to know that too. Don't wanna lose a significant amount of battery time just because of my browser choice.

EDIT: Just thought, does this actually matter for me, when i have a 13"? They use the
same (and only) GPU all the time, right?

 

Would also like to know what you think about Chrome RAM usage. The app itself doesn't take up a lot of memory, but i've noticed that each "renderer" process that up quite a bit. So do all the Chrome processes summed up actually end up using
more memory than Safari - with a lot of tabs open in both?

 

No it won't have any affect on yours as it only has the on GPU.

I tried Chrome and didn't see what all the fuss is about, felt slower than Safari 5, and it does activate the Nvidia GPU so un-installed it and went back to Safari.

 

FireFox? darn that one is almost worse and slower then IE8 were it not for firebug. i think opera 10.6 is WAY better then both FF and safari, don't know if it plays nice with the gpu yet though.

 

+1

I can't vouch for some of the claims but what I do know is that it is VERY quick. What I love most about Opera is that you can synch your bookmarks across devices so easily.

A very feature rich browser indeed and highly recommended.

 

Chrome and yeah, bookmarks sync is great!

 

I hadn't realized that IE8, Safari or Chrome were paid :S

I think it's funny when people get used to saying non-industry-labeled things are the only ones free

 

Safari 5 (extensions enabled) gets no complaint from me. Love it.

 

I like Chrome better than Firefox & Safari. I only like Safari's history...shows you the webpages

 

+1 for Safari 5

 

I'm currently using Chrome, but it has begun getting slower for me...so I might switch to Safari 5 soon.

 

I use Safari, but have tried Chrome and Firefox, and I can't tell the difference in speed between Safari and Chrome, and I think Firefox was slower (haven't used it in months, its not installed on my new MBP).

 

Opera is by far the fastest in my personal experience (I've tried Safari 4, Safari 5, Chrome, and Firefox).

It's also the sleekest/cleanest browser out there. Love it.

 

I've just downloaded Opera after seeing all the positive reviews here. Does seem faster and sleeker. However I've got 2 questions. Being a firefox users for years, I'm accustomed to cmd # for tab switching. The current shortcut for tab switching for opera is really not to my liking. I've seen the shortcuts page, and I can see that I can assign cmd 1-9 to different functions. The default is to go to the different speed dials, and I would like to know the command for it to switch to tab 1, tab 2 etc...

Second question is, my personal bar (bookmarks) just goes missing sometimes. How do I bring it back?

 

Chrome is my choice because the Safari address bar+search box combo sucks. It doesn't even work right in Safari 5.

On my Chrome, I have it set up so that if I type wiki Frankenstein it will automatically pull up the wikipedia article on Frankenstein. No clicking involved.
Likewise, I have shortcuts like imdb and pirate (piratebay).

 

Hmmm.... and also, Opera seems to activate my nvidia almost all to easily...