Comments on: 3 reasons why you should use Safari as your browser

By: Silla

Silla — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:01:38 +0000

I prefer Safari to the other browsers too :)

For those of you looking for Safari plugins, I blogged here about some great ones I use, including one that allows you to use StumbleUpon (read my comment under the post for the others)

By: katokato

katokato — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:05:50 +0000

One thing that helps me a lot with color management for onscreen work is making sure that view>proof colors is checked, and then choosing ‘Monitor RGB’ in the proof setup flyout. Don’t forget that if Safari is the only browser that shows your colors as you intend them, then there’s a rather large audience who sees them differently…

By: Marlyse Comte

Marlyse Comte — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:53:35 +0000

Having used Safari as “my” browser for years it was at first really hard to believe the problems I encountered when faced to mainly code for Windows and IE and Firefox. Only then it came to my full understanding how spoiled I had been all these years.

Knowing this tidbit about color profile is great. Thanks!

After a year at work the powers to be have finally gave in (a ton of system related problems) and took my (design) machine back from Vista to XP (geez, everything looks so square, no wonder CSS was hated at first with it’s mainly square look then). Unfortunatedly Safari won’t run under this fresh XP install, so I have to remain patient for a little longerr

By: Kris Khaira

Kris Khaira — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:05:33 +0000

WordPress’ WYSIWYG text editor doesn’t work properly in Leopard’s Safari. Line breaks don’t show up.

By: Logan Snow

Logan Snow — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:24:25 +0000

I completely agree. I used to use Firefox, because I preferred it over explorer when I had a PC, and so when I switched to mac I just continued to use it. However, after I really started to try out Safari, I realized all the benefits that come with it. It is the only browser I use now.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:37:52 +0000

When I bought my MacBook last year, I immediately went straight for Firefox. After using Windows for so long, Firefox offered more of what I was used to. It wasn’t until I upgraded to Leopard that I gave Safari a try–and now I’m completely sold on it. Safari just feels faster and snappier than Firefox (especially on my laptop). I just wish it had support for some of Firefox’s extensions (StumbleUpon, Mouse Gestures, and DownThemAll in particular).

By: Joshua Goodwin

Joshua Goodwin — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:16:30 +0000

I will certainly think about switching from Firefox, since I am sick of said browser’s frequent crashes. However, as a PC user, I think I’ll wait until the Windows version’s out of the beta stage since I have heard many horror stories of Safari for Windows’s bugs.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:50:19 +0000

I’ve always used Firefox, and I liked Safari when I got to work on a Mac, but somethings just aren’t compatible. I think that’s mainly because companies still think that IE is the best (what are they on?!?!?) browser to use.

Regardless, I’ve gone ahead and downloaded Safari. Do you know if there are any plugins? I use ColorPicker and MeasureIt on Firefox for web design and those are really handy.

By: Ronny-André Bendikse

Ronny-André Bendikse — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:16:46 +0000

When I first got my Mac (aug 06) I automatically used Firefox, as this was a great browser on my former Windows machine. But the next winter I had to switch to Safari because of the color profile support. I ripped almost all of my hair out trying to figure out why the colors of a website I was working on looked so vivid in Safari, but so inspisid in Firefox. I know the majority uses FF and IE, but visual good sites always look better in Safari.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:50:25 +0000

I already turned a friend onto Safari. He uses Windows, so he was never really satisfied with the default browser. I had introduced him to Opera, but after moving to a Mac I was sold on Safari. Once the Beta for Windows came out, I suggested he give that a try.

I’ll tell you though, at first he was running into some problems. He would change the settings in the preferences window, but it would have no effect. He actually gave up on it once, and only later, when Opera couldn’t render a form properly, did he open up Safari and finally get it working.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:35:48 +0000

I had some weird issues with Safari and sites I needed to use for work. Firefox was too slow for my tastes, but Camino was acceptable. There are some maddening problems with text fields, but it will be nice when I can go back to Safari and avoid using multiple browsers.

By: Upstart Blogger

Upstart Blogger — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:53:22 +0000

I’ve always thought that Firefox was a little bit bloated. And it has the same color problems that the other browsers have. I think that Firefox 3 is scheduled to have color profile recognition built in but turned off by default.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:28:14 +0000

So, what is your take on Firefox?