Which browser do you use?

[iJimmy]

huh, thats interesting, how did you measure it and traced it back to fx? 😱

because when i use safari my laptop runs ~120*F, and while browsing the same pages with firefox (safari closed) it runs ~130*F.

i dont have any other programs running.

 

[GoGoPoCoSo]

Firefox 3b5 with Firebug...it's just too good.

 

[heySparky]

Safari 99% of the time, Firefox very occasionally when a site doesn't play nice.

Same for me, but with a slightly different percentage. Probably 90-95% Safari, the rest of the time I use Firefox.

 

[Twohothardware]

Something that I just learned about Safari here the other day that's nice is that it's built to recognize other color profiles whereas FireFox, Opera, Internet Explorer, ect. don't. That's why some images may look differently in Safari compared to how they look in FireFox or one of these other browsers. FireFox will only display the image with the sRGB (standard RGB) color profile whereas Safari can detect more advanced color profiles like Adobe RGB. I don't know if there is a plugin/extension or way to address this for FireFox or Opera??

You'll notice that when you add images into iPhoto that they tend to look more saturated and vivid in color. Some of my pics even looked too saturated. Open the same pic up in FireFox or anything other photo viewing app that defaults to displaying only sRGB and you will see the image looks desaturated now.

 

[GuillaumeB]

I used to be on Firefox but I've been experiencing more and more unacceptable memory leaks even with FF3...taking 99% of my CPU. I dunno it's weird and i'm hating this because i'd love to use GDocs offline.

So I've switched to Safari which is light and much faster. I have not encountered any website display problems

If someone can guide me on how to tweak Firefox to make it run smoother on my MBP then I'll certainly go back to it...

 

[Eraserhead]

Safari, though if I was using Firefox at the moment I'd be using that right now, both are as good as each other.

 

[72930]

Can I change my vote to Firefox?
AdBlock Plus, Piclens, speed dial. Those Ive found to be essential addons.
Anyone got any other necessities for me?

Just FYI, Piclens for Safari and Safari AdBlock do exist.

 

[duncyboy]

Just FYI, Piclens for Safari and Safari AdBlock do exist.

And Opera comes with Speed Dial and Content Blocker built-in 🙂

 

[clevin]

Just FYI, Piclens for Safari and Safari AdBlock do exist.

Pclens for safari does not offer full features. Especially the most significant one: "3D wall".

Also Piclens hasn't been updated for safari 3.1.x yet.

I used to be on Firefox but I've been experiencing more and more unacceptable memory leaks even with FF3...taking 99% of my CPU. I dunno it's weird and i'm hating this because i'd love to use GDocs offline.

a new profile would be your best bet.

Something that I just learned about Safari here the other day that's nice is that it's built to recognize other color profiles whereas FireFox, Opera, Internet Explorer, ect. don't. That's why some images may look differently in Safari compared to how they look in FireFox or one of these other browsers.

Firefox 3 will support color management, as you should be able to see in beta5 already. I will elaborate this in my final chapter of introduction of firefox 3. I will post it very soon.

In short, you need to goto about:config and set gfx.color_management.enabled to true

Im not sure why its not open by default, maybe because its not in great needs for most people....🙂

 

[Sherman Homan]

Firefox because of all the extensions available.

 

[wordy]

Saft, Pith Helmet, Safari Block - these are all great Safari extensions.

The problem is that Safari makes it far harder to install or FIND extensions, whereas FF (especially in 3.0) is working to make it EASIER for you to find, discover and install new extensions.

 

[Twohothardware]

Im not sure why its not open by default, maybe because its not in great needs for most people....🙂

Probably because sRGB is the web standard for color profiles and when you're doing photo editing or web content creation that's going to be posted online you want the images to look how the greater majority of people are going to see them. Most people are going to be viewing the pictures or whatever using Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Opera that displays sRGB by default. If you edited an image using the Adobe RGB color profile for example and left it with that profile instead of converting it to sRGB then it would look less saturated and quite a bit different to most people. If you convert it to sRGB and then edit it then you can compensate for how you want it to look to everyone in every browser.

 

[MacRookie.net]

I use Firefox because Safari still has some issues with certain Websites which is kind of anyoing.

 

[ZiggyPastorius]

And Opera comes with Speed Dial and Content Blocker built-in 🙂

Try not to hurt Safari and Firefox's feelings, though, Duncy 😛 They tend to get a bit upset about the fact that they can do nothing but copy The Greatest Browser On The Planet 😀

 

[aaron.lee2006]

Firefox. Can't go a day without it 🙂

Safari is good, but I much prefer Firefox on all my Macs and PCs.

 

[Babooshka]

I use Minefield. It's beltar, although I'm an occasional Safari user.

 

[Iamtherealwoody]

Just FYI, Piclens for Safari and Safari AdBlock do exist.

So whats the easiest (free) adblock for safari? Ive tried safariblock before and it sucked. Can I import the adblock the filter subscriptions like firefox?

EDIT: Well, I just installed SafariBlock and now it auto imports the filters just like adblock in firefox. I guess its been a long time since I tried it out. I am very happy now, Adblock and Piclens are the main FF extensions I use, seems like safari's got me covered there. I will definitely continue to use FF though because it seems to be more secure, but Safari has now earned a place on my dock again.

 

[Aranince]

FireFox 3 FTW. Love the new URL bar.