Comments | thebitterguy: Mac question

thebitterguy

Mac question

Nov 12, 2006 15:35

Is there any reason for me to use Firefox instead of Safari?

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adamjury November 12 2006, 20:54:31 UTC

Firefox extensions would be the main reason. Personally I think the Firefox interface on the Mac is inferior to Safari, but if you're used to using Firefox on other platforms you may want to stick with it for consistencies sake. Plus, Firefox, in theory, supports better multi-user profiles than Safari does -- Safari requiring you to have distinct accounts on the OSX machine itself.

kynn November 13 2006, 16:48:37 UTC

Personally I think the Firefox interface on the Mac is inferior to Safari...

That's why you need Camino. :)

rentagurkha November 12 2006, 21:30:42 UTC

More sites are currently Firefox-compatible than Safari compatible (for instance, rich text formatting in LJ works with FireFox). The right theme helps make it more Maclike (try Pinstripe or GrApple.

kinra November 12 2006, 21:46:11 UTC

I used Safari for a while, but by now I'm 100% using Firefox, mostly 'cause it doesn't choke on Javascript after a while, but also for general consistency of rendering. Plus, it's far better at tab management, and it's actually being updated. Safari hasn't budged much since the 10.4.5 update to OSX.

botrytis November 12 2006, 22:05:05 UTC

As Adam suggested, Firefox extensions, especially if you use Greasemonkey for anything.

darthmarysue November 13 2006, 03:42:08 UTC

Opera!

I really have no solid reason aside from having google built into the address bar. Also, I find the icon to be prettier.

I also am so technical. ^_^

adamjury November 13 2006, 05:31:52 UTC

A Google search bar is built into both Firefox and Safari [and can be customized to search a number of other engines, too ...] :-)

darthmarysue November 13 2006, 05:46:17 UTC

I know, but in Opera you can type a g and your search terms right into the address bar, and I'm so autoprogrammed to do it now. (Even though I have a potentially more efficient google bar less that two centimeters to the right.) Safari and Firefox might be totally capable of this, too, but I've not used the latest versions and thus would not know.

I admit it, I'm shallow but loyal in my browser affections. (Did I mention it had a pretty icon...?)

adamjury November 13 2006, 06:00:56 UTC

I guess I didn't mention that you can change/swap any icon in OSX ... ;-)

From a usability standpoint, I don't want my search terms to disappear when I make a search, as I presume they do when you do a search as you describe in Opera [the search term gets replaced with the URL that loads next, correct?] -- I often make a search, then revise it several times to narrow it down further to the results I want, so having my most recent searches appear in the dropdown box in the top right is very useful.

But I'm fine with shallow and honest. :-) I suggest Disco as the coolest-looking app [not just the icon, the whole app] available for OSX right now -- the damned thing actually smokes when you burn a CD/DVD!