Comments on: This is Why Mac Apps Rock

By: Cristian Amarie

Cristian Amarie — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:09:40 +0000

This Safari (beta 3 public, I mean) would be great if it worked on Windows:
- home machine, simply crash (illegal instruction)
- home machine, 3 monitors, maximized on middle, open File menu - appeards on 1st monitor
- maximize on 3rd, minimize, maximize - reappears on 2nd monitor. D’oh.

Windows apps may be cluttered, buggy, annoying, overloaded etc. But I never seen something like this on any Windows app just the Safari public beta 3 “experience”. I’m sure Apple developers can do better than this… until then, back to FF and IE.

By: tdi

tdi — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:50:15 +0000

yes i totally agree. I am a new mac user (changed from linux), and i love the way mac apps are done. They are not overloaded with features, yet very powerful.

By: sean

sean — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:02:47 +0000

Safari is horrible. So annoying to optimize sites for.

By: Horst

Horst — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:53:25 +0000

I prefer FF over Safari in general because of extensions like Firebug, Greasemonkey and Stylish which simply make my life much easier than their counterparts for Safari.

And doesn’t the Windows version of Skype support Socks5 proxies, which is a missing feature in the Mac version?

By: Honza

Honza — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:42:57 +0000

I think FF is great, but I stick with Safari, even though I have to use PC at work (so I use FF there). Previous posters mentioned that something doesn’t feel quite right with FF, and I’d agree. It’s like a round peg in a square hole. Or maybe a more like a trapezohedron in a hole for a icosahedron, or maybe a…. sorry I need to go wipe the dribble off my chin.

By: sankar

sankar — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:28:04 +0000

Safari is byfar the best browser for MAC. The main week point i feel about Firefox is its inability to use ATSUI engine to render texts. And i feel, that makes the look and feel so “not-mac” like for Firefox. Otherwise its great browser in Intel Mac’s.

By: GCFiedler

GCFiedler — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:49:56 +0000

Actually, FF isn’t an option for me on my G5 iMac. It consistently crashes. This sucks, because many secure sites I use won’t work with SAFARI. So Safari doesn’t really rock that hard.

The Mac client of Skype, though appreciated, has more problems with echoes (delay parallax?). We don’t have these issue when we Skype with Windows clients, headphones or not.

So, the grass is green over on the Mac side of the fence, but there are still plenty of dandelions on the lawn.

By: Brad Fox

Brad Fox — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:14:23 +0000

I’ve switched back to Safari from Firefox 2.0.
Similar story to mdmunoz, something just didn’t sit right with Firefox.

By: mdmunoz

mdmunoz — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:22:57 +0000

FF has never seemed like a Mac app to me. I’m not sure why.

Maybe because it doesn’t use Webkit, the Keychain, the Address Book, Automator actions, Mac widgets, Applescript, or Bonjour.

Or maybe it’s the way it refuses to antialias text.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:45:15 +0000

It’s interesting if Safari is really “far more popular.” I’ve always preferred Firefox by a large margin, for some reason. Hmm.

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