I hate Safari in every iteration it comes in.
First and foremost because it's only semi-customizable. I have used Opera, FireFox, TenFourFox, Chrome, and now Vivaldi over the decades. All of these browsers allow customization beyond what Safari will allow.because? (as it is, so far, the most popular browser on this poll)...
ok, so it's (basically) about you and your (unique) needs, and that's certainly reasonable.First and foremost because it's only semi-customizable. I have used Opera, FireFox, TenFourFox, Chrome, and now Vivaldi over the decades. All of these browsers allow customization beyond what Safari will allow.
Yes, Safari allows extensions. But changing the interface is not really allowed. If I'm wrong on that, I'm all ears…
I prefer to have my tabs at the bottom. And by the bottom, I mean at the bottom of the screen. You can't do that in Safari, but you can in Opera, you can in Vivaldi and you can in the other browsers via addons/extensions. Oh, and Vivaldi uses Chrome addons.
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I spend about 16+ hours a day in front of a computer and the browser is the one app that is always open and the most used. I prefer to have it look and function the way I wish to and not necessarily how Apple would like me to use it.
I will touch on speed for a moment. I do not deny that Safari and other similar webkit browsers are fast, probably the fastest browser. But I am an anomaly (again). I am quite willing to sacrifice some amount of speed within a browser to get the customization I prefer. And I'm not a tab hound. It is extremely rare if I have anything over 5 tabs open at one time. So, the ability to have a massive amount of tabs open at one time and still be fast is not a feature I seek.
Vivaldi has similar features to Safari too. If I open a tab on Vivaldi on my iPhone I can transfer it to Vivaldi on my Mac. Synced, bookmarks, etc. These are all stock features in Vivaldi. In the past, the other browsers I've used have had similar features either natively or through extensions.
Also, my history with Safari in loading pages and general function has just been dismal. I use it only when I must and the fact that I cannot customize it how I like prevents me from coming back to try any new features.
And finally, I'm invested elsewhere. If Safari could give me what I want, and was good at it I might try it. But each time I've checked up, it hasn't.
Well, yes. I mean, isn't it personal to each person? I'm not trashing Safari. It works for you and it works for a lot of other people. Just for me, personally, I hate it. Because it does not work for me. Or rather, it doesn't work how I want it to work for me. My opinion about it though, doesn't mean it's a bad app or change the fact that it works for many others.ok, so it's (basically) about you and your (unique) needs, and that's certainly reasonable.
otherwise, for most of us, it's a great browser (i live & die by tabs, for instance). i want the browser to be invisible (more or less), it's the sites i want presented well (and fast, and stable). safari gives me that 👍
That's cute. I like this as someone's little starter Swift app. Makes me want to get into Swift again.Velja is a handy way to handle multiple browsers - by ways of manual selection and automated rules.
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Velja lets you to open links in specific browser or browser profile, switch between browsers effortlessly, and directly launch desktop apps for specific websites, like opening Zoom links in the Zoom app. It enhances privacy by stripping tracking parameters from URLs and allows for the creation...apps.apple.com
Same here! It makes things slightly harder as a web dev to have multiple engines but we need choice, choice is good. I also find that modern versions of Firefox and Safari are more performant than Chromium, but Chromium is probably a bit more stable so it's a matter of preference which one is more important.→ Also trying to avoid using a Chromium browser because I believe in a world with multiple rendering engines!
BRAVEI’m curious to know what is your default browser on Sequoia.
I’m sometimes tempted to switch to another browser than Safari but always come back to it.