I've been having some problems loading certain websites, mail sites/ school sites w/ safari and switching, what r your thoughts? is Firefox better, or are there other things which might be better?
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Safari vs Firefox?
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Just keep both around ... they're free, after all. 
Personally, I like Firefox better. I find that pages just load more quickly. However, I've also noticed that Firefox is a bit of a memory hog -- for me, anyway. I don't remember how much memory Safari typically ate up, but it's pretty dramatic on my machine when I have just a few small pages open in tabs.
You could also try Camino -- it's fast as well, they say.
Personally, I like Firefox better. I find that pages just load more quickly. However, I've also noticed that Firefox is a bit of a memory hog -- for me, anyway. I don't remember how much memory Safari typically ate up, but it's pretty dramatic on my machine when I have just a few small pages open in tabs.
You could also try Camino -- it's fast as well, they say.
Safari = Google search
Mozilla (FireFox) = Google search + other features such as syntax highlighting via googlebar
The presence of search terms highlighting more or less clinches it for me. I would dearly love to use Safari, but am now comfortably using FireFox until the googlebar, official or otherwise, reaches Safari.
Mozilla (FireFox) = Google search + other features such as syntax highlighting via googlebar
The presence of search terms highlighting more or less clinches it for me. I would dearly love to use Safari, but am now comfortably using FireFox until the googlebar, official or otherwise, reaches Safari.
i notice very little difference between the two. sometimes firefox seems a little faster, but i havent used it enough to find sites that dont work with it. though i like safari b/c i have the debug hack on it that will allow me to debug safari as a number of different browsers (so if my bank website will only let me use IE i can fake it into thinking im using IE) its really nice for those trouble web sites. i dont know if you can do that with firefox.
What exactly is the difference between Camino and FireFox? (please don't say "Camino is optimized..."...haha).
Is there a way to get a different look in FireFox? I don't like the way the buttons look...honestly--this keeps me from using it. I'm picky I guess.
Is there a way to get a different look in FireFox? I don't like the way the buttons look...honestly--this keeps me from using it. I'm picky I guess.
stevietheb said:
There are many themes available--just use the menu item under Tools.
There is less to differentiate Camino from Firefox today since they both use a Mach-O backend. The look and feel and Keychain usage are the big points that I see and I wish that all Mozilla browsers used to the Keychain.
Another Issue...
I'm dependent on SideTrack. Does anyone else using SideTrack feel like the scroll in FireFox is really choppy and difficult to control?
I'm dependent on SideTrack. Does anyone else using SideTrack feel like the scroll in FireFox is really choppy and difficult to control?
bousozoku said:
Ahhh...I would have expected themes to be in prefs...this is very helpful.
I assume Camino uses the keychain and Firefox doesn't?