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Gaz
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 17 May 2005
Posts: 661
Location: Toronto, ON
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Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:33 am |
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Does anyone use this browser yet? Ive been using trusty ol' firefox for a while now, but Im tempted to give Safari a try (no "safari" jokes please )
Just wondering what anyone who has used it thinks of it, and are the plugins etc easy to find and use? |
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Doctor X
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007
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Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:10 am |
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For what it is worth, as a Mac user, I quickly found it irritating. It does not have the functionality of Firefox. To me, it was "Netscape Lite." Granted, I have not used it in over a year since I enjoy Firefox.
With Firefox you get useful add-ons. You can also add Greasemonkey and, literally, direct your Al Gore's Interweb experience.
It also seems the Firefox people update the browser regularly.
One thing Firefox has that made me love it is crash protection. It is hard to crash the latest OS X unless you have a hardware failure. But that does not mean you cannot accidentally screw the Firefox program. However, if you do you can recover everything--including what you were typing in a reply box!
So! You have carefully constructed your responses to crush your opponent in your grip of iron logic and flame! You are pasting in your linkypoos and "PWN3D" and you--particularly have a PC--you "crash."
OHHHNOOOOEEESSS!!!1!!!
Restart the browser and it will ask you if you would like to go back where you last were.
Normally, this would be staring at an emply "Post a Reply" box . . . mocking you . . . like those voices in your head mock you.
You will find your post right up to the point of the "crash."
THAT is enough for me to prefer FF to Safari.
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Luther Blissett
Elite Baiter
Joined: 06 Sep 2005
Posts: 1029
Location: Watford, Middle East
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Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:15 am |
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oopsme
Master Baiter
Joined: 02 Jan 2006
Posts: 114
Location: Wiscon-Sin
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Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:28 pm |
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I have been trying it for the past couple of days and have to say its nothing special. I compare it to some of the mid 90s browsers. |
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Reaper
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Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:52 pm |
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I personally prefer firefox as well
I like tabs |
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Shiver Metimbers
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Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:22 pm |
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I've used Safari on my iMac, but I quickly installed Firefox to replace it. |
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benjaminbunny
Baiting Guru
Joined: 22 May 2006
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Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:06 pm |
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Rodus
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
Posts: 3685
Location: Back under the cold shower
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Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:24 pm |
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Mac user here too and I agree that safari is crap. Firefox and Camino are the way to go. |
_________________ I will kiss you romance u,suck and penetrate u - Williams Muyeke
now am as poor as a church rat - Lou1s Mar1on
I AM FINANCIALLY DEAD RIGHT AWAY - Louis in Accra
u can keep sending money to Gomer and leave me alone - Agent Smith cracks up
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Gaz
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 17 May 2005
Posts: 661
Location: Toronto, ON
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Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:57 pm |
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well, that looks like a resounding "NO!" to that idea..cheers guys! |
_________________ YOU SENT NO PAYMENT YOU IDIOT AND MURDDERER!!!!!! - Kenneth Duke
"Also believe in the Nectarines and hail them as my eternal forefathers and universal leaders"- Sir Frederick MacGregor
"THIS NONSENSE ACT OF YOURS HAS CAUSED ME LOOSING UP TO $350 USD ALL TOGETHER TO GET TO KASTINA SINCE ON MONDAY!!"- Barrister Usman Bello
"WHAT HELL ARE YOU ? YOU ARE A MAD MAN, YOU NEED TO BE CURED BY YOUR OCCULTIC MEMBERS, I CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN YOUR BRAIN" - Barrister Harry Brown
"YOU ARE GOING STUPID , ARE YOU OUT OF YOU MIND ? YOU FOOLISH WHITE MONKEY AND YELLOW PIG."- Barrister Isa Usman
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Doctor X
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007
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Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:44 pm |
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^^^^^Though first time I saw Shivers new avatar. BWA!HA!HA!HA!
--J.D. |
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Corona
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Joined: 21 Sep 2006
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Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:54 pm |
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Wright B Hindyou
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Joined: 11 May 2004
Posts: 1795
Location: Bangkok
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Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:53 am |
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URL protocol handlers on the Windows platform work by executing a process with specific command line arguments. When Apple released Safari for the Windows platform they neglected to implement a proper level of input validation for these arguments, which means that you can break out of the intended confines and wreak havoc.
David Maynor at Errata Security reports that "Using publicly available tools we had a DoS in no time."
I'd like to note that we found a totl of 6 bugs in an afternoon, 4 DoS and 2 remote code execution bugs. We have weaponized one of those to be reliable and its diffrent that what Thor has found. The exploit is robust mostly thanks to the lack of any kind of adanced security features in OS X |
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Doctor X
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Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:52 am |
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^^^^Which is bad?
Okay, important safety tip: don't cross the beams!
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Rodus
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
Posts: 3685
Location: Back under the cold shower
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Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:20 pm |
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On a side note I'd advise against Camino 1.5. It crashes more then an Italian taxi driver. |
_________________ I will kiss you romance u,suck and penetrate u - Williams Muyeke
now am as poor as a church rat - Lou1s Mar1on
I AM FINANCIALLY DEAD RIGHT AWAY - Louis in Accra
u can keep sending money to Gomer and leave me alone - Agent Smith cracks up
Lou1s Mar1on - Lagos to Accra (satellite IP) - "so, what i need to do to get out of these place?"
- 18 mths: Louis
The*Catb1ngo Hotel*
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Ginger Head
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Joined: 03 Jan 2006
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Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:31 pm |
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I've tried it.
I'm afraid my main problems with it are that it's not the same as firefox, so I'm not exactly being fair on it, but still...
It takes too many clicks to select the full contents of the address bar, the toolbar buttons don't make sense to me (I'm sorry, but the add bookmark button should be the add tab button and I'm not changing my mind), and the close tab button is at the wrong end of the tab. Also I don't like the font on it. |
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viereinsneun
419Eater is my life
Joined: 04 Apr 2006
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Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:44 pm |
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I'm happy with FF and the "Open Source" model will ensure it continues to develop nicely.
I did however see a video of the Steve Jobs launch/presentation recently. A couple of nifty features demonstrated - but the main point he made was the speed of the browser. Supposedly twice as quick as IE and about 1.5 times better than FF according to an "independent" evaluation.
Any comments on that? |
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Rodus
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
Posts: 3685
Location: Back under the cold shower
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Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:12 pm |
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^^^It IS actually nippier then FF, probably cause you can't bloat it with extensions but it just isn't as nice to use. Camino 1.4 is the fastest mac browser I've come across though, leaves both FF and Safari standing.
As for Safari being quicker then IE, again yes a little bit but not twice as fast by any means, Steve Jobs' 'independent tests' probably bear little resemblance to the average persons day to day usage.
If you want the fastest web browsing then Linux is the way forward. Konqueror leaves the Mac and PC browsers standing. |
_________________ I will kiss you romance u,suck and penetrate u - Williams Muyeke
now am as poor as a church rat - Lou1s Mar1on
I AM FINANCIALLY DEAD RIGHT AWAY - Louis in Accra
u can keep sending money to Gomer and leave me alone - Agent Smith cracks up
Lou1s Mar1on - Lagos to Accra (satellite IP) - "so, what i need to do to get out of these place?"
- 18 mths: Louis
The*Catb1ngo Hotel*
*My Church*
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williamnorris
Master Baiter
Joined: 04 Mar 2007
Posts: 125
Location: UK
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Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:08 am |
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Trouble is that every time Apple give out software for Windows, there are always unwanted registry entries and other crap that clogs up you hard drive. Remember Quicktime (virtually essential for most users on Windows) only available with iTunes... Bastards.
I've heard the browser isn't that great either. |
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Ginger Head
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Joined: 03 Jan 2006
Posts: 1455
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Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:51 pm |
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Didn't take long for there to be a need to get their first update out
I wonder if this will turn out to have been a PR mistake for them; I always suspect that 95% of the reason Macs and Mac software are 'safe' is that nobody can be bothered playing around with computers and software that relatively nobody has. |
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Rodus
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
Posts: 3685
Location: Back under the cold shower
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Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:23 pm |
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Here's some speed comparisons. A little old now but still interesting
http://lowendmac.com/macdan/05/0214.html |
_________________ I will kiss you romance u,suck and penetrate u - Williams Muyeke
now am as poor as a church rat - Lou1s Mar1on
I AM FINANCIALLY DEAD RIGHT AWAY - Louis in Accra
u can keep sending money to Gomer and leave me alone - Agent Smith cracks up
Lou1s Mar1on - Lagos to Accra (satellite IP) - "so, what i need to do to get out of these place?"
- 18 mths: Louis
The*Catb1ngo Hotel*
*My Church*
x23 |
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