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I don't know any mac users that use Safari willingly anymore

by sam0x17 5y ago

samwillis 5y ago
I do, not only for testing as I described but it gives me in significantly more battery time (I believe about 10%).
- sam0x17 5y ago
  Curious where you all are going where you aren't plugged in all the time anyway? I don't think I've been away from a charger being within 5 feet of me for 2+ years.
- kitsunesoba 5y ago
  Yes, the power savings and heat reduction are significant to a large enough degree that one has to wonder why Chrome and Firefox are so much worse in that way.
cglong 5y ago
My mom does, but she's getting more and more frustrated with website incompatibilities. I think she knows the onus isn't on Apple, but she still thinks they need to invest more to keep up.
dmitriid 5y ago
I do. Because for me Safari is a significantly better browser than the alternatives.
- datavirtue 5y ago
  Hmmm, every time I have used Safari I ended up frantically looking for a chrome icon. I would absolutely love it if Safari didn't suck. I just left an org where everyone used Macs (many thousands). Never saw anyone use Safari (except for one project manager expert beginner).
  - dmitriid 5y ago
    > every time I have used Safari I ended up frantically looking for a chrome icon No idea what you do in Safari that makes you go to Chrome. Well. I open the unbearable Google Cloud Console in Chrome. It's marginally faster there. And because I only keep one Google login in Chrome, since none of Google's properties seem to be able to figure out how to work with multiple Goigle accounts consistently.
acdha 5y ago
You might want to look at the stats for whatever sites you work on. For the Mac users of public sites I work on Safari is roughly tied with Chrome with Firefox about 1/5th of either one.
jbc1 5y ago
It’s my primary browser because of battery life, tab bar and url bar being the same bar, and it’s reader mode. I’ve tried a lot of chrome extensions and don’t like any of them near as much as safari’s built in one.
lotsofpulp 5y ago
I have my whole family using Safari almost exclusively with Wipr content blocker, due to battery life, integrating with keychain and Apple Pay, and I trust Safari for privacy and security more than Chrome. I do keep Chrome/Firefox around for when I need extensions or Chrome Remote Desktop.

I don't know any mac users that use Safari willingly anymore

samwillis 5y ago

I do, not only for testing as I described but it gives me in significantly more battery time (I believe about 10%).

sam0x17 5y ago
Curious where you all are going where you aren't plugged in all the time anyway? I don't think I've been away from a charger being within 5 feet of me for 2+ years.
kitsunesoba 5y ago
Yes, the power savings and heat reduction are significant to a large enough degree that one has to wonder why Chrome and Firefox are so much worse in that way.

cglong 5y ago

My mom does, but she's getting more and more frustrated with website incompatibilities. I think she knows the onus isn't on Apple, but she still thinks they need to invest more to keep up.

dmitriid 5y ago

I do. Because for me Safari is a significantly better browser than the alternatives.

datavirtue 5y ago
Hmmm, every time I have used Safari I ended up frantically looking for a chrome icon. I would absolutely love it if Safari didn't suck. I just left an org where everyone used Macs (many thousands). Never saw anyone use Safari (except for one project manager expert beginner).
- dmitriid 5y ago
  > every time I have used Safari I ended up frantically looking for a chrome icon No idea what you do in Safari that makes you go to Chrome. Well. I open the unbearable Google Cloud Console in Chrome. It's marginally faster there. And because I only keep one Google login in Chrome, since none of Google's properties seem to be able to figure out how to work with multiple Goigle accounts consistently.

acdha 5y ago

You might want to look at the stats for whatever sites you work on. For the Mac users of public sites I work on Safari is roughly tied with Chrome with Firefox about 1/5th of either one.

jbc1 5y ago

It’s my primary browser because of battery life, tab bar and url bar being the same bar, and it’s reader mode. I’ve tried a lot of chrome extensions and don’t like any of them near as much as safari’s built in one.

lotsofpulp 5y ago

I have my whole family using Safari almost exclusively with Wipr content blocker, due to battery life, integrating with keychain and Apple Pay, and I trust Safari for privacy and security more than Chrome. I do keep Chrome/Firefox around for when I need extensions or Chrome Remote Desktop.