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- spraycan0
i recently upgraded to FF3, to shut it up from upgrading i made this:
Options>advanced>update, uncheck everything.changed updater.exe to updater[out].exe
- i_monk0
Firefox and Firefox alone. I don't notice any speed issues, and I'm not eager to try other browsers now that I have Firefox so customized.
- zarkonite0
"The WebKit "Top Sites" feature has made it in."
other way around, they came up with it first.
- acescence0
comicsans-
safari adblock:
http://burgersoftware.com/en/saf…safari developer tools:
http://developer.apple.com/safar…
- stewdio0
I am so looking forward to test driving Opera 10.50 for OS X when it's released. In the meantime, someone tell me how it handles on PC?
http://www.opera.com/browser/
Click "watch video"
- comicsans0
Adblock and the web developer toolkit on firefox are essentials for me. How do Safari/Opera compare?
- Ruffian0
So, how is Safari on a PC?
- Shite. Might as well use chrome if webkit is your thangzray
- Chrome and all the rest lack the addons I'm used to in FF.Ruffian
- Yeah firebug and webdev got me by the balls too, opera has an alternative to firebug but not as good.zray
- it's not on par with the OS X and its UI really looks out of place in Windowsernexbcn
- ckentish0
I really like ie6
- stewdio0
Until yesterday the standard Safari build was 4.0.4 (6531.21.10)
Now we have Safari 4.0.5 (6531.22.7)w00t.
- akrokdesign0
safari and the fox. both has issues. more or less.
- inteliboy0
I thought I was the only one who uses Safari. Love it, simple, works, interface is A+, no fuss.
Firefox asks me for updates every time I open it (every other week). Annoying. Firebug plugin is incredible though.
Opera I do like, though barely use.
Chrome I haven't bothered... and why? I don't see why it's worth my time installing. Unless it renders pages at insane speeds and has some super slick interface, then maybe.
- OSX btw. If was on win7, would be a firefox guy for sure.inteliboy
- Why wouldn't you use Safari on Windows 7?monospaced
- heard it is slow, haven't tried it myself tho.inteliboy
- ukit0
One aspect that is interesting to consider (which you touched on briefly) is the difference in terms of how these browsers handle input. Traditionally browsers have two input boxes, one for URL entry and one for search. I've found a lot of the time though that I will subconsciously type searches into the URL address box.
If I type two words into the Safari address box it will take me, annoyingly, to the search results page for my internet provider (Comcast). If I type a single word with no domain suffix, it will add .com on the end, if that doesn't work, it will take me again to the search. Opera handles it the same way.
Chrome on the other hand gets rid of the search box and condenses the URL entry and search into a single box. It takes me to search results for whatever search engine I have set as default when I enter two words or a word with no .com, .net etc.
Firefox has two search boxes but actually works sort of like Chrome - it takes me to the search results if I type in two words. If I type in a single word with no suffix, it does something kind of weird and take me to the most popular match for that term. So typing in "techno site" takes me automatically to http://www.ilovetechno.be/ even though there is actually a http://technosite.com/
Overall, I think Chrome's approach is the best in this area. I don't see any reason to have two different inputs for URL and search when you can easily get by with one. Also I find the Firefox method of routing you to the most popular domain kind of annoying and not all that useful.
- nuggler0
icab is a german browser for mac that's worth checking out -- has some handy development tools
http://www.icab.de/
- pr20
Tabs in a browser are only needed if you are on Mac. On PC you can simply click at the taskbar to find the browser window you need.
PC usability 1, Mac usability 0
- you must be glad you got that off your hairy chest. lol.akrokdesign
- fugged0
safari for most web surfing
firefox when doing development - because firebug still kicks everyone else's arse.
- whatsup0
I use safari. it simply works.
firefox is annoying, asking me for all these plug in updates
chrome did not display fonts out of the box. I dunno why.
opera... they're always claiming about their speed performance. they have a new browser again?
- welded0
I use Safari at home (plus a couple plugins) and WebKit nightlies at work because the web inspector is much improved. I'm with you in that Firefox was my go-to for years, especially on PC, but these days it's for testing only. What gets me is the fake native UI XUL apps have. It's only marginally better than Java apps. I've been keeping Opera up to date and it's a great browser but it always loses me at some point for one reason or another and I've never been a fan of the developer tools. Maybe Dragonfly will start catching up with Firebug and Webkit inspector now that it's an open source project.