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New to Mac, what's the best browser?
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I use Safari for nearly everything, in those very rare occasions when it doesn't work as expected I use Camino.
I use camino for the most part and safari for the pages that it won't open. I don't know why but I feel that safari is more of a ram hog.
I use safari 99.9% of the time as it does pretty much everything that I need it to, though I have Firefox as some of my University network pages don't work with safari (2.0.4).
Oh, and I don't use Safari 3.x because my on-line banking isn't set up for it yet so I can't access it using that.
Oh, and I don't use Safari 3.x because my on-line banking isn't set up for it yet so I can't access it using that.
these are your options, as far as i'm concerned:
Safari - it is the default browser for the OS, so it should work the best, right?can't really customize it as much as Firefox, by why would you want to have that many extentions anyway? i have safariStand and Shaft on my Safari and i don't really care for any more customization
Firefox - not much i have to say about firefox, we all know it kicks ass, and you'll have the same interface roughly using it in both platforms, but it just doesn't look as good on the mac as it does on the pc, my humble opinion. extentions are great, but if you go over the top it will be a memory hog.i just use it for pages that don't work well with Safari or for flv downloads and so on...
Camino - pretty cool lightweight browser, i use it the most after Safari, gets the job done and works like a charm
Shiira - shiira looks awesome! it's by far the prettiest browser i've seen so far, but it really lacks in user experience... maybe i haven't used it enough, but i feel that a few key options are missing...
Opera - i had never used it before, but since it's my job, i have to test my websites on as many browsers as i can get my hands on... opera does look pretty fugly on the mac, but i must admit that it also looks very efficient... can't really express an opinion on it since i've practically never used it in a real-world situation
hope that helps
in the end, it's down to personal choice
Safari - it is the default browser for the OS, so it should work the best, right?can't really customize it as much as Firefox, by why would you want to have that many extentions anyway? i have safariStand and Shaft on my Safari and i don't really care for any more customization
Firefox - not much i have to say about firefox, we all know it kicks ass, and you'll have the same interface roughly using it in both platforms, but it just doesn't look as good on the mac as it does on the pc, my humble opinion. extentions are great, but if you go over the top it will be a memory hog.i just use it for pages that don't work well with Safari or for flv downloads and so on...
Camino - pretty cool lightweight browser, i use it the most after Safari, gets the job done and works like a charm
Shiira - shiira looks awesome! it's by far the prettiest browser i've seen so far, but it really lacks in user experience... maybe i haven't used it enough, but i feel that a few key options are missing...
Opera - i had never used it before, but since it's my job, i have to test my websites on as many browsers as i can get my hands on... opera does look pretty fugly on the mac, but i must admit that it also looks very efficient... can't really express an opinion on it since i've practically never used it in a real-world situation
hope that helps
in the end, it's down to personal choice
For Safari, Inquisitor is almost necessary its so brilliant
I use Camino as my secondary browser to Safari 3 beta, as DivX doesn't work well yet in Safari...
I use Camino as my secondary browser to Safari 3 beta, as DivX doesn't work well yet in Safari...
I use Safari almost exclusively, with Inquisitor and Pithhelmet installed.
Pithhelmet is a really, really effective add-blocker. I can highly recommend it. The web without Pithhelmet is really a terrible mess.
Pithhelmet is a really, really effective add-blocker. I can highly recommend it. The web without Pithhelmet is really a terrible mess.
Browser Comparison
Personally, I like Opera. From everything I've heard, it renders pages the best, and it has a feature to disguise itself as IE or Firefox, so it works with almost every site I've seen. If you're worried about how well the browsers render pages, test them with this website.
Personally, I like Opera. From everything I've heard, it renders pages the best, and it has a feature to disguise itself as IE or Firefox, so it works with almost every site I've seen. If you're worried about how well the browsers render pages, test them with this website.
I use the Safari 3 beta, I run into no problems. I used to use Camino or Bon Echo
(Firefox) and those where all nice as well.
(Firefox) and those where all nice as well.
Internet Explorer is the best browser for Mac!!!
The Stig
J/K, Firefox works best for most things, I use it most of the time, and Safari only for a couple of things.
The Stig
J/K, Firefox works best for most things, I use it most of the time, and Safari only for a couple of things.
