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Why does Safari suck?

srazz

srazz

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Ok, maybe sucks is a strong word but as of lately, it really sucks. Let me explain.

Based on what I do I'm on various websites all day doing research and reading/viewing documents. From time to time Safari will just take forever to load a page or hang. There's one particular site I go to to view plans and it will open another window and pull up the plans. Well, Safari takes a very long time to load the page and then you get what you get. If I zoom in and out on the document I'll get a blank page until it decides to refresh. Bottom line, its slow.

If I do the same thing using Chrome, its as you'd expect in regards to speed. Very fast. Once documents load I can read them, rotate, zoom in and out quickly. No issues.

So whats up with Safari? Is Apple content with a basic browser or do they one that competes with the rest.

Signed,
Disappointed Apple Fan, losing faith in :apple: everyday.
 
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srazz said:
Ok, maybe sucks is a strong word but as of lately, it really sucks. Let me explain.

Based on what I do I'm on various websites all day doing research and reading/viewing documents. From time to time Safari will just take forever to load a page or hang. There's one particular site I go to to view plans and it will open another window and pull up the plans. Well, Safari takes a very long time to load the page and then you get what you get. If I zoom in and out on the document I'll get a blank page until it decides to refresh. Bottom line, its slow.

If I do the same thing using Chrome, its as you'd expect in regards to speed. Very fast. Once documents load I can read them, rotate, zoom in and out quickly. No issues.

So whats up with Safari? Is Apple content with a basic browser or do they one that competes with the rest.

Signed,
Disappointed Apple Fan, losing faith in :apple: everyday.
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Safari is crap it is slow,hangs a lot .but chrome is no better have tried so many browsers but none work with all you sites.
When will there be a browser that does not suck?
 
I have to agree with OP.

I've setup hundreds of new Macs.

With Safari there is nearly always a lag. With Chrome or Firefox the lag almost disappears.

And yet there are still loads of "Safari-Problem-Deniers" on the internet ;)
 
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Google devotes more engineering resource to work on Chrome than Apple do for Safari
 
I love Apple and have all Apple products.

But I use Chrome exclusively on all devices. Works too well with all my G Suite stuff.
 
Never had a problem with Safari. If it was available on Windows too I'd use that (I know there was a Windows version but that really did suck).
 
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99 percent of the time I use Chrome and the other 1 percent I use Safari to check out what my websites look like or to do a quick check to see if the internet connection isn't my browser. The little I use of Safari it seems to be a good browser, but developing websites I notice it has a few quirks in it designing wise.
 
I use Safari most often. While it has its quirks, they're tolerable. My alternate browser is Firefox. But the more I use it, the more I notice that the performance is practically the same as Safari but doesn't look as pretty. I try Chrome every now and then just to check if it's still a resource hog. Unfortunately it still is.
 
The only issue that keeps popping up for me is that it refuses to load any sites and acts like the internet isn’t working. Exiting/restarting safari fixes the problem. Sometimes going to another tab can do it too. Chrome is a disaster on Mac IMO, uses up way more resources and I just don’t like it. I use it on my Windows based Desktop though, seems to run fine there.
 
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Strelok said:
The only issue that keeps popping up for me is that it refuses to load any sites and acts like the internet isn’t working. Exiting/restarting safari fixes the problem. Sometimes going to another tab can do it too. Chrome is a disaster on Mac IMO, uses up way more resources and I just don’t like it. I use it on my Windows based Desktop though, seems to run fine there.
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What browser do you use on your Mac then?
 
But surely Firefox is better than having to exit or restart your Safari browser?
 
komatsu said:
I have to agree with OP.

I've setup hundreds of new Macs.

With Safari there is nearly always a lag. With Chrome or Firefox the lag almost disappears.

And yet there are still loads of "Safari-Problem-Deniers" on the internet ;)
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i have setup hundreds of macs as well, Safari always outperforms Chrome or Firefox
 
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I don't know why Safari sucks, I would like to know however why Apple Mail sucks.
 
Never had a problem with Safari when I used it. Of course, I usually don't, since it's one of the more dumbed down products amongst loads of dumbed down products.

I think by now Edge has more extensions than Safari. Oh, and my pet peeve: No way to show favicons on the bookmark bar. Seriously, Apple?
 
I heard 10.13.4 sorta "broke" Safari for some users. This is why I've used Google Chrome as my default browser for a while now and will continue to do so.
 
I use safari on iPad, iPhone and mac, and haven't really had problems. Sometimes the good old flash will screw up, but thats a flash problem really. I have used chrome in the past, but want more privacy. I would use firefox over that.
 
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