Just a quick note regarding web browsers (aimed mostly at new Mac users). When I used to/had to use Windows I used Internet Explorer (IE) and then progressed to Firefox. On Apple Macs IE is not available (hurrah!) so what are your choices?
My 3 main browsers of choice are:
Firefox – Available at getfirefox.com
Camino – Available at caminobrowser.org
Safari – Available at www.apple.com/safari
Depending on the website you visit you may find one of the above browsers more suited than others (for example, Camino for Wordprss blog editing).
December 7, 2007 at 17:53 |
i like firefox always !
December 9, 2007 at 23:20 |
Have to say I have always hated Firefox on Mac…
I did use Camino on Tiger but since upgrading to Leopard have been using Safari.
Shiira is interesting as is Flock, but for now I am a Safari browser man.
December 10, 2007 at 08:33 |
Hi Scott, thanks for your comment. I agree, since Safari 3 has been released I use that as my main browser. I use camino for the sites that need another browser to work correctly.
January 7, 2008 at 06:13 |
Another vote for Safari since the upgrade to Leopard. I have never used it until now – always switched around between Camino, OmniWeb, and Flock. The Gecko engine does not display text as well at Webkit (to my old eyes). Now that I have discovered Zotero I am interested in running Firefox once in a while, but never liked the looks of it.
You ever get Safari eating 450M of memory? All too often for me, so I frequently restart it.
January 7, 2008 at 09:40 |
I now use Safari as my main browser and camino occasionally where safari isn’t fully supported at the few odd sites. Not noticed safari doing that but it has crashed a few times. Firefox supports skins/themes so you may be able to find one that you like (at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:2)
The themes I use are: Aluminium Alloy, Azerty III, Blue Ice, Phoenity as well as the default and Saturated (the original Firefox theme). I change them as a when the mood takes me.
Hope this helps a little. Richard