Safari vs. Firefox

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koffiejunkie

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I''ve noticed (on my PPC Mac Mini - 1.33GHz, 1GB RAM, 5400rpm/8mb disc) that Firefox can be an absolute dog sometims. Anything with even a few small flash banners in, makes the whole machine so slow, that when I type something in a search box, the letters appear one by one seconds after I started typing. As a result I've found myself using Safari more and more.

For guys on PPC Macs - are you seeing the same thing? Post your spec, just for interest's sake.

For the Intel Mac owners - how does it compare for you?
 
Since Safari 2 came out its been a great browser - certainly faster than firefox on both intel and ppc.
 
My FF has on occasion (on my Windows PC) been giving CPU loop problems with usage up to 99% until terminated... some bug - possibly with one of my many add-ons tho'
 
Its been slow all platforms since the new branch. Keeps terminating after having a few pages open with some graphics too.
 
Not experiencing problems but I have 2Ghz with 2Gig memory Macbook - have notice its memory hungry appetite though.
 
no problems with firefox for me. Also got 2ghz Macbook + 2gig ram. u're right adsl3g, about the memory appetite
 
MadAtter said:
no problems with firefox for me. Also got 2ghz Macbook + 2gig ram. u're right adsl3g, about the memory appetite
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Shouldn't high memory appetite be considered a problem?

Or is it a firefox feature :p

:D
 
I installed Camino and its a nice browser but as soon as I go to UK playstation site it grabs about 51% process... weird...

I mainly use Safari and some firefox if sites dont work in Safari.
 
Anyone have experience in Safari for windoze? I would miss my FF addons for now tho. I personally haven't enjoyed the mac on pc experience so far - don't like the bulk of quicktime tray icons, untidy memory hungry itunes, etc.
 
I dont believe Apple has managed a decent port of anything to Windows - they all end up poor looking resource hogs and act as a bad advertisement for future switchers.
 
bwana said:
I dont believe Apple has managed a decent port of anything to Windows - they all end up poor looking resource hogs and act as a bad advertisement for future switchers.
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Ja, personally I blame M$ for that... Windoze does not lend itself to the mac experience, you really have to bend it to get it to work... maybe i'm wrong, it's just my take.
 
I agree, the Mac Apps don't work as well on Windows as on OSX. But then, in my experience, applications ported to another OS that's as different as Windows is to, uhm, *everything* else, never work as well as in their native environments.
 
koffiejunkie said:
I agree, the Mac Apps don't work as well on Windows as on OSX. But then, in my experience, applications ported to another OS that's as different as Windows is to, uhm, *everything* else, never work as well as in their native environments.
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Mac Office seems to work pretty well - many believe its better than it's windows counterpart.
 
My experience has been a bit different. Crashed on me the first time I used it, and it was a rather plain word doc. OK, I hadn't applied the service pack yet, and it hasn't happened since. But still, on my 1.33GHz/1GB Mini it's still slower than Office 2003 on my P3 notebook.

I agree that it's nicer to use though - more thought has definitely gone into the interface.
 
Really? Mine's never been slow. There are a few things you can do like turn off font previews and that really speeds things up.
 
It's not slow as in can't-get-any-work-done slow - it's just slower than I expect and slower than Office on a slightly slower machine under Windows.
 
Mine feels pretty snappy but then I've done all the updates and turned off the things that are known to slow it down.

Now if you want to see slow try Open Office. :eek:
 
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