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CG5Addict · 2009-10-10 10:28 am

So out of all the browsers out there, which one(s) do you use?
Safari

Firefox

Opera

iCab

Camino

Shiira confused

OmniWeb

SeaMonkey

Flock

Just a note: Flock, SeaMonkey, and Shiira I really never heard of till I was looking up browsers for the Mac.

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mmonte · 2009-10-10 11:26 am

I've got a PowerBook G4 here, 1.5 GHz, running Panther 10.3.9.

I'm using Safari 1.3 right now… it's my "primary" browser; comfortable interface.

For Facebook, Google Maps, and a few other sites I use Firefox 2.0… better functionality.

When either of those browsers fail to perform, I use Opera v. 10… a tad awkward interface, but superior functionality… never fails. (And I see it's the only browser that passes the Acid3 test.)

I've also got Camino and even the old Netscape and IE browsers in my dock, but I never use them.

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ukimalefu · 2009-10-10 11:58 am

Primary: Safari

When I must: Firefox

CG5Addict · 2009-10-10 12:52 pm

Netscape..... ah, the best browser in it's hay day. Gone... thank God! tongue

arkayn · 2009-10-10 3:56 pm

Seamonkey is the recreation of the Mozilla suite.

Pariah · 2009-10-10 4:21 pm

My Daily driver is FireFox. I really enjoy the way you can customize it to suit.
Safari when I run into the rare site which does not work in FF. Safari's lack of customization, limited feature set and irritating window handling keeps it a distance second in my Dock.

Donkey Butter · 2009-10-10 6:46 pm

ukimalefu wrote:
Primary: Safari

When I must: Firefox

ditto

sturner · 2009-10-10 8:29 pm

FireFox
Camino
Safari

Then the W3 scoff-law IE, 7 or 8.

ScifiterX · 2009-10-10 9:25 pm

Donkey Butter wrote:
ukimalefu wrote:
Primary: Safari

When I must: Firefox
ditto

Xerox

Jokotai · 2009-10-10 10:25 pm

Primarily Firefox, due to some incompatibility and crash issues with Safari. Safari still handles Netflix faster, though.

CG5Addict · 2009-10-10 10:42 pm

ukimalefu wrote:
Primary: Safari

When I must: Firefox

I wounder if windows users think the same since they have Safari for a PC.

justine · 2009-10-11 12:13 am

Firefox and Safari on my Mac and Opera Mini on my phone.

SomeOneOrOther · 2009-10-11 1:16 am

CG5Addict wrote:
ukimalefu wrote:
Primary: Safari

When I must: Firefox
I wounder if windows users think the same since they have Safari for a PC.

Nah. It's either IE or Firefox on Windows. The port of Safari over to Windows is pretty crappy, in UI and functionality (makes me wonder why Apple even bothers).

Steves Web Hosting · 2009-10-12 1:37 pm

Safari 90% of the time
Camino to manage my web server
Firefox to check my page layouts
Reluctantly on occasion Microsoft Internet Exploder to see what my own web sites look like to the hoi polloi

mrreet2001 · 2009-10-12 2:05 pm

mmonte wrote:
I've got a PowerBook G4 here, 1.5 GHz, running Panther 10.3.9.

I'm using Safari 1.3 right now… it's my "primary" browser; comfortable interface.

For Facebook, Google Maps, and a few other sites I use Firefox 2.0… better functionality.

When either of those browsers fail to perform, I use Opera v. 10… a tad awkward interface, but superior functionality… never fails. (And I see it's the only browser that passes the Acid3 test.)

I've also got Camino and even the old Netscape and IE browsers in my dock, but I never use them.

My safari passes the acid3 test

.. Oh and I use safari 99% of the time.

macnuke · 2009-10-12 2:32 pm

ScifiterX wrote:
Donkey Butter wrote:
ukimalefu wrote:
Primary: Safari

When I must: Firefox
ditto
Xerox

Carbon Copy

knobtwirler · 2009-10-12 2:38 pm

Safari 4. Firefox always felt too slow and the interface looked clunky and bulky, taking up too much screen real estate, but I was on a FF kick a few years ago with its add-on ability and customization. Also, FF would work on sites that Safari had trouble with in the v.2 and v.3 days. I then had a greater appreciation for Safari's simplicity as it was revised. About 2 years ago a friend tried to push Opera on me real hard, but he used it on Windows, so I could see why he loved it. It didn't seem to be as good as Firefox on the Mac, let alone Safari, which he never used. I found Opera's menu layout cumbersome, having me do a lot more work to get to places like bookmarks.

Nefarious · 2009-10-12 5:29 pm

Omniweb is the primary. Safari is the secondary.

SomeOneOrOther · 2009-10-12 7:01 pm

FF here is my primary (it's a Windows habit I can't shake off). Safari to open secure PDF files that Firefox has a hard time handling.

dv · 2009-10-12 8:34 pm

FF for pretty much everything, since it's available for OS X, Windows, and Linus, and because I memorized all the keyboard shortcuts that are common to all three platforms.

mmonte · 2009-10-12 11:23 pm

mrreet2001 wrote:
My safari passes the acid3 test

Mine doesn't probably 'cause I'm using an older version on an older system.

Orion · 2009-10-13 6:45 am

I use FF almost exclusively because Safari keeps crashing unexpectedly. Started with version 3, none of the updates since have fixed the problem.

D'Eyncourt · 2009-10-13 2:58 pm

Firefox because I have my Mac at home and have to use PCs at work. To handle those pages which require Javascript I use Safari at home and IE 7 at work, but those normally are not running.

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