Comments on: Firefox 3 vs. Safari 3: Fight

By: webterractive

webterractive — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:47:07 +0000

I don’t know I can’t get into using Safari for Apple, it’s supposed to be a good browser but still I use FF3 and before that I used Camino.

By: kyussmondo

kyussmondo — Sun, 25 May 2008 12:18:43 +0000

Who says that less configurable is a bad thing? For the everyday user that is probably a good thing. For more hardcore users the features of Opera maybe great. However, for most users they won’t even use 90% of the features.

I used to use Safari as my main browser and would happily go back to it. It is quick and does the job. I have just been trying out Firefox 3 recently and it is a much needed improvement over Firefox 2. The only extension I use is Delicious Bookmarks, although there is a similar plug-in for Safari so that is not keeping me on Firefox.

One of the reasons I switched was I watch a lot of YouTube videos and after some heavy surfing found it to get very slow, so I thought I would try out Firefox 3 to see if that copes better under a heavier load. Oh, and it is great to see British English dictionary rather than having to rely on the American one built into OS X. Apple needs to become aware that people in England are different from Americans!!

By: Code

Code — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:56:32 +0000

http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/next/

See the middle feature at the bottom.

History Search.

By: dee

dee — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:50:48 +0000

I tried Opera and it doesn’t have the auto-find feature that I spoke of plus the over all design and layout of it doesn’t work for me, which is a shame because it has some cool features. Overall Opera’s plethora of features aren’t implemented “naturally enough” for me. I’d suggest that if you haven’t tried the FF3 beta you should give it a spin because they have greatly improved the overall internet experience IMHO.

By: Code

Code — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:49:22 +0000

Almost every single feature mentioned both in the comments and the actual story has been functional features of opera for years.

the tabs feature mentioned in the OP is one of the main reasons i just dont get along with firefox. i use this feature of dragging tabs out of the main window constantly, as it is incredibly handy with dual monitors.

@dee as for the indexed search history, opera has been doing that since the last version. forcing links into a new tab is also the standard behaviour. firefox stole this idea from opera.

i find it crazy that even still, firefox doesnt install with a new tab button.. wtf kind of tabbed browser is that.

as for safari… it is the worlds least configurable browser.. sucks ass.

oh and dont get me started on firefox’s lack of built in mouse gestures.

By: Dan H.

Dan H. — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:46:18 +0000

I’m with Dee. I just do not understand why Safari doesn’t let you force links into a new tab without a workaround in Terminal. It happens all the time when I get links in my Gmail. I end up with multiple open windows. Why, Safari, why?

(I do like the sliding effect when you move around tabs in Safari though. Very cool.)

By: dee

dee — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:30:47 +0000

FF3 wins in my book for two things:

1. the ability to type say “fire” and see this post come up via my history, which i think is one of the best things to come up since tabs.

2. the one thing that kept safari away from winning last time. The ability to force links into a new tab. I know that you can force it via a terminal command but it’s strange that apple hasn’t truly integrated it in this late.

Otherwise Safari would win because it runs any file format that you can throw at it (and smoothly) and feels great all around so I use it as my secondary browser. Previous to FF3 I didn’t touch FF and only went with camino.

By: Me-O-My-O

Me-O-My-O — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:24:52 +0000

Safari is a major security risk! JavaScript can easily rape Safari “over and over and over”. Only unknowing fools use Safari.

By: frogflight24

frogflight24 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:01:31 +0000

I think Safari is a better browser… hands down. But I use Firefox because I like the 8aweek plug in… So, I dunno who wins then…

By: Arley

Arley — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:51:10 +0000

Safari 3.1 the latest WebKit all the way baby!!!

By: John Biggs

John Biggs — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:29:34 +0000

Yeah. I’m kind of stuck with FF as well.

By: Don Bachner

Don Bachner — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:10:43 +0000

While I agree with many of his comments, I find Firefox to be much faster when loading multiple tabs, and I couldn’t live without many of my firefox extensions such as firebug and the google toolbar.