Comments on: Safari blowhard switches to Firefox 3, film at 11 http://www.brad-x.com/2008/08/02/safari-blowhard-switches-to-firefox-3-film-at-11 Brad Laue's Blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:29:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Vitaliy http://www.brad-x.com/2008/08/02/safari-blowhard-switches-to-firefox-3-film-at-11#comment-10332 Vitaliy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:06:00 +0000 http://www.brad-x.com/?p=290#comment-10332 I believe one of the first paragraphs sums up my whole view... "I liked Safari because it was a faster and more standards compliant browser, and it just felt more correct to use the native rendering engine included with the OS." Safari remains a faster, more standard compliant, native Cocoa, and has excellent OS integration. The problem with Mozilla Firefox users is that they are trying to make the browser into something that a browser is not, and should not be. It is not browsers job to be your media player, organizer, nor should it posses the ability to synchronize files across multiple computers and devices. "In Finland, about half of web surfers use Firefox, so most local web sites work with it, which is not quite so with webkit-based browsers like Omniweb and Safari." by JuHa One of the fundamental goals of the Mozilla project was to counter the lack of standards and interoperability that was created by Microsoft and Internet Explorer. If you do not see the hilarity in the comment above you are mentally retarded. I believe one of the first paragraphs sums up my whole view…
“I liked Safari because it was a faster and more standards compliant browser, and it just felt more correct to use the native rendering engine included with the OS.”
Safari remains a faster, more standard compliant, native Cocoa, and has excellent OS integration.

The problem with Mozilla Firefox users is that they are trying to make the browser into something that a browser is not, and should not be. It is not browsers job to be your media player, organizer, nor should it posses the ability to synchronize files across multiple computers and devices.

“In Finland, about half of web surfers use Firefox, so most local web sites work with it, which is not quite so with webkit-based browsers like Omniweb and Safari.” by JuHa
One of the fundamental goals of the Mozilla project was to counter the lack of standards and interoperability that was created by Microsoft and Internet Explorer. If you do not see the hilarity in the comment above you are mentally retarded.

]]> By: brad http://www.brad-x.com/2008/08/02/safari-blowhard-switches-to-firefox-3-film-at-11#comment-10324 brad Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:58:16 +0000 http://www.brad-x.com/?p=290#comment-10324 monoclast: Good call. I'm still browsing through and finding the good ones. Suggestions are most welcome! I'll check it out. monoclast: Good call. I’m still browsing through and finding the good ones. Suggestions are most welcome! I’ll check it out.

]]> By: monoclast http://www.brad-x.com/2008/08/02/safari-blowhard-switches-to-firefox-3-film-at-11#comment-10323 monoclast Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:56:36 +0000 http://www.brad-x.com/?p=290#comment-10323 I should also add that not only does ABP block ads, it also prevents your web browser from even *downloading* them, which means web browsing is even faster with ABP! It's the best! I should also add that not only does ABP block ads, it also prevents your web browser from even *downloading* them, which means web browsing is even faster with ABP! It’s the best!

]]> By: monoclast http://www.brad-x.com/2008/08/02/safari-blowhard-switches-to-firefox-3-film-at-11#comment-10322 monoclast Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:55:18 +0000 http://www.brad-x.com/?p=290#comment-10322 I'm surprised you didn't mention AdBlock Plus!: http://adblockplus.org ABP is one of the best ad blocking extensions available for *any* web browser, hands down. It's: * free and open source * subscription based (also free) * very configurable * 99.9% effective at blocking every singe ad from every single web page you visit I am spoiled - I refuse to browse without ABP anymore. The fact that Safari doesn't let me use extensions like ABP and Foxmarks is what prevents me from seriously considering it as my default web browser. The Firefox / ABP / Foxmarks combination can't be beat! I’m surprised you didn’t mention AdBlock Plus!:

http://adblockplus.org

ABP is one of the best ad blocking extensions available for *any* web browser, hands down. It’s:

* free and open source
* subscription based (also free)
* very configurable
* 99.9% effective at blocking every singe ad from every single web page you visit

I am spoiled - I refuse to browse without ABP anymore. The fact that Safari doesn’t let me use extensions like ABP and Foxmarks is what prevents me from seriously considering it as my default web browser. The Firefox / ABP / Foxmarks combination can’t be beat!

]]> By: JuHa http://www.brad-x.com/2008/08/02/safari-blowhard-switches-to-firefox-3-film-at-11#comment-10316 JuHa Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:13:08 +0000 http://www.brad-x.com/?p=290#comment-10316 I had quite similar experiences in switching from Omniweb to Firefox. In Finland, about half of web surfers use Firefox, so most local web sites work with it, which is not quite so with webkit-based browsers like Omniweb and Safari. FoxMarks and 1Password made the transition to Firefox quite painless. Here are three add-ons which I found useful: Adblock Plus (get rid of all ads), Fission (Safari-like progress bar) and Quartz PDF Plugin (view pdf-files in browser). I also like the "wiki auto-discovery button". I had quite similar experiences in switching from Omniweb to Firefox. In Finland, about half of web surfers use Firefox, so most local web sites work with it, which is not quite so with webkit-based browsers like Omniweb and Safari. FoxMarks and 1Password made the transition to Firefox quite painless.

Here are three add-ons which I found useful: Adblock Plus (get rid of all ads), Fission (Safari-like progress bar) and Quartz PDF Plugin (view pdf-files in browser). I also like the “wiki auto-discovery button”.

]]>