mac browsers

for all those who use a mac, what internet browser do you use? I am curious because I've always used Safari and I am wondering if there is better out there! For Macs that is.

Cheers

Ive used firefox for ages because the addons are helpful. I tried Chrome for a while and really liked it, but they still haven't taken it out of beta for mac so there are no addons and a few things still fuck up... may go back to Chrome if they ever develop it for mac

I use Safari for general browsing, but I keep Firefox around for when I need it. Firefox on OS X still sucks up memory like a black hole, which is why I don't use it as a default.

safari with click2flash to block flash

if you need more speed, you could always use webkit:

http://webkit.org/

firefox 3.6 - works like a charm. Yeah it uses more memory than Safari, but it feels more comfortable for me. Plus I still don't like how Safari refuses to display information on links when you mouse over. Memory isn't an issue though, cause even with my paltry 2 GB of RAM, firefox is using 200 MB.

Plus there are a lot of brilliant add-ons for firefox.

google chrome muthafucka.

Easily the most streamlined, attractive, fast and stable browser I've used, on both windows and mac. Syncs all your cookies, history, bookmarks to any computer you install chrome on. great tab management. good extensions. google search built into the address bar.

Near-perfect browser.

  On 5/24/2010 at 5:42 PM, chenGOD said:

I still don't like how Safari refuses to display information on links when you mouse over.

cmd + /

Chrome on Mac has extensions.

other notable Mac browsers:

Camino (very lightweight, like Firefox before the bloat)

Opera

i use firefox myself, did try chrome for a while and really liked it - but no adblocker, which is a deal killer until it's supported...

  On 5/24/2010 at 6:09 PM, dilbthelame said:

i use firefox myself, did try chrome for a while and really liked it - but no adblocker, which is a deal killer until it's supported...

http://www.mychromeaddons.com/chrome-addon-adblock-for-google-chrome/

firefox. extensions rule my surfing habits, without them i'd be lost.

used to use chrome, but it still has some security issues. i'm using firefox on windows, safari on macs. safari, written in cocoa by apple devs, is pretty damned fast.

i alternate. i use safari until i think it blows, then i switch to firefox until i think it sucks. then i just repeat the pattern.

  On 5/24/2010 at 6:00 PM, iamabe said:

google chrome muthafucka.

 

Easily the most streamlined, attractive, fast and stable browser I've used, on both windows and mac. Syncs all your cookies, history, bookmarks to any computer you install chrome on. great tab management. good extensions. google search built into the address bar.

 

How is that a feature. Just what you want at work, all your porn history coming up.

  On 5/24/2010 at 6:01 PM, phling said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 5:42 PM, chenGOD said:

I still don't like how Safari refuses to display information on links when you mouse over.

cmd + /

Extra step that is unnecessary.

  On 5/24/2010 at 6:02 PM, Joyrex said:

Chrome on Mac has extensions.

 

Nowhere near the depth of extensions that firefox has. How much memory does each chrome process take up?

chen, do you use "memory fox"? it seems to keep mine at a respectable level.

  On 5/24/2010 at 7:38 PM, chenGOD said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 6:00 PM, iamabe said:

google chrome muthafucka.

 

Easily the most streamlined, attractive, fast and stable browser I've used, on both windows and mac. Syncs all your cookies, history, bookmarks to any computer you install chrome on. great tab management. good extensions. google search built into the address bar.

 

How is that a feature. Just what you want at work, all your porn history coming up.

Incognito mode

  On 5/24/2010 at 7:46 PM, Ivan Lennovitz said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 7:38 PM, chenGOD said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 6:00 PM, iamabe said:

google chrome muthafucka.

 

Easily the most streamlined, attractive, fast and stable browser I've used, on both windows and mac. Syncs all your cookies, history, bookmarks to any computer you install chrome on. great tab management. good extensions. google search built into the address bar.

 

How is that a feature. Just what you want at work, all your porn history coming up.

Incognito mode

@ ChenGod

it's a good feature because you have total control over what you sync. it's easy to go into incognito mode to hide the naughty shit you look at, and the history uses google search so its very easy to find what you want to delete manually. Also, the point of syncing all your settings is for convenience. It's great to bookmark sites at work and still have them boomarked when you get home. Firefox has a fine boomark sync extension, too, but chrome's is totally transparent and works very well, IMO. Saving cookies/login info is great if you frequently go to sites that require registration.

To be honest, if you're porning it up so freaking much, Chrome is good for you, because incognito mode is a very fast and easy way to literally go into "porn mode", to hide your activity without fucking with your existing history.

  On 5/24/2010 at 7:46 PM, Ivan Lennovitz said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 7:38 PM, chenGOD said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 6:00 PM, iamabe said:

google chrome muthafucka.

 

Easily the most streamlined, attractive, fast and stable browser I've used, on both windows and mac. Syncs all your cookies, history, bookmarks to any computer you install chrome on. great tab management. good extensions. google search built into the address bar.

 

How is that a feature. Just what you want at work, all your porn history coming up.

Incognito mode

oh snap!

*runs to check wife's laptop*

  On 5/24/2010 at 7:38 PM, chenGOD said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 6:01 PM, phling said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 5:42 PM, chenGOD said:

I still don't like how Safari refuses to display information on links when you mouse over.

cmd + /

Extra step that is unnecessary.

this step is faster than a Firefox tab switch though lol.

I use Chrome, I don't care about extensions, I just like how big the internet looks on it.

I also like to browse in fullscreen mode BAAM

checked out Chrome - this app is really nice: clean, minimalistic look to it, and pretty darn fast too.

  On 5/24/2010 at 7:51 PM, iamabe said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 7:46 PM, Ivan Lennovitz said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 7:38 PM, chenGOD said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 6:00 PM, iamabe said:

google chrome muthafucka.

 

Easily the most streamlined, attractive, fast and stable browser I've used, on both windows and mac. Syncs all your cookies, history, bookmarks to any computer you install chrome on. great tab management. good extensions. google search built into the address bar.

 

How is that a feature. Just what you want at work, all your porn history coming up.

Incognito mode

 

@ ChenGod

it's a good feature because you have total control over what you sync. it's easy to go into incognito mode to hide the naughty shit you look at, and the history uses google search so its very easy to find what you want to delete manually. Also, the point of syncing all your settings is for convenience. It's great to bookmark sites at work and still have them boomarked when you get home. Firefox has a fine boomark sync extension, too, but chrome's is totally transparent and works very well, IMO. Saving cookies/login info is great if you frequently go to sites that require registration.

 

To be honest, if you're porning it up so freaking much, Chrome is good for you, because incognito mode is a very fast and easy way to literally go into "porn mode", to hide your activity without fucking with your existing history.

I already use private browsing on firefox. I would like to thank whoever made that one :)

I guess I don't bother much with syncing shit, because I don't use computers at work very much.

  On 5/24/2010 at 8:08 PM, phling said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 7:38 PM, chenGOD said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 6:01 PM, phling said:

  On 5/24/2010 at 5:42 PM, chenGOD said:

I still don't like how Safari refuses to display information on links when you mouse over.

cmd + /

Extra step that is unnecessary.

 

this step is faster than a Firefox tab switch though lol.

I think you're misunderstanding what I'm saying. When I mouse over a link in firefox (that is hold the mouse cursor over a link) Firefox displays what site it links to, in the bottom left of the browser window. Since I have my javascript preferences set to not allow websites to change status bar text, this allows me an added measure of security. No tab switch necessary (also tab switches are very fast with mouse gestures...;))

hide/show status bar?