Comments on: Firefox or Safari? http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/ Ceci n'est pas un blog Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:09:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anthony http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/comment-page-1/#comment-2114 Anthony Mon, 14 May 2007 21:13:57 +0000 http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/#comment-2114 Greg, It's been ages! Thanks for the comments - and thanks for alerting me to Firebug. I've just downloaded it, and it seems really useful. (Though it doesn't seem to handle SSI's in SHTML, which limits its usefulness for the sites I'm currently looking after.) I thought IE7 was supposed to obey the CSS rules? I've also banged my head a few times with IE6 - for <a href="http://astronomy.sussex.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow">astronomy.sussex.ac.uk</a> I eventually gave up and left it looking mediocre to people who don't use a proper browser. Greg,

It's been ages!

Thanks for the comments - and thanks for alerting me to Firebug. I've just downloaded it, and it seems really useful. (Though it doesn't seem to handle SSI's in SHTML, which limits its usefulness for the sites I'm currently looking after.)

I thought IE7 was supposed to obey the CSS rules? I've also banged my head a few times with IE6 - for astronomy.sussex.ac.uk I eventually gave up and left it looking mediocre to people who don't use a proper browser.

]]> By: Greg Knapp http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/comment-page-1/#comment-2111 Greg Knapp Mon, 14 May 2007 20:22:11 +0000 http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/#comment-2111 Heya, Not to jump on this post late (only 10 months ago!) :P Safari seems to do pretty well on the ACID2* test compared with Firefox. That said I'm yet to run into layout issues with Firefox. I've banged my head on the desk countless times with CSS issues in IE6/7. I'm a Firefox man myself, couldn't live without the Firebug extension these days. Hope you're well. * http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html Heya,

Not to jump on this post late (only 10 months ago!) :P

Safari seems to do pretty well on the ACID2* test compared with Firefox. That said I'm yet to run into layout issues with Firefox. I've banged my head on the desk countless times with CSS issues in IE6/7.

I'm a Firefox man myself, couldn't live without the Firebug extension these days.

Hope you're well.

* http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html

]]> By: Anthony http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Anthony Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:53:54 +0000 http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/#comment-102 Hi Ben - thanks for your comments. I've actually been using Camino for the past few months. It's very similar to Firefox, though without so many extensions and features (which I didn't use on Firefox anyway), and it feels more like a true Mac application. For example, it integrates with Keychain for passwords. All I need now is an Intel version of PDF Plugin... Hi Ben - thanks for your comments.

I've actually been using Camino for the past few months. It's very similar to Firefox, though without so many extensions and features (which I didn't use on Firefox anyway), and it feels more like a true Mac application. For example, it integrates with Keychain for passwords.

All I need now is an Intel version of PDF Plugin...

]]> By: Ben http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Ben Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:53:42 +0000 http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/#comment-101 i've also had a few "won't close" issues with firefox, just fyi. i've also had a few "won't close" issues with firefox, just fyi.

]]> By: Ben http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Ben Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:18:22 +0000 http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/#comment-100 just my experience -- firefox tends to crash more often on my comp than safari. I don't know. also the shortcuts (key commands) for safari don't make my hands hurt as much. true that firefox is similar on all os's, but also from experience, firefox displays ".png" files differently on windows/linux than mac. (transparency issues) just my experience -- firefox tends to crash more often on my comp than safari. I don't know. also the shortcuts (key commands) for safari don't make my hands hurt as much. true that firefox is similar on all os's, but also from experience, firefox displays ".png" files differently on windows/linux than mac. (transparency issues)

]]> By: Jameson http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Jameson Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:16:42 +0000 http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/#comment-72 Please add firefox cookies/bad web sites immunization in next version! Firefox 2 cannot reject third party cookies!!!!!!!! Please add firefox cookies/bad web sites immunization in next version!
Firefox 2 cannot reject third party cookies!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Anthony http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Anthony Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:34:58 +0000 http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/#comment-19 Sam, That would indeed be a cool add-on for Firefox - perhaps you should write one? At least that would be <i>structured</i> procrastination! Back to work (really!) Anthony Sam,

That would indeed be a cool add-on for Firefox - perhaps you should write one? At least that would be structured procrastination!

Back to work (really!)

Anthony

]]> By: sam http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/comment-page-1/#comment-18 sam Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:26:29 +0000 http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/#comment-18 Firefox Safari or Opera Shmopera, can any of them help you do work instead of procrastinating? Perhaps one of the cool Firefox add-ons is a browser block while surfing inanely with an automatic redirect to your excel file. In which case, Firefox would win. Situation pending. Firefox Safari or Opera Shmopera, can any of them help you do work instead of procrastinating?

Perhaps one of the cool Firefox add-ons is a browser block while surfing inanely with an automatic redirect to your excel file. In which case, Firefox would win.

Situation pending.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Andrew Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:38:02 +0000 http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/#comment-11 They're both okay. I'd say Firefox over Safari but they're much of a muchness. Neither of them should crash your Mac if you're running OSX. Opera on the other hand eclipses them both – once you get used to the dynamic book-marking system. The tabbed browsing is superb and there is quite an extensive Opera community for support if you need it. http://www.opera.com/ They're both okay. I'd say Firefox over Safari but they're much of a muchness. Neither of them should crash your Mac if you're running OSX.

Opera on the other hand eclipses them both – once you get used to the dynamic book-marking system. The tabbed browsing is superb and there is quite an extensive Opera community for support if you need it.

http://www.opera.com/

]]> By: Anthony http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Anthony Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:20:43 +0000 http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/#comment-8 Hi Bec. It's been okay for the last couple of weeks - well, it sometimes crashes, and sometimes seems a bit greedy on the memory, but it hasn't made anything else go wrong ... yet! Hi Bec. It's been okay for the last couple of weeks - well, it sometimes crashes, and sometimes seems a bit greedy on the memory, but it hasn't made anything else go wrong ... yet!

]]> By: Bec http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Bec Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:33:40 +0000 http://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2006/07/10/firefox-or-safari/#comment-7 hi. at uni on our macs we use safari because firefox tends to crash them and make them do stupid things. just thought you might like to know... hi. at uni on our macs we use safari because firefox tends to crash them and make them do stupid things. just thought you might like to know...

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