Comments on: Schizophrenic Browser User http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Guillermo http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309959 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:19:13 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309959 Have you try Safari with together with SafariStand? It is the best option by far!

]]> By: Hopeful http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309958 Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:16:53 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309958 What sites does Safari not work on?

]]> By: Avi Flax http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309957 Tue, 14 Feb 2006 02:25:14 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309957 L. Hunt:

For me, the bookmark issue has been solved by delicious.

Delicious is flexible, there are many different ways to use it for bookmark sharing, syncing, backup, etc. The service works very well on its own, and there are a bunch of tools that work with it. My favorites are Cocoalicious, delicious2safari, and the official Firefox plugin.

Hope this helps!

]]> By: L. Hunt http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309956 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:19:53 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309956 Agreed,
it’s a far piece from the time of using only Mosiac and then MacWeb, what eye openers they were…today’s choices are amazing and should only improve until Gates&Cia. engineer the one and only browser which will make the rest un-necessary (unusable?).

The great quandry remains not which browser but what to do about bookmark usability (or sharing) between them. Some comments in the AB might be in order, or other users suggestions.

I have attempted to use URL Manager Pro but have never gotten fully into it’s correct and complete set-up.

Set-ups? Methods? Something else availably?

]]> By: Dan http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309955 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:07:49 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309955 safari
firefox
opera
msie

had to try all. mostly stick with safari. (former PC user)

]]> By: Justin http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309954 Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:03:28 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309954 I use firefox and Shiira which I like better than camino and safari due to its look, the sidebar and the way it automatically imports and updates any bookmarks I put in firefox and since I’m used to the way firefox handles bookmarks its easy for me to go back and forth. As for rendering issues I dont know what sites other people go to but I’ve only had one not come up right on Shiira and I had to switch to the fox for a min…oh and opera is ok but they are too slow to update I dunno I just get the feeling like opera is like that uncle that is middleaged and is trying to stay cool….

]]> By: Dan Lurie http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309953 Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:59:18 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309953 I use OmniWeb almost exclusively, but Caminos stays open for the odd site that won’t work properly in OW.

]]> By: Avi Flax http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309952 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 22:58:40 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309952 [raising hand]

My current usage (by frequency):

Camino
Safari
Firefox
Opera

]]> By: Jeffrey Lee http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309951 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:49:17 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309951 I normally use firefox, unless I am testing a design where I use every browser I can find. Firefox, as many stated above is bloated… I frequently get crashes and when there is an update that fixes one of the issues it breaks my extensions.

Firefox frequently crashes, more so with the newer versions. I am starting to feel a switch coming on but have some problems with Safari and Camino.

Camino: Behind, some things dont render properly
Safari: Color issues (some sites appear different colors), extensions?

]]> By: Chris Fonnesbeck http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309950 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:35:33 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309950 I have a G4 optimized build of Camino from the current source code in SVN that is posted at http://trichech.us (see the OS X Downloads section). It is pretty snappy, and I dont spinning beachballs while using it. Be sure to install CamiTools for extensive customization options.

]]> By: Justin Halsall http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309949 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 07:30:48 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309949 Check out pimp my safari, its has great plugins for safari!
My favorites are Saft and Inquisitor.

]]> By: Lee http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309948 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 06:54:31 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309948 And I figured I was the only one…

I’m on Safari (with Saft) currently, after having used Firefox, Opera, Camino, and even Flock briefly, and I’ll agree that not one browser brings the features that I have to figure most of the tech world wants…

Camino:
Love the OS X-ness.
Love the speed.
Love the lightweight.
But I need more features, or a plugin architecture.

Firefox:
Love the extentions.
Hate the bloat.
Hate the annoying proc usage just from holding down mouse button.

Flock:
Love the Web2.0 functionality.
Hate everything it brings with it from Firefox that I hate.

Opera:
Love session saving.
Love the browsing speed.
Hate the startup speed (sloooww)

Safari:
Love the look
Love the speed
Would like plugins
Would like session saving
Would like more customizability in general

Safari has provided me the best browsing experience thus far, though only with the aid of Saft have I added session saving and other little useful things that make it that experience.

]]> By: Amy http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309947 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:02:35 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309947 So, you guys don’t get the bug on initializing downloads with Firefox? I do. I am a Firefox user, addicted to some of the extensions, but if I have to do much downloading I use Safari, due to this bug. It’s a pretty glaring bug, I wish they would fix it already.

]]> By: Raz http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309946 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:33:48 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309946 I’m surprised to find out there are a lot of people like myself!

I switch constantly between Firefox and Safari and neither of them completely satisfies me…but I’ve been trying Camino for a few weeks and I think it’s probably the best so far, it really performs very well and so far I’ve had no problems at all

]]> By: dalton http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309945 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:20:24 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309945 I have the same problem with Camino and downloads. I’m back to Firefox this week too. (Especially since seeing the themes over at takebacktheweb.org) I wish someone would come out with a browser than combined the best of both, with none of the weaknesses, but I guess that’s wishful thinking.

]]> By: Lance http://gigaom.com/apple/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309944 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 03:27:34 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/02/08/schizophrenic-browser-user/#comment-309944 I don’t want to dwell on this in a tech blog, but I know Nick meant no harm. In any case, the problem is the word “schizophrenic” is used in “general use.” It just contributes to stigma of people who are ostrasized because of their illness. We can say many things about being too politically correct vs. contributing to prejudice, but let’s not. If you want to, let’s just pretend we did.

Alrighty! Let’s get back to talking about browsers! I just use Safari. I know Firefox is great, but it does get bogged down for me. I used to have probs with Safari rendering my online banking pages, but with the latest version, it gets the job done.

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