View Full Version : Safari Updated to 3.2.1
Vincent Ferrari
11-26-2008, 12:00 AM
<p><em>"This update includes stability improvements and is recommended for all Safari users."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1227621996.usr18053.jpg" /></p><p>That one line of text is all that Software Update told me when I hit it this morning. Go figure. Anyway, go grab the update. It can never hurt to have a little more stability in your life or your web browser.</p>
Spooof
11-26-2008, 04:17 AM
I find myself drawn to Firefox and do not have a strong reason to use Safari. How many people use it as their main browser?
Vincent Ferrari
11-26-2008, 04:31 PM
I find myself drawn to Firefox and do not have a strong reason to use Safari. How many people use it as their main browser?
I know a few people who swear by it, but I've never seen enough functionality to just jump into it and abandon Firefox.
Darius Wey
11-26-2008, 04:43 PM
I find myself drawn to Firefox and do not have a strong reason to use Safari. How many people use it as their main browser?
It's my browser of choice on the Mac. I use Firefox everywhere else.
Vincent Ferrari
11-26-2008, 04:48 PM
It's my browser of choice on the Mac. I use Firefox everywhere else.
Really? Any particular reason?:confused:
Darius Wey
11-26-2008, 05:05 PM
Really? Any particular reason?:confused:
Safari looks and feels more Mac-like, even next to a GrAppled FireFox. The latter's shortcomings aren't just cosmetic, but behavioural, too.
crimsonsky
11-26-2008, 05:24 PM
Safari looks and feels more Mac-like, even next to a GrAppled FireFox. The latter's shortcomings aren't just cosmetic, but behavioural, too.
I agree which is why I continue to use Safari. I have Firefox, Opera, Camino and OmniWeb, but I almost never use them. Safari is also my browser of choice when I boot into Windows - but that more because I have my Bookmarks synchronised to Safari under both platforms.
I've just not seen anything compelling enough for me in the alternatives to abandon Safari.
Vincent Ferrari
11-26-2008, 05:37 PM
I've just not seen anything compelling enough for me in the alternatives to abandon Safari.
I prefer Firefox because, as a blogger, there are a few extensions that I can't live without (and it's not for lack of trying). I think if something came along that could replace the TinyURL extension (the one I use most) I might change my mind but doing TinyURLs in a bookmarklet is pretty much a dealbreaker for me.
I know that sounds silly, but I really do use it that much.
I guess if I could replace that, Safari would become an option for me.
Spooof
11-26-2008, 06:55 PM
I can go weeks without ever opening Safari. For a while I actually took it off my dock. I think that it minimizes the shock from moving between OS (work and home).
doogald
11-26-2008, 08:45 PM
I had just switched to FF about 6 weeks ago because I just couldn't stand the stupid ads (particularly the f***ing intellitext pop-up crap that just DRIVES ME CRAZY) but I just switched back to Safari (and WebKit nightly builds) about a week ago when I realized that FF was just too slow and RAM hungry when it's been running a while with a lot of tabs. Plus there comes a point when reading RSS feeds in Google Reader when I open too many articles and GReader complains that there is a pop-up blocker stopping it, which does not happen in Safari.
I kind of miss the smart address bar, though.
crimsonsky
11-27-2008, 12:19 AM
I had just switched to FF about 6 weeks ago because I just couldn't stand the stupid ads (particularly the f***ing intellitext pop-up crap that just DRIVES ME CRAZY).
Boy, am I with you on that! Those stupid ads have me just about thinking of using a text browser like Lynx.
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