Comments on: Firefox vs. Safari

By: keshav ram

keshav ram — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:20:47 +0000

Here is an important utility: keyword

Firefox powers up your search when you assign a keyword to your bookmarks. You could do the same with keywurl.

More info http://lifehacker.com/360569/add-keyword-search-to-safari-with-keywurl

By: sunkist fanta

sunkist fanta — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:58:55 +0000

i use FF for daily browsing, and uninstalled safari because i never use it.

By: felix

felix — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:35:52 +0000

(thanks for the link!) Yeah, I tried switching out to Safari but couldn’t make it work. I’m now, strangely, using both browsers – Safari as much as possible and FF when I need some tool. I’ve found it helps extend the life of FF. Heh.

Another weird thing I noticed is that where FF slows down to unuseability over time, as Safari gets more air time on my desktop it remains quite snappy all the way to the point where it abruptly crashes. Personally, I prefer FF’s behaviour since it gives me more of a chance to save any tabs I don’t want lost.

By: Kerim Friedman

Kerim Friedman — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:56:44 +0000

@Barry,

I’ve tried them all and I currently use CiteULike, Zotero, & Delicious. Some friends of mine like diigo, but I haven’t found it that useful. I’m interested in what they do with their new beta however …

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:11:12 +0000

Hey, did come across any of the FF research tools in your testing?
Googlenotes, jeteye, clipmarks kind of thing?

By: naruwan

naruwan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:34:56 +0000

I love trying out FF add-ons. I hadn’t heard about autocomplete manager and about this site, so thanks for those!

By: Joe Lewis

Joe Lewis — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:22:07 +0000

In Firefox, I’ve mostly gotten rid of all my extensions except for Operator and the Web Developer Toolbar, and I keep Firebug installed but disabled. Seems to be much more stable now. But I too have switched over to Safari for day-to-day browsing. And as I experiment with how to use Safari’s Web Inspector, I see myself potentially using Firefox even less.