Safari 5... Chrome, or Firefox

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I recently switched from Safari 4 to Chrome at home, because I started using Chrome at work and syncing made it awesome... Firefox became a bit "in your face" for me.. I think I may consider moving back to Safari with version 5.

What do you guys think? Safari, Chrome, or Firefox?
 
My fav is still Safari 5 + Glims + Safari Adblock + Click2Flash on Mac OS X. Chrome's good too. Firefox is too slow.

Yay for nice browsers!
 
Use FF at work and home because of all the useful apps. I use Opera 10 periodically. Chrome is third choice (but not that it's in anyway inferior). FF has become a little sluggish, especially on start up.
 
When apple launches an official extensions site, I might reconsider. For now Chrome is good.
 
I am finding myself using the "reader" feature of Safari for articles, it's actually very nice and readable!
 
For me, on the Mac, definitely Safari, mostly for the integration into Keychain and the bookmark syncing to MobileMe (and from there to the iPhone).
 
Firefox is horribly slow and safari has one feature that I can't live without and that is the shortcut keys for the bookmark bar.
 
DuckieZA said:
For me, on the Mac, definitely Safari, mostly for the integration into Keychain and the bookmark syncing to MobileMe (and from there to the iPhone).
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This requires me to have a $99/year mobileMe account... Any other free way to sync bookmarks? (Would be using Safari on windows at work, and on mac at home)
 
Foxmarks for Safari, Bonjour network sharing, and the upcoming extensions in Safari 5 are all options.
 
nasa said:
This requires me to have a $99/year mobileMe account... Any other free way to sync bookmarks? (Would be using Safari on windows at work, and on mac at home)
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I was kind of hoping one of the announcements to come out of WWDC would be that MobileMe would be free.
 
Synaesthesia said:
Foxmarks for Safari, Bonjour network sharing, and the upcoming extensions in Safari 5 are all options.
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Installed Xmarks on Chrome at work, will get it loaded on Safari 5 at home and see how well it works.

Thanks
 
I've switched to Chrome two years ago and have never looked back.

Did try Safari and Slowfox again, but since Chrome 5 + extentions, nothing else compares. I always come back to Chrome. :)
 
Have switched back and forth between Chrome and Safari; with the discovery of KEYWURL, Adblock and ClickToFlash, I have a new appreciation for Safari 5 (love the reader). Also I would recommend using webkit nightly builds. Quality is great, + the webkit speed and rendering enhancements (try for example: webgl; amazing to think what web pages will be able to do down the line....)
 
If speed is your thing...

Run your preferred browsers past the following test to decide for yourself which is the better one:
http://service.futuremark.com/peacekeeper/index.action

Google Chrome was in my case clearly the winner; Opera a distant second; just marginally beating Safari 5 (and the latest webkit nightly) and Firefox a even more distant last....
 
Modern web browsers on modern computers render pages so quickly, I think your experience is more a function of your internet connection, especially here in South Africa, so choose whatever browser you prefer! (except IE!)
 
I use Opera. With Opera Link it great. Syncs my speed dial and bookmarks :)
 
I used to like using the "DownThemAll" download manager on FF... any alternatives for Chrome/Safari on Mac?
 
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