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Firefox vs Safari

Mitthrawnuruodo said:
I agree... I'm originally a FF2 user, but when Camino 1.5 came out I decided to give it a good test run. I'm still using it, but the annoyance/con list counts about 15 points, a couple of which deemed as "deal-brakers" (while the pro list only has like 5 points). So now I'm basically just waiting for a stable release of FF3 to "jump" back. :)
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It took a few plugins (SafariBlock, Inquisitor, and SafariStand), but I'm at the point now where I love Safari more than any other browser. I even finally sort of miss it when I use Firefox on Windows, whereas I always found Firefox satisfactory before. No Camino, no thanks for me.
 
mkrishnan said:
It took a few plugins (SafariBlock, Inquisitor, and SafariStand), but I'm at the point now where I love Safari more than any other browser. I even finally sort of miss it when I use Firefox on Windows, whereas I always found Firefox satisfactory before. No Camino, no thanks for me.
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I know, that's what I prefer about FF over Safari... FF's add-ons seem much less intrusive than many of the Safari plugins (which seem to either stop working with every single Safari update, or in worst case, make Safari totally useless ;-)). And I never gotten any Safari flash-blockers to work satisfactory... :(

Just downloaded the one month old GranParadiso alpha 7 (aka Firefox 3.0a7) and that seems kind of nice... if it doesn't mess too much with my search engine order I might finish the Camino experiment soon... :)
 
Mitthrawnuruodo said:
Just downloaded the one month old GranParadiso alpha 7 (aka Firefox 3.0a7) and that seems kind of nice... if it doesn't mess too much with my search engine order I might finish the Camino experiment soon... :)
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I'm sure I'll try 3.0 when it gets closer... at least a beta, if not an RC.

Safari plugins, yeah, I see your point. They're nice until an upgrade occurs. I think SafariBlock is actually the one, in terms of blockers for Safari, finally, after having never liked PithHelmet enough to pay for it, although it's not as easy to use as AdBlock Plus.
 
Firefox. There is an extension that I need for a forum that is only for Firefox.
 
Mitthrawnuruodo said:
I agree... I'm originally a FF2 user, but when Camino 1.5 came out I decided to give it a good test run. I'm still using it, but the annoyance/con list counts about 15 points, a couple of which deemed as "deal-brakers" (while the pro list only has like 5 points). So now I'm basically just waiting for a stable release of FF3 to "jump" back. :)
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mkrishnan said:
I'm sure I'll try 3.0 when it gets closer... at least a beta, if not an RC.

Safari plugins, yeah, I see your point. They're nice until an upgrade occurs. I think SafariBlock is actually the one, in terms of blockers for Safari, finally, after having never liked PithHelmet enough to pay for it, although it's not as easy to use as AdBlock Plus.
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Firefox 3.0 milestone 8 is due on Wednesday. We'll see whether it's a beta or still an alpha release. I used Camino more when it was a beta than when it was a final release. On Windows, the Safari beta is interesting but looks odd, as it doesn't try to blend at all.
 
I prefer Safari, but as long as it isn't Internet Explorer I'ms happy!

I spent a week designing a website only to find it worked perfectly on Safari and Firefox, but caused IE to collapse in a metaphorical fit.

Then I found a great quote about IE on the web: "I'd rather use a wet pirce of string and a black and white TV than use Internet Explorer".
 
Diaresi said:
Even without any extensions at all I still prefer Firefox over Safari:

If you click on a link that would open a new page it opens a new tab in Firefox, but still a new page in Safari which is very annoying.

You can't make Safari's download box go away once everything has finished downloading.

Rearranging bookmarks in Safari is a nightmare.

Very small things I know but by default Firefox is better for me than Safari. When you add to that an official extensions interface with such ones as AdBlock Plus, along with better site compatibility (not Safari's fault I know), then Firefox is way ahead.

Safari is a nice browser but for me the only good points for it are speed and it looks better, which isn't enough to sway me.
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^ I agree completely for all the same reasons.

About once a month I make a commitment to try Safari again. Halfway through the first day I kick myself and wonder what I was thinking.
 
I couldn't browse without Adblock Plus anymore. Nothing is even slightly comparable for Safari.
 
The Internet is unusable without:

  • AdBlock (not plus)
  • AdBlock Filterset.G Updater
  • NoScript

If I don't have those three things, I cannot use the Internet. I wish Camino had those three things, unfortunately it does not. There is no substitute, no alternative. I must have those three things.

I patiently await Firefox 3.
 
Firefox 2.0 Mac OS X vs:

1. Firefox 2.0 Windoze : I'm surprised by the statements here that Firefox is better on Windoze. They are both pretty much the same to me, except that the Windoze version is big memory hog and sometimes slows down (after staying open several days or weeks) so badly that I have to quit or terminate it and restart it. The Mac version may be a memory hog too, but I have 1 GB of RAM on my Powerbook (vs 512 MB on my work PeeCee) so I probably don't notice it that much. I don't use any extensions on either (what are they)? I do have quite a few search engines installed, though. Another problem with Firefox (and the Thunderbird email client) is that their icons are absolutely blech!! :eek: This is true in both Mac OS X and Windows, but looks worse on the Mac because we have big (128 x 128 pixel) dock icons.

2. Camino 1.5 : I like Camino. It's fast, and has an overall more maccy feel than Firefox. I use them both pretty much equally on my Powerbook. One problem with Camino is that when we have more than a certain number of tabs open in one window, the extra tabs roll over into a drop down menu on the right, making them more difficult to access.

3. Safari 1.3 : I'm stuck with Safari 1.3 (I think it is 1.32) because none of the later versions support Panther. It is outclassed by both Firefox and Camino (this might not be true with Safari 2.0 or 3.0 beta, but as I said, I can't run them).
 
I recently switched to a Mac and tried Safari. Overall, it was a good browser but my main gripe is that tabbed browsing requires you to hold down the command key while clicking on a link.
 
I use Safari+Saft - it takes care of a lot of the tab problems that others have mentioned.

The only thing I don't like is the bookmarks set up, but after 4 years I've gotten used to it.
 
I use both. Safari loads quicker and is easier to use BUT firefox is MUCH MORE stable and has its own pro's.

Download both. They don't take up much space
 
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