FireFox vs. Safari (and IE I guess)

[Mechcozmo]

I have the latest 17" PowerBook with the new style touchpad. Everything scrolls fine except for RSS pages in Safari, I'm sure that it's a software problem with Safari, I've had 3 of these powerbooks in the last month and they all had the same problem.

Ah. My Rev. C 12" PowerBook (last-gen) has no issues. I use iScroll 2 so that I can use the two-finger-scrolling.

 

[JoeUK]

I only use Camino these days. At first when I got my Mac I used Firefox as I was really used to it from my windows days, but the Camino nightly builds are just a lot faster, and actually feel like Mac apps. I probably would use Safari, now I've demetalfied it, if you could open up bookmark bar links in new tabs. It's ridiculous you can't do this. A minor annoyance is you can't bookmark groups of tabs.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I only use Camino these days. At first when I got my Mac I used Firefox as I was really used to it from my windows days, but the Camino nightly builds are just a lot faster, and actually feel like Mac apps. I probably would use Safari, now I've demetalfied it, if you could open up bookmark bar links in new tabs. It's ridiculous you can't do this. A minor annoyance is you can't bookmark groups of tabs.

You sure can open a bookmark bar link in a new tab in Safari - just hold down the Apple (also known as the Command) key when you click on it.

 

[PCMacUser]

Safari feels so much better than Firefox. The look of it...

Also, the bookmark system in Safari is damn near unbeatable. I use bookmarks quite a bit and they are really great in Safari. In Firefox, I hate using bookmarks. Too unwieldily. I do have Firefox "installed" however, along with Internet Explorer. I really do need to trash IE soon... but Firefox stays around for the sites that can't get their web development right.

I'm not sure if anyone's already mentioned it, but the fact that you can't automatically alphabetise Safari bookmarks in Tiger without spending £££ on some 3rd party software really annoys me! Extra points to Firefox for having this feature (as does IE).

 

[PCMacUser]

This may seem caddy but I prefer firefox over safari because of the ease of switching between tabs in FF. Alt-tab can be done with one hand and is a lot easier than shift-apple-arrow keys. If it is possible to remap this control in safari then i would probably use safari.

I like Firefox's tab handling - particularly the way it warns you if you are about to close the browser with multiple tabs open - Safari just closes the lot without warning. Oops.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I like Firefox's tab handling - particularly the way it warns you if you are about to close the browser with multiple tabs open - Safari just closes the lot without warning. Oops.

I actually never used or had a need for this feature; I agree with you that having it as an option in Safari would be a good thing.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I like Firefox's tab handling - particularly the way it warns you if you are about to close the browser with multiple tabs open - Safari just closes the lot without warning. Oops.

Try Taboo. Works for me...

 

[JoeUK]

You sure can open a bookmark bar link in a new tab in Safari - just hold down the Apple (also known as the Command) key when you click on it.

Yeah I've tried that, it's the same way you do it in Camino or Firefox. But in Safari it just opens it in the current window.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Yeah I've tried that, it's the same way you do it in Camino or Firefox. But in Safari it just opens it in the current window.

Weird. It doesn't work with folders in the Bookmarks Bar (or the links inside them), but it does with regular bookmarks.

 

[dubbz]

...but the Camino nightly builds are just a lot faster, and actually feel like Mac apps...

Seems like I had and old build, because I just downloaded the latest nightly and it seemed much faster! Even when typing stuff into the message box, it seems faster and more responsive. Plus, I like the new Platinum look.