Safari Created 17 years ago2007-06-12 11:18:25 UTC by satchmo satchmo

Created 17 years ago2007-06-12 11:18:25 UTC by satchmo satchmo

Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 11:18:25 UTC Post #224988
Has anyone tried Safari yet?
satchmo satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 11:23:11 UTC Post #224990
Opera ftw.
End of story.
Daubster DaubsterVault Dweller
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 11:48:55 UTC Post #224998
Dirty Apple software! I stick by my Fiery Fox. I guess I'll have to test designs in this now, though, bleh.
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 11:59:03 UTC Post #224999
I like how they say Opera has the slowest performance...Even slower than IE. They must be right :
Habboi HabboiSticky White Love Glue
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 12:05:59 UTC Post #225000
User posted image
clearly.

May i also note that Opera had 6 tabs and IRC open in that shot, wheras IE had one tab.
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 12:22:22 UTC Post #225002
Haha, dude, well, there's your problem! :nuts:

I have Firefox open and it uses 90 mb! Thats bad compared to iexplorer and opera. No tabs, only this TWHL page.

Still, i keep using Firefox.
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 12:34:06 UTC Post #225004
90 mb.. That's a tad much for a web browser, especially FF. ;o
Daubster DaubsterVault Dweller
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 12:35:46 UTC Post #225005
Mine's taking 42. It's a hog.
Then again, I have quite a few extensions.
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 12:37:25 UTC Post #225006
I use Opera at home.

I've used Safari on macs at work (academics often have a mac fetish) and it's okay, but has never struck me as 'great'
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 12:46:05 UTC Post #225008
and for windows it's apparantly terrible.

ZombieLoffe>        Great..

ZombieLoffe>        Safari told me it "Couldn't find necessary
                    resources and should be reinstalled"
                    when I clicked "Back"

ZombieLoffe>        F5 -> it worked

ZombieLoffe>        It crashed when I clicked the [ + ]

ZombieLoffe>        Man, people must be idiots to use this.
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 13:07:08 UTC Post #225009
Hmm...okay.

I think I won't download Safari after all then.

I love my FF anyway.
satchmo satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 14:00:03 UTC Post #225010
The anti-aliased fonts really bug me... especially since they don't even look good on Safari. Hell, the IE7 ones are better.
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 14:45:10 UTC Post #225011
Safari was good but I just like Opera's "New tab" button and lack of sub-pixel font smoothing better.

I can't gauge memory usage as IE, Firefox, Opera, and Firefox all use between 8MB to 80MB. Speed on my system seems to go: Firefox 2.0.0.4 > Safari 3b > Opera 9.21 > IE7

ZombieLoffe: It's not anti-aliased. It's some shitty sub-pixel method that makes everything looks smooth, but gives every ltter a blue, green or red edges. Seizurific!
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 17:02:40 UTC Post #225015
Hey satch, what's the harm in downloading and trying it? It's not going to compromise anything else.

My FF is at ~136MB, which is slightly worrying, but it has been open for a couple of days.

As for Safari, I don't think anyone can say it has any nice features. The only thing people may like it for is the Apple-ish UI, which is person choice. There aren't extensions, there aren't lots of built-in features. Safari as a browser is the bare minimum.

Shoot me for saying this, but I think if a non-tech-savvy person asked me for a general browser to browse with, I'd recommend IE7. Why complicate things with FF or Safari when IE7 is up to the job now? Only people who use computers frequently need worry about memory usage and extensions.

In my eye's opinion, only Firefox and Opera render things right. Maybe I'm just used to it, but all other browsers look funny.

My $0.02.
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 17:09:47 UTC Post #225016
What's the point in downloading and trying it?
There aren't extensions, there aren't lots of built-in features. Safari as a browser is the bare minimum.
So why?
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 17:16:30 UTC Post #225018
'cause we're geeks and he may have a different opinion on the browser? It's better to get to know something personally and make up your mind than to dismiss something just because of what some internet guy said.

How would you like it if I proclaimed that The Hinter is a cock and everyone on the chubes automatically assumed you were a large phallic poking device?

It may sound counter-intuitive, but I think it's stupid for anyone to blindly take my word for it when they can try it out themselves without any adverse effect.
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 17:31:18 UTC Post #225021
Why complicate things with FF or Safari when IE7 is up to the job now?
FF is still more secure than IE (and I do believe faster), and just as simple to use. It's not like you have to bother with extensions unless you want to.
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 18:05:48 UTC Post #225022
I've stuck with Firefox for awhile now, and all in all, it goes fast (enough for me) and it plays things smoothly... I don't see the point in a web browser that CLAIMS its better than all the rest (as far as speed), but has no features whatsoever... so if we managed to rig it with everything FF had, would it be faster then?

IE7... thats the original.... I use it OCCASIONALLY... but only because there is something I just absolutely CAN'T due with FF...

IE7 is definitely slower that FF... for God sake, I have to open up the browser, and the browser itself takes 5-9 seconds to load. Then it gets itself ready (so if i type in a site, it immediately dissappears when it's "ready" [even on a blank page])... yeah from there on its PRETTY much downhill... but as I said, it's only there to be the last resort...
Posted 17 years ago2007-06-12 18:29:37 UTC Post #225024
IE7 takes ages to open up pages, while FF doesn't.

That's traded off with FF using a constant 33 Mb. Not a problem for better computers, though.
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