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Safari or Firefox

TPadden said:
Sorry, that wasn't my intent. I did note you knocked both; but fanboy or not, you suggested you didn't like Safari for Safari's shortcomings and knocked Chrome for Google's :eek:.
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I see little distinction. Google's shortcomings are very much apart of Chrome. I prefer to avoid the big G as much as possible and that's my choice.
 
Safari :)

- The only 64-bit browser
- It doesn't gorge itself on RAM or CPU utilization
- It's the most minimal of all the browsers.

I've tried all of them and Firefox is the best runner-up even though performance trails Chrome and Safari. Performance between Chrome and Safari is pretty much a wash--on paper Chrome is supposed to be faster but I see no difference between them. Safari supports ICC profiles, too.
 
I was firefox for about a week then went back to safari. Although battery life was good with firefox+adblock, it was better with safari+adblock+clicktoflash so i was sold.
 
Safari feels too bloated for my tastes. Firefox does as well. I keep to Chrome, but I would try Safari again if only I could figure out how to transfer my 500 some odd bookmarks and have them stay in the same folders, etc. Even importing doesn't seem to work.
 
JuanGuapo said:
Safari :)

- The only 64-bit browser
- It doesn't gorge itself on RAM or CPU utilization
- It's the most minimal of all the browsers.
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And why does 64-bit matter? I personally would hate it if my browser were addressing more than 3GB or RAM
Facts show that you are full of it when it comes to RAM and CPU usage. Safari is a RAM hog and beachballs constantly using up the CPU.
As for minimalism: all that silly eye candy is far from minimal. There's nothing minimal about not having features standard in nearly all other browsers. If you don't like a feature don't use it.
 
Anyone who thinks Safari is fast and stable must not have actually used it on Windows 7 (64-bit). Whoever does the programming on the Windows side should be fired.
 
I noticed that in Safari, the flash video(e.g. youtube) starts play when you are actually viewing the tab contains the site, if you only click "open it in a new tab" without switching to that tab, it stays unloaded, this is handy as I alwasy open several videos after a search, then watch them one by one, for other browsers, I'm not sure, but if they play the video regardless of whether you are viewing or not, this is not a good practice.
 
shyam09 said:
built in flash (so no adobe flash required, unless there is something i have missed)
built in PDF, no downloading PDF's (well firefox does this too, but still.. firefox needs adobe)

you can compare the features of both, and Chrome on Mac = NO. 1!!
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There is nothing called built in flash. Google just bundles the Adobe's plugin with it. With FireFox, the flash install is just a couple of clicks away. Go to YouTube and click on "install missing plugins". How difficult that was?
 
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Before I switched to Mac, I was a Firefox guy all the way. I used it for a short bit when I started using Mac, but then decided to try Safari. After a while I guess Safari just grew on me. I love using it. I don't use Firefox at all anymore. I tried Chrome for a bit, but well, how do I put this nicely...It looks like a browser designed for the "Facebook generation". I just didn't like it.

The only thing I wish Safari had is a setting to make the cursor automatically be in the search bar instead of the url bar when I open a new tab.
 
hzxu said:
I noticed that in Safari, the flash video(e.g. youtube) starts play when you are actually viewing the tab contains the site, if you only click "open it in a new tab" without switching to that tab, it stays unloaded, this is handy as I alwasy open several videos after a search, then watch them one by one, for other browsers, I'm not sure, but if they play the video regardless of whether you are viewing or not, this is not a good practice.
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Quoted for truth. This is actually quite annoying in Chrome. I haven't tried it in other browsers.

Sigh. Maybe I should stop opening 30 tabs at once. Nahh.
 
kamalds said:
There is nothing called built in flash. Google just bundles the Adobe's plugin with it. With FireFox, the flash install is just a couple of clicks away. Go to YouTube and click on "install missing plugins". How difficult that was?
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But Daddy! My fingers hurted. Difficult that was. Ouch. Ouch. Very difficult.
 
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kamalds said:
There is nothing called built in flash. Google just bundles the Adobe's plugin with it. With FireFox, the flash install is just a couple of clicks away. Go to YouTube and click on "install missing plugins". How difficult that was?
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1. Deep breath

2. He CLEARLY stated "unless there is something I missed" meaning he wasn't 100% sure.

3. He isn't the only one calling it "built in"
A. http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/25/google-chrome-flash/
B. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_now_distributes_chrome_with_built-in_flash.php
C. http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/05/04/chrome.gets.faster.preferences.sync/
D. http://linuxers.org/article/chrome-built-flash-available-now
E. I can keep going and going and going, I'm the energizer bunny here!

4. Firefox is ONLY good for ONE thing... FIREBUG. Period. /theEnd

5. Goodbye.

My point being, calm down. The man said he wasn't sure. He probably doesn't stay up 110% on all the tech-savvy news.
 
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Tyler23 said:
I have tried most of the browsers pretty extensively.

Firefox..I just don't like. Never have, never will.

Camino is better than Firefox, but still..no..

Chrome is pretty good..until I decide to watch a video, at which point it basically cripples my computer.

Safari is fast, doesn't eat up all my CPU, and looks the cleanest in my opinion.

Conclusion: Safari all the way.
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I like Camino because it is a less bloated version of FireFox.

miata said:
Camino
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Wow another Camino user in the house.
 
kamalds said:
Are you an ignorant moron? There is nothing called built in flash. Google just bundles the Adobe's plugin with it. With FireFox, the flash install is just a couple of clicks away. Go to YouTube and click on "install missing plugins". How difficult that was?
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Apparently not as difficult as proofreading. Congrats on trying to be an Internet bully, but only succeeding in making yourself look like the ignorant moron.
 
I can't believe we have resorted to name-calling over internet browsers! Imagine if we were talking politics or religion! :D

Chillax, folks. Most of the top browsers are actually quite good (except Safari on Windows) and have their pluses and minuses.
 
I'm not a big fan of Google either but Google Chrome is definitely the browser of choice for me.
 
I'm pretty much a FIREFOX fan boy

FireFox 3 was a huge disappointment, because I found that it stuttered and lagged, but somehow, it was much snappier than Safari (still) and its features were better

Chrome? I'm rooting for Chrome to succeed (always good for competition), but as of now, when I use Chrome, I feel like I'm using an app that was designed by a 4 year old (yes, it's that bad)

With all that said - FIREFOX 4 BETA is wonderful - as I wrote on another thread -

The reasons I like Firefox 4 more than Safari -

1. All of your websites are saved and reloaded, if you decide to quit

2. When you type, it searches for TEXT on the webpage you're on

3. Many more options on what to "suggest" on the address bar, as well as better privacy settings in general

The only reason I could possibly like Safari more is that my bookmarks are synced in MobileMe, but FireFox 4 has an iPhone app that does the same thing - not as well, but it helps that it's there over nothing

Anyways - I'm loving FireFox 4 - huge improvement

And lastly - of note - I have been using FireFox on OS X since around 2005, when it first came out - for the most part, I've loved it
 
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I've always loved and used firefox, however the last 6 months or so I've used Chrome. Firefox is too slow, and Chrome gives me much more space on the screen. I wonder what I'll use when I receive my MBP though. If I'll start using FF again without all the add-ons, or keep using chrome.
What's annoying with chrome is that my online bank won't allow it, and that google images won't show when I click them.
 
I don't really notice any speed differences between Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. I use Safari simply because I like its interface better. Although, I've been getting a lot of beachballs from Safari lately...
 
I've also switched 99.9% to Chrome. For me, it only doesn't work with Slingbox, but for everything else it's perfect. I also use xmarks and lastpass along with Chrome.
 
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