BTW: this thing was done ages ago before all those new features came into place.

:)

It is fair to include extensions in the comparison. In fact, it’s so much fair that is the reason why Firefox is better than every other browser out there. It’s faster (Fx3, of course), it’s THE fastest, it’s secure (and with NoScript, AdBlock Plus and CS Lite it’s THE most secure) and it’s very customizable. You get what you want to get, you have what you want to have. You work how you want to work. Of course, if you’re one of those paranoid geeks that say extensions are a security issue and whatnot, then you don’t get the sweet candy Firefox has to offer. Including resizeable textareas, using an extension with the same name. And lots more, of course. It’s the beauty of open source.

And with all this safari on windows and stuff, I think the browser wars really do benefit from it, because Internet Explorer will have to work harder, will have to become more standard compliant, and generally tips the ballance more to users choosing what browser to use.

And if they use Safari and they like it, that’s always a good thing. It’s always a good thing when people use browsers that they like and love. I for one love my Firefox:

BEAT THAT SUCKA!!!

The only reason i refuse to use any apple software on my pc is because i hate the interface,it does not look like a windows app nor does it behave like a windows app. When they decide to use the windows API to draw the interface of all their apps than i will give it ago.

FYI.

My concern is not with Percy, bur rather with the reader who couldn’t detect the apparent bias all over this article. “Firefox 3 passes Acid2 test”, though, I think is a giveaway enough. :)

- Open a new tab: right click and select “New tab” out of a menu of two items, one of which is “Reload all tabs”

- Open a new tab: press cmd-T.

- Looks and acts totally out of place: it was designed to fit with OSX, surprisingly enough.

- Little bit of toolbar customization available. Not as much as in Firefox, though.

- Open a manually entered web address in a new tab: cmd-shift-Enter. In a new background tab: cmd-Enter.

- Automatic updates: tell Apple Software Update to run itself regularly.

- http://pimpmysafari.com/

- You never mentioned that Safari is, on average, almost twice as fast as Firefox. (apple.com/safari)

You tell that to users. Safari (2003), as a product is older than Firefox (2004). It’s new on Windows. Anyway this review is based on the first Safari beta so you may better just ignore it.

No mention that Safari for Windows is only a beta….and Firefox is a much more evolved browser on the OS. Way to go mr. Bias :D

I would re-do this if Safari becomes like it is on OSX….because on OSX Safari wipes the board with Firefox.

It’s a free download at http://www.apple.com/safari. Doesn’t cost a thing.

Safari for Windows was no doubt the topic of the week. There is so much to look and try in a web browser that I decided to compile this comparative table highlighting pros and cons of each browser.

Wanted to point out that the safari toolbar is in fact customizable (I think it is under the edit menu on windows but don’t quote me

OK, I’m quoting you anyways. If there’s a way to customize the toolbar please let me know. I just checked again and couldn’t find a way.

I really like the little orange button in the search bar and address bar that will allow you to jump back to the root of a page or back to your original search results page

That’s SnapBack. The SnapBack extension mimics the manual part of Snapback but no automatic marking for typed urls and searches. I’ll update this article and post a review later. It is definitely not scheduled for FF3.

there is find as you type in Safari. What do you mean there isn’t?

FAYT is a feature that allows text to be searched just by typing within a web page. You can activate pressing / or ‘ (to search only links text). You can also avoid the / and ‘ commands at all by checking Search for text when I start typing in (Tools menu, Options, Advanced page, General tab).