4/9 What browser do OS X users use? I use Safari but 3-4 of the sites I
frequently visit have problems with it, so then I fall back to FireFox
and as a last ditch effort, IE.
\_ There's a way to enable the "Debug" menu in Safari. I forgot what
it is but it's some XML preference. From there, you can switch
your "User Agent".
\_ Type the following in Terminal and restart Safari:
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1
\_ I use mozilla because, despite the fact that it's much slower, it is
also a lot more feature rich than Safari.
\_ I had to juggle among the 4. BTW, Safari beta was quite fast but
since 1.0 it has become intolerably slower. Mozilla/FF, however,
behave rather strangely at times and often refuse to download
images on the web page. I also notice at lease one place where
the current version of Safari version of safari is less compatible
than earlier one: http://hotmail.com
\_ windows and IE have no problem on any web pages. if you can't
beat em, join em! windows/IE >>> non-windows/non-IE.
\_ not totally true. Since the windows updates last fall, IE
on W2K and XP acts strangely with backslashes in some tags.
But, since most website design targets Windows IE users, this
doesn't show up much.
\_ Exactly. IE is the most popular and thus the best and that's
why everything is tested and works on it. I'll bet those
few broken things don't work on other browers either.
\_ One HUGE place where windows IE out of the box sucks
is that it doesn't block popups by default. Other features
include Auto-Form Fill and Tabbed Browsing. Also, Safari
lets me hit back on pages that I visited that contained
forms, where WindowsIE won't let me. --mac/windows user.
\_ why would you want to block popups? it's called
targetted advertising. if you didn't want those
products you wouldn't be on those websites. popups
are good! they pay for the web. IE has autoform fill
and had it long before mozilla. safari didn't even
exist when IE had autoform fill. tabs are for babies.
just open another window. what is the point of tabs
when you're just getting more pages that your browser
can't read anyway? while tabbing, mozilla will often
freeze the curernt window so you're not really getting
the multi tab features tabbing should provide. and
lastly i dont know what your BACK problem is. i can go
forwards/backwards through my history with no problem.
IE won the browser wars for a reason: it is superior to
the third party alternatives due to innovation and
leading the pack, not following it.
\_ I use IE, even though M$ dropped support for it.
\_ There are also Opera for Mac and a browser from the OmniGroup.
Anyone used them at all? |
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