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Big move...

Matts on 2007-03-01T00:07:47

So today I changed my default web browser from Safari to Firefox. I finally got fed up of the (now well documented) Safari slowdowns.

I will really miss some of the nicer features (mostly the RSS reader, but also better rendering of most things), but I think I'll get over it.

Slowdowns?

sigzero on 2007-03-01T02:05:48

I have yet to seem them. I might go Camino though.

Re:Slowdowns?

sigzero on 2007-03-01T02:34:05

Ah, I read up on it and I rarely do some of the "culprit" items.

Re:Slowdowns?

Matts on 2007-03-01T03:50:38

Anything involving flash seems to do it for me - even if I close the used tabs.

Re:Slowdowns?

sigzero on 2007-03-01T13:44:22

Anything involving flash seems to do it for me - even if I close the used tabs.
Yup, flash seems to be the killer when you have multiple tabs open. Camino b1 has a flash blocker and I am sure FF has the same thing. At least the guy who is on the Safari team knows about it and so it might get fixed "quickly".

Re:Slowdowns?

thisisbradley on 2007-03-02T15:39:36

The documented "performance issues" are already fixed - you can install the latest WebKit build (the browser engine behind Safari) from http://nightly.webkit.org/ and watch your performance skyrocket ;)

(The guys who wrote the safari performance article re-ran their tests against the WebKit nightly and updated their article to note that the performance was better or equal to FF)

Cheers, Bradley

cocoa "emacs" key bindings?

merlyn on 2007-03-03T04:50:14

I continue to use Safari because it has two things Firefox doesn't:
  • Cocoa key bindings
  • The Services menu
Until Firefox gets those (say "never"), I can't give those up. How are you doing without those?

Re:cocoa "emacs" key bindings?

Matts on 2007-03-03T05:43:34

There are still two things driving me nuts right now (obviously I don't have exactly the same usage patterns as you do, but mine are personal to me):

1) Firefox doesn't use OS-X widgets. This affects me in one critical way - double clicking on an IP address does not highlight the whole IP. This works in every other OS-X application, and I use this about 200 times a day. This is pushing me back towards Safari in a big way.

2) The RSS reader. Safari's is sweet. I like the fact that it's nicely integrated into my toolbar bookmarks, and tells me when there's "new stuff" for me to read. I just saw that there's a Dashboard thingy for google reader bookmarks, but I tend to rarely use Dashboard, so I'm not sure that would solve it.

There are other subtle GUI issues, but overall I'm OK with firefox for now.

What I don't want to do is end up having to pay for Leopard just to get a faster browser.

PS: Great news on your Expungement (ok so there's no such word, but you know what I mean). It's about bloody time. Hope to see you up in Canada soon.