Which browser to use on a Mac: Safari or Firefox?
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Only Firefox and Safari have a permanent home in my dock and so I'll ignore the rest (and you didn't ask about them anyway).
Things used to be different a few years ago, but today I would say that today both browsers can claim compatibility as a pro. I wouldn't say either is 100%, but both are pretty good. Many people like firefox because of the addons, but safari has a few too and has some other features that firefox doesn't have or at least doesn't have yet. Personally I use firefox as my primary browser because I can't live without adblockplus. Safari has pithhelmet and private browsing though so it still gets a fair amount of use. Safari also wins for speed, aesthetics, and stability. Firefox wins in terms of password management because you can choose to save passwords after you confirm you got the right one. Firefox also has a more full featured address bar that is extremely fast and does a great job at finding pages I have viewed but only remember a few words from.
Firefox also gets updated more frequently and so at least gives me the feeling of additional security. I'm not worried that Safari is as bad as IE, but waiting for Apple to patch known issues gets on my nerves sometimes.
I don't feel any need to choose between the two browsers and so I use both daily. People that rely heavily on their bookmarks might feel otherwise, but I don't use more than 10 of them and I have them saved in each browser.
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The extensions for Firefox are as much a blessing as a curse. The trick is to have some discipline with them. Sure, Safari may be faster. The nightly builds of Webkit are faster again. But I'm never actually *waiting* for my browser. For me it's mostly about content, and that's where Firefox wins me over.
I've accumulated a lot of bookmarks, and they're a bit of a mess. I work between four computers (Mac and PC) at any given time, so I use Foxmarks to keep those bookmarks synchronised. It's invaluable if working between multiple machines. With the way typing into the address-bar searches cache and bookmarks, a bookmarks list is quite valuable now - even if it's not organised.
Also I really don't want a whole lot of banner-adverts and stuff slowing me down, or distracting me. Of course, on Mac Safari you can use tools like PithHelmet. But I use PC's too, so I just want to load Firefox on any given machine, load Adblock, Foxmarks, and an NZ/UK Dictionary and I'm done. Pages are pretty, quick, free of crap, and I have access to everything.
If I get time to spare, then I can explore other skins/themes like Charamel, or extensions like CSRF protector, Download Statusbar, Forecast Fox, OldBar, Splash, and FoxyTunes. ..or I can go the other way, burrow into the settings, turn off gif animations, stop inline PDF's, tweak the tab-widths and close-buttons.
Basically, main thing for me: I can make Firefox what I want. Minimal, or Super Pimped. Block what I don't want, find a plugin to scratch any itch. Also, being the number 2 browser out there I never get webpages rendering wrong. Safari is close, but it's still the number 3 browser out there (in terms of Webkit), and I don't want to switch browsers just coz my webpage doesn't render well. Bookmarks management in Safari also irks me a little ..but that may just be me. ;)
..Oh, also I use Safari with a minimal set of bookmarks which I synchronise with my iPhone, so I prefer not to use it for my main browser coz I don't want a plethora of bookmarks on my phone. :)
Yeah, Firefox has a larger memory footprint, it probably takes longer to load, and webkit is more on the ball with standards-compliance. But in the real world, where I have fast machines, want to tweak the browser some, and want all my webpages rendering correctly, Firefox fits me far better. Your mileage may vary.
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http://www.opera.com/browser/
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Firefox has useful (and free) extension, or add-ons, that can come in handy.
The biggest reason for me, and the reason you should use firefox, is when your browser closes unexpectedly (crashes), the next time you open firefox, it gives you the option to "restore" all the pages/tabs you had open! This comes in so handy when I'm doing school research, reading news, or just browsing the web.
Firefox's distinctive feature has tons of time and effort.
You should use firefox!
Firefox/Mac user.
Hope this helps :)
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I got used to Safari and organized my bookmarks in various categories so they open all at once. There would be time and effort involved with switching, and I have no reason to at this time. About once every eight months or so I find some site that doesn't want to work with Safari, and I can make it work with Firefox, but I always go back to Safari.
99% use of Safari, 1% use of Firefox.
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M$Firefox has many more addons and a wider community.
I recommend using Firefox.
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