Is the new safari still an inferior browser?

Well it does use more resources. That is a issue for many.

 

I've used Firefox since I got my Mac but for the time being I'm using Safari since it supports all of Lion's new features.

 

I still find Safari to use noticeably fewer resources than Chrome (which is normally my browser of choice)...between that, the expanded gestures available in Safari and how much cooler my i5 MBP runs in Safari, I'm using it over Chrome until Chrome works some of these things out in Lion...

 

I couldn't get Safari to stop accepting cookies. I stopped using it as soon as I downloaded Firefox.

 

The only issue I've had with Safari over the last year or so (since I switched to it from Firefox) is intermittent crashes - maybe 1 a week (of intensive use) - not the end of the world, but still a nuisance. Most of the time, it's due to Adobe Flash Player or even added extensions - but it still crashes...

I have had Lion up and running since it was launched pretty much, and it's noticeably quicker, slicker and hasn't crashed yet...

I am lovin the full screen too...

Overall, very pleased...

 

With Lion I've found it faster and the Full Screen and Swipe mode is very satisfying. Great browsing experience....

 

Yep, I think it still lacks in features and it still can't render fonts properly. For me it is back to Firefox which has a proper bookmarking, addressbar and font rendering. The extensions are also heaps better in Firefox since they actually work. In Safari they mostly do not (one being the Comic Sans extension that should convert Comic Sans into Helvetica but never ever does). Other than that it has always been an ok browser for visiting websites just as every other browser is. It's in the details.

 

Chrome is just better. Accept it. Everyone I know who is tech savy uses Google Chrome.

 

Yaps, still prefer Chrome, but the new features added in Safari are really worth it.

Just had to run some scripts to navigate the tabs using numbers and use the omnisync to make it more chromish

 

Chrome has a buggy extensions framework and it tends to lock up. So far those two things drive me nuts.

I love that Safari 5.1's tabs can lock up and not take the entire browser down. I know Chrome is supposed to have the same sandboxing but in reality it doesn't work (for me at least).

 

In SL I gave Chrome a slight edge because it was faster and more stable, but Safari 5.1 in Lion on the other hand is vastly improved and retakes the lead IMO. It's speedy, the two finger swipes are a nice touch, and no problems with stability so far. Maybe it's true that Safari uses more memory but I don't spend all day staring at Activity Monitor and freaking out about how little free memory is left when Lion is running just fine without any slowdown or stuttering (and I only have 4GB RAM).

I've also never had any compatibility problems with websites on Safari.

I know it's just a matter of personal preference, but those ugly favicons are very un-Mac like and are exactly why I stopped using Firefox 4. I don't want these random icons cluttering up my toolbar.

 

It is very much an inferior browser. If for no other reason than the fact it will eat all of your available memory and then move on to the HD for dessert. Didn't take long for me to turn on 3 finger swipes and install Canary. Thanks but no thanks Apple.

 

WOW, I didn't realize I was in the dark until you enlightened me.
I use Chrome on Windows, but under Lion Safari is much better IMO.

 

The only reason I don't use Chrome is because there isn't a way to password protect your saved passwords.

 

If you're using Lion, Safari is the superior browser, at least for now. As Firefox and Chrome are updated to support swipe gestures that may change, but for now that feature is only supported by Safari--and it's a really nice feature.

 

It is a nice feature. But not at the cost of every bit of RAM my computer has, and then huge chunks of my HD. It's a shoddy browser.

 

I started using Chrome when it first came out for Mac....and as its grown it has become increasingly unstable and slow. The latest version of safari is fast and rock solid! I am now back to Safari.

 

I'm quite satisfied with Safari. It's even better in Lion.

 

I wish I had a choice...
But I can't live without pinned/app tabs used by both Firefox and Chorme.
I really wanted to use Safari, but browsing has become extremely annoying to me without those special tabs.

 

Safari definitely feels zippy but it locks up (after hours of use) for some reason.

Chrome is stable for me, but I'm waiting for Google to adopt Lion's native fullscreen feature for the fullscreen button and not Chrome's own equivalent of it. Null on the FS button on FF 5.

 

You must not know a lot of people then.

 

I do like safari, but extensions are harder to come by. I lived and died by my chrome extensions enabling me to quickly download songs off sound cloud and hypem

 

Having a dual monitor setup, the reason I am using chrome is because it has its own implementation of fullscreen. I can have chrome running fullscreen and still use my second monitor for other tasks.