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The Web Browser Thread - now with Fx3
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So there are a bunch of browsers out now. Complain talk etc. about browsers here.
Personally I think Firefox and Omniweb are the two best browsers on the Mac.
Web browsers you shouldn't use (Dead):
Safari 1.x
Firefox 1.x
OmniWeb 4.1
iCab 2-3 on Mac OS X
Mozilla
Netscape
Shiira
IE
Web Browsers that are not so good or are unexciting:
Camino
SeaMonkey
Web Browsers that are recommended:
Firefox 2.x
Safari
Demeter
Opera 9
Web Browsers that are the best IMHO:
Firefox 3.0RC2
iCab 4
Web Browser Champion:
OmniWeb 5.7
Interesting betas
Opera 9.5
Safari Nightlies
SeaMonkey 2.0
Special purpose browsers
iBrowser
Sunrise
wKiosk
Amaya
Text based browsers, runner-ups
Lynx
w3m
links
WannaBe (OS 9 only, best OS 9 text-based browser)
Text-based browser, best
ELinks (in MacPorts, or here ELinks 0.11.3)
Mac OS 9 browsers, best
Internet Explorer 5.1 - hard to find, evolt.org - Browser Archive
Mozilla 1.3.1 - Hard to find, Index of /pub/mozilla
iCab 2 & 3
Best Windows browsers for Mac Users
Firefox 3RC2
Safari 3.1
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Tried Opera 9.5, faster than Safari 4 DP w/latest webkit. Still not enough to lure me over though.
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Firefox 3 final should be out tomorrow. I believe Opera 9.5 is final as well.
And while I agree that Camino isn't that interesting, there are probably a lot of people who are going to disagree with you.
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Originally Posted by wataru
Firefox 3 final should be out tomorrow. I believe Opera 9.5 is final as well.
And while I agree that Camino isn't that interesting, there are probably a lot of people who are going to disagree with you.
I use Camino. It's Safari with the Firefox engine, without the bloat. I know about the FF extensions and such, but I really don't use them anyway so that point is out. What's more, is that it can read keychain items from Safari, and even save new ones that Safari is able to read.
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Is iCab even worth looking at? With really phenomenal free browsers out there, why would anyone blow $25 on something that's likely not even standards compliant?
You have:
Safari/WebKit -- fast, well supported by Apple, uses popular Webkit engine
Firefox -- fast, well supported as Open Source, uses popular gecko engine, supports plugins
Opera -- fast, well supported, uses proprietary engine, free (I think)
Omniweb -- fast, well supported, uses WebKit, but commercial ($15.00)
Camino -- Firefox, with more native UI widgets
As a Mac user, I have a hard time recommending anything but Safari or Firefox. Between these two, you have most any feature you want in a standards compliant engine and a fast renderer with fast JavaScript.
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Originally Posted by Arkham_c
Is iCab even worth looking at? With really phenomenal free browsers out there, why would anyone blow $25 on something that's likely not even standards compliant?
iCab is as standards compliant as Safari.
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Are you kidding me? I love Camino. At work and at home, I have Safari 4 DP, Camino 1.6.2pre, and FireFox 3. May be I prefer unexciting apps.
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I echo that… iCab, Camino and Safari work great for me. As for the uninformed rant about iCab's fee, actually it was the users who asked the developer to set a system so they can donate money for his amazing, hard work. Mind you iCab supports more Mac OS iterations than any other browser out there.
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