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Which browser is best (Chrome or Safari) on the Air?

Compatibility with Xmarks

Hi

I use Xmarks for syncing my bookmarks across several PCs/laptops mostly using Firefox and Safari. I read somewhere that Xmarks has problems with Chrome. Has anyone tried that when using more than one browser?

What I have read is that when a user uses, for example, Firefox in a PC and Chrome in a laptop, there are cases referring that bookmarks have been deleted or duplicated on the server.

For me it is important to have bookmarks synced over several PCs/Laptops, so I can't test myself. Is anyone using several browsers and Xmarks without problems?

Thanks!
 
I'm testing safari and chrome on mba 11. I've noticed that chrome refuses to load some pages completely (little load circle spinning in tab) which results in cpu load (1-2%) - this increases overall temperature and reduce time on battery (about 1h). Only when I manually cancel load (page is already loaded!) cpu load is 0%. No issues on Safari though. Anyone experience same problem?

I love chrome on my PC but on mac it just sucks! Waiting for solution

I use plugin to disable flash in both safari and chrome
 
I used it as an example of another browser that Xmarks works OK.
The real question, as I said is, does anyone use Xmarks with Chrome and some other browsers (Safari, Firefox, etc)?
 
I went from Firefox on my Windows computer to Safari on my mac - but with al l these comments on Chrome, perhaps I should switch to that one. I have it installed but have only been using it when flash failed on Safari (although I did install clicktoflash).

I think I shall give Chrome a try :)
 
For me,Chrome does better in RAM management especially when multiple tabs are open(Safari eats too much RAM)
But Safari has supports for more gestures and pinch to zoom works smoother in pages
 
vitzr said:
iReader is awesome for stripping away all the ads so you can read a web page fast.
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I was looking for something like iReader to replace reader in Safari. I tried switching to Chrome the last few days.. It is faster and smoother. I don't care for the interface as much and I do use Safari gestures on my Air a lot. Also 1Password does not work in a dialog menu with Chrome as it does in Safari and I use that a lot. I find with a lot of tabs open and after a little use Chrome uses just as much ram as Safari but I'm on 10.7.2 so that maybe be improved also. I think people will find that a lot of the complaints about the Lion version of Safari have been fixed in 10.7.2. Speed, ram usage, tab reloading, overall smoothness and responsiveness. I block Flash in both browsers although Chrome seems to handle Flash just a little better..

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I just started using XMarks again but deleted it as it uses a pretty fair amount of memory. I can spare it but it just annoyed me so i removed it.

iPad-User said:
I used it as an example of another browser that Xmarks works OK.
The real question, as I said is, does anyone use Xmarks with Chrome and some other browsers (Safari, Firefox, etc)?
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Firefox still has the best extension selection but many of them are abandoned or not up to date with Firefox's rapid evolution lately. Nothing wrong with it. Fast enough. It just doesn't seem to offer enough over Safari or Chrome for me. I keep it on my drive but use it rarely.

psxp said:
where does FireFox sit in all this?
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This doesn't sound right. Remove it and reinstall. Use something like appzapper to make sure you get all of it out before reinstalling. Macs' are heavily used at Google so they put at least as much effort into the OS X version of Chrome as the Windows version. Even if the Mac and Windows versions aren't always released at the same time.

lobo1978 said:
I'm testing safari and chrome on mba 11. I've noticed that chrome refuses to load some pages completely (little load circle spinning in tab) which results in cpu load (1-2%) - this increases overall temperature and reduce time on battery (about 1h). Only when I manually cancel load (page is already loaded!) cpu load is 0%. No issues on Safari though. Anyone experience same problem?

I love chrome on my PC but on mac it just sucks! Waiting for solution

I use plugin to disable flash in both safari and chrome
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Right. OS X and all Unices are much smarter about memory and other hardware resource management than Windows. Processor too. Just because it uses a lot of memory when it can does not mean its a bad thing. However a poorly coded app, like pretty much anything from Adobe, can be a culprit in not releasing ram when its done using it.

bp1000 said:
I'm still amazed how many mac users don't realise you simply cannot compare RAM usage between OS's. OS X handles ram in a completely different way to Windows.
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lobo1978 said:
I'm testing safari and chrome on mba 11. I've noticed that chrome refuses to load some pages completely (little load circle spinning in tab) which results in cpu load (1-2%) - this increases overall temperature and reduce time on battery (about 1h). Only when I manually cancel load (page is already loaded!) cpu load is 0%. No issues on Safari though. Anyone experience same problem?

I love chrome on my PC but on mac it just sucks! Waiting for solution

I use plugin to disable flash in both safari and chrome
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I had the same problem. Went back to Safari and all is fine. I get the impression that Chrome is better for Windows than Mac. I also got tired of those constant updates for Chrome with ridiculous version numbers. The UI isn't as nice with Chrome and I feel pages render faster on Safari.
 
Cheffy Dave said:
If you like BeachBalls, go with Safari, otherwise Chrome is the one, and the speedster is the new Chrome Canary Beta, both work flawlessly in Lion, without spinning BeachBalls:cool:
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Never had a beachball with my MBA 2011. And I am one of those users that have like 16 tabs on the browser when I'm surfing on the internet :p
 
Cheffy Dave said:
If you like BeachBalls, go with Safari, otherwise Chrome is the one, and the speedster is the new Chrome Canary Beta, both work flawlessly in Lion, without spinning BeachBalls:cool:
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Beachballs? Really?

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psxp said:
where does FireFox sit in all this?
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Mozzila has seriously lost the plot on Firefox. All they had over the competition was extensions and with that no longer the case they just can't compete.

Sad really as it used to be my go to browser.

I have Safari on my Mac and Chrome on my work windoze machine (safari constantly crashes).
 
I mostly use Safari because it just fits my needs. No beach balls or sluggish performance here. It's as stable as it should be. If I need to check out some flash content, I'll use Chrome :)
 
My take

Firefox > Chrome > Safari
Don't discount Opera either.

Chrome had too many pages for me that wouldn't load right.

I have so much flexibility with Firefox with ad removal, SCRIPTS that I choose which to load on the webpage, flash, etc. that all pages load the way I want.

Memory usage is pretty good, better than the other two.
 
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