I saw it a few days ago. This guy's browser review is pretty much useless (unless you're obsessed with compliance... and since 90%+ of the browsers out there are IE of some description the only compliance that matters is if a page renders similarly to IE ;)... I guess this is a way for the anything-but-Microsoft crowd to claim superiority on the Windows side since IE for Windows is so much better (with the exception of tabbed browsing) than the Windows competition... unfortunately on the Mac side we don't have to resort to such childish things like non-existant compliance issuess... IE for Mac underperforms in a lot of other ways instead).
The best thing to do is try each of the browsers yourself and decide which ones work for you. Safari is probably a good one to get to know and love since that's going to be our (Mac users) default browser for the forseeable future. Camino is pretty good for light loads (recent builds haven't been doing very well with lots and lots of pages being loaded :-( and the display engine is doing some really good work now. IE needs to be around for those pesky pages that just don't work in anything else, or for people who like its interface (yes, there are people like that out their). OmniWeb and iCab have their own niche markets where they do exactly what it is they need to do. Netscrash - what a joke. If it didn't crash every time it gets the chance I might be able to render an opinion on it! Mozilla - has incredible potential but they spend too much time innovating and too little time bringing it to market (I guess that's the job of Camino/Firebird) since the GUI is so un-Mac-like. Mozilla FireBird - Hmm. Grilled pheonix. Does it taste like chicken? With some work and maybe a dedicated group of Mac-porters (Camino group switching allegiance?) it could really take off. Already it's a slick piece of under-the-hood coding and the GUI is pretty well done as well but there are quirks that need afixing. I actually played briefly with Firebird yesterday and have to say it has potential. Now they've got to work on some of the more glaring problems like the inability to hide the "favourites toolbar" (one of the most hated features in a browser IMNSHO) or to middle-click to open a new tab (come on Apple, a one-button mouse is a *joke*... the only people I still know who use one button mice are those who got the iPhuc mouse with their computer and are still running OS 9.. everyone else has gone 2+1 button... of course, the only Mac users I know are laptop users now). I realise they're using XUL (is that what it's called?) as their GUI so platform specific stuff will come later on in the development cycle. PS the only conclusion that I can draw from his review is that he has an irrational vendetta against iCab -- he's willing to overlook major problems in Mozilla's GUI and display problems and give it a high score yet he gives iCab a 1/7 on his scale even though iCab is actually an OS X application, has a full Aqua GUI and has a *stunning* feature set not duplicated by the other browsers, or if they have it, poorly implemented by comparison. Eric. Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:10:25 -0700 Subject: OS X Browser comparison From: Steve Kidd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There's an extensive comparison of the available OS X browsers on Ars Technica: <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/003/software/mac/browser/mac-browsers- 1.html> Cheers - Steve K. -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Educational discounts are now available Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
