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Which Browser are you all using??

Chrome first, if it doesn't work, then Firefox. Last resort - Safari.

But I am constantly using both Chrome and Firefox.
 
Currently I use Safari. I was using Chrome but I found that the bookmarks bar takes up more screen real estate and when using a 13" MBP you want to maximize space on the screen.
 
ThaDoggg said:
Currently I use Safari. I was using Chrome but I found that the bookmarks bar takes up more screen real estate and when using a 13" MBP you want to maximize space on the screen.
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Yeah it does take up about one (1) pixel more than Safari with tabs. That's it... Just one pixel.
 
Safari, mainly because it works well with mobileme bookmark sync and I really have no reason to use another browser. Safari does everything I need it to.
 
ThaDoggg said:
It does bother me though. Trust me, if it didn't I would use Chrome in a heartbeat.
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It really bothers you that much?? (See attachment.)
 

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For me the difference is bigger than that. Is it the resolution of the MBP or what could it be?
 

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ThaDoggg said:
For me the difference is bigger than that. Is it the resolution of the MBP or what could it be?
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Once you have more than one tab open in Safari, the tab bar shows up and takes up the additional space. Chrome, on the other hand, always shows the tabs, so the space does not get smaller when only one tab is open.
 
Unless you have set Safari to always display the tab bar, then it will do the same as Chrome and others do. Regarding screen space there isn't much difference between browsers at all, maybe a few pixels (not very usable).
 
djshack said:
Once you have more than one tab open in Safari, the tab bar shows up and takes up the additional space. Chrome, on the other hand, always shows the tabs, so the space does not get smaller when only one tab is open.
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You sir are correct and I can't believe I never noticed that. :eek:
 
Safari +1. Not so much because of it's performance as I think it can be slow at times but I love the simple GUI.

If I could get rid of the stupid icons on Firefox's tabs and all the other colored icons for that matter to make it look more like Safari, I'd switch. At the moment though it's just too ugly for me to spend all day looking at :(


*Don't mean to hijack the thread but does anyone know how to completely get rid of the tab icons I'm talking about? Did some favicon userChrome.css mods but was still left with some blank white icon so gave up.
 

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Safari mostly, if there is something that does not work in safari, safari can emulate almost all other browsers.
 
eleven7 said:
Safari +1. Not so much because of it's performance as I think it can be slow at times but I love the simple GUI.

If I could get rid of the stupid icons on Firefox's tabs and all the other colored icons for that matter to make it look more like Safari, I'd switch. At the moment though it's just too ugly for me to spend all day looking at :(


*Don't mean to hijack the thread but does anyone know how to completely get rid of the tab icons I'm talking about? Did some favicon userChrome.css mods but was still left with some blank white icon so gave up.
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To make Firefox 4 strongly resemble Safari, the author of the old Grapple themes has provided the following:

Step 1: Install Stylish extension

Step 2: Add the following code as a style to stylish

Code: 
/* Tab colse buttons left + disable tab favicons */
.tab-close-button { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 1 !important;}
.tab-text { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 2 !important;}
.tab-throbber { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 3 !important;}
.tab-icon-image { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 4; visibility: hidden !important;}

.tabbrowser-tab[pinned] .tab-icon-image {
  visibility: visible !important;
}

/* To hide tab close buttons */
.tab-close-button {
  visibility: hidden !important;
}
tab:hover .tab-close-button {
  visibility: visible !important;
}

/* Disable toolbar facicons  */
.bookmark-item > .toolbarbutton-icon {
   display: none !important;
}

/* Personal bookmarks toolbar smaller  */
#PersonalToolbar {
  padding-top: 1px !important;
  padding-bottom: 2px !important;
}

/* Personal bookmarks menu smaller  */
#personal-bookmarks menu,
#personal-bookmarks menuitem  {
  max-width: 460px !important;
  font-size: 10pt !important;
}

/* Awesome bar stuff */
#urlbar .autocomplete-history-dropmarker  {
  display: none !important;
}
.autocomplete-richlistitem:not(:first-child) {
  border-top: 1px solid #e6e6e6 !important;
}
.ac-url-text {
  color: #959595 !important;
}
.ac-url-text[selected="true"] {
  color: white !important;
}

.autocomplete-richlistitem[selected="true"],
treechildren.autocomplete-treebody::-moz-tree-row(selected) {
  text-shadow: rgba(000, 000, 000, 0.15) 0 1px !important; 
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #5c7efc, #0f49fb) repeat-x !important; 
}
.autocomplete-richlistitem[selected="true"]:not(:first-child),
treechildren.autocomplete-treebody::-moz-tree-row(selected) {
  border-top: 1px solid #5275f3 !important; 
}

.autocomplete-richlistitem[selected="true"]:-moz-system-metric(mac-graphite-theme),
treechildren.autocomplete-treebody:-moz-system-metric(mac-graphite-theme)::-moz-tree-row(selected) {
  text-shadow: rgba(000, 000, 000, 0.15) 0 1px !important; 
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #7c868e, #65717d) repeat-x !important; 
}
.autocomplete-richlistitem[selected="true"]:-moz-system-metric(mac-graphite-theme):not(:first-child),
treechildren.autocomplete-treebody:-moz-system-metric(mac-graphite-theme)::-moz-tree-row(selected){
  border-top: 1px solid #717c85 !important; 
}

/* Disable Searchbar favicons */
.searchbar-engine-image {
  visibility: hidden !important;
  width: 9px !important;
}
.searchbar-textbox > .autocomplete-textbox-container  {
  background-image:  url("chrome://browser/skin/Search.png")  !important;
  background-repeat: no-repeat  !important;
  background-position: 4px 4px !important;
}
.search-go-button {
  display: none !important;
}

/* Sidebar design changes  */
sidebarheader {
  -moz-box-direction: reverse !important;
  text-align: center !important;
  padding-right: 26px !important;
  padding-bottom: 0px !important;
}
treechildren::-moz-tree-separator {
  border-top: 1px dashed #6f8b9f !important;
}
#sidebar-splitter:-moz-window-inactive {
  -moz-border-end: 1px solid #8B8B8B !important;     
}

/* Combined reload, stop and go buttons monochrome */
#urlbar > toolbarbutton {
  -moz-padding-start: 2px !important;
  -moz-border-start: none !important;
}
#urlbar > toolbarbutton[disabled] {
opacity: .65 !important;
}
#urlbar-go-button,
#urlbar-reload-button,
#urlbar-stop-button {
  background-image: none !important;
  box-shadow: none !important;
}

/* Go button monochrome  */
#go-button {
  list-style-image: url("chrome://browser/skin/reload-stop-go.png") !important;
  -moz-image-region: rect(0px, 56px, 14px, 42px) !important;
}
 
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