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OS X browsers

semioticrobotic

02:08 / 23.07.05

What do 'Lithers on the OS X platform use to browse the Web? Safari? Camino? Omniweb? Firefox? Opera? IE?

lekvar

02:23 / 23.07.05

Safari for surfing, just 'cause I'm used to the shortcuts.

Firefox for web development and using a local copy of GTD TiddlyWiki, since Safari doesn't support it. Booo hisss, Safari, booo hisss.

Seems that there's a number of things, like Google Earth, that don't work with Safari. I should probably just give up and make the switch to Firefox, a clean break...

semioticrobotic

02:45 / 23.07.05

I'm curious: why Firefox and not Camino?

astrojax69

04:51 / 23.07.05

i browse and find safari meets needs.

have explorer on the dock but rarely load it. did have netscape on old machine but upgraded in feb and haven't missed it.

am not v techy. what is firefox and why is it good? what are the differences? how can you tell? can anyone explain? do i ask too many questions? should i stop now?

not annoying you am i?

nedrichards is confused

06:08 / 23.07.05

Most macists who chose Firefox over Camino do it for the extensions. I'd feel naked without my BugMeNot.

lekvar

06:13 / 23.07.05

Yeah, Firefox extensions are brilliant. Web Developer 0.9 is a thing of beauty and a joy forever.

Benny the Ball

07:33 / 23.07.05

Safari, also just because I'm used to it now. But my housemate is a firefox user and is trying to convert me.

LykeX

09:00 / 23.07.05

I'm using Firefox. I tried it, loved it, and now it's mostly a habit. I haven't really kept up with the alternative browsers, so I don't know how they compare, I just know Firefox is vastly superior to IE.
And I am now thoroughly addicted to tabs. How did I ever live without?

w1rebaby

09:45 / 23.07.05

Camino. I find the UI more OS-X-y than Firefox, and I'm not really tied to any of the extensions (the web developer toolbar would be nice, but I don't find it that hard in practice to dick with the stylesheet to highlight various bits as desired).

sleazenation

10:09 / 23.07.05

Safari for main browsing - but have firefox, camino and an old copy of IE just for comparison's sake...

Oh, and Mozilla.

I heard the OS X Firefox wasn't quite up to snuff. It's not a native OS X app yet, and instead fakes inserting itself in the UI.

Camino, on the other hand, while not extensible, is something that's poised to make a major impact in the OS X browser environment.

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