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Why do you chose safari?

by meowtimemania 4y ago

NegativeLatency 4y ago
It's fast, good with memory, and does everything I need from it.
- yamtaddle 4y ago
  Doesn't seriously harm performance of the rest of my system the way a many-tabs Chrome or Firefox tends to.
n8cpdx 4y ago
Fast, best battery life, better UI, the tab groups implementation is great. I like the approach to the extension store better.
apaprocki 4y ago
Battery life, keychain, PIN numbers from iMessage, integration between desktop/mobile, it's not supported by ads/Google...
- sodality2 4y ago
  > PIN numbers from iMessage This isn't actually a Safari feature but an iOS feature AFAIK.
  - yamtaddle 4y ago
    I'm like 99% sure this works on desktop, too, if you've got iMessage configured.
    - bobwaycott 4y ago
      It does.
  - kemayo 4y ago
    It's an OS-level keyboard feature on iOS, but on macOS I think it's only part of Safari.
- aequitas 4y ago
  Keychain is a big one for me. In the past, Chrome used to support Keychain for their passwords, which meant I could sync all my secrets on any browser on any of my devices.
  - Zuiii 4y ago
    Why did Chrome stop supporting it? Seeing that they support more obscure keychain apps like whatever ships with KDE and Gnome, I suspect that it was not due to a lack in resources.
- ask_b123 4y ago
  I don't really use Safari (for the sole reason called uBlock Origin), but something really nice is that Look Up displays a scrollable preview of pages/links. I really miss that since it greatly reduced the amount of tabs I opened.
mgkimsal 4y ago
mostly what others said already. for most day to day stuff, iCloud sync and whatnot is decent and works across devices. safari dev tools are... horrid imo, so chrome/ff for dev work, but general browsing, it's great.
ryandrake 4y ago
I choose Safari because it's the default, and as a user I can no longer really tell the difference between the major browsers. Gone are the days when I'd even think about downloading a different browser when I set up a computer. On Macs I use Safari, on Windows I use Edge. I don't see the benefit of going out of my way to install a different browser. I'm actually continually shocked at Chrome's market share. Is there any PC or laptop platform, besides Chromebooks, that ships Chrome as the default browser? Why is it that so many people took time out of their day to go download a different browser in 2022?
- layer8 4y ago
  Google is promoting Chrome left and right, and most users use at least Google Search, so are constantly exposed to the marketing. And most computer-savvy people who support less computer-savvy people “helpfully” install Chrome for them, because “everyone knows” it’s the best browser. On Windows, it also doesn’t help that Edge has the negative image of being associated with Microsoft telemetry, while Google still benefits from its former “don’t be evil” image.

Why do you chose safari?

NegativeLatency 4y ago

It's fast, good with memory, and does everything I need from it.

yamtaddle 4y ago
Doesn't seriously harm performance of the rest of my system the way a many-tabs Chrome or Firefox tends to.

n8cpdx 4y ago

Fast, best battery life, better UI, the tab groups implementation is great. I like the approach to the extension store better.

apaprocki 4y ago

Battery life, keychain, PIN numbers from iMessage, integration between desktop/mobile, it's not supported by ads/Google...

sodality2 4y ago
> PIN numbers from iMessage This isn't actually a Safari feature but an iOS feature AFAIK.
- yamtaddle 4y ago
  I'm like 99% sure this works on desktop, too, if you've got iMessage configured.
  - bobwaycott 4y ago
    It does.
- kemayo 4y ago
  It's an OS-level keyboard feature on iOS, but on macOS I think it's only part of Safari.
aequitas 4y ago
Keychain is a big one for me. In the past, Chrome used to support Keychain for their passwords, which meant I could sync all my secrets on any browser on any of my devices.
- Zuiii 4y ago
  Why did Chrome stop supporting it? Seeing that they support more obscure keychain apps like whatever ships with KDE and Gnome, I suspect that it was not due to a lack in resources.
ask_b123 4y ago
I don't really use Safari (for the sole reason called uBlock Origin), but something really nice is that Look Up displays a scrollable preview of pages/links. I really miss that since it greatly reduced the amount of tabs I opened.

mgkimsal 4y ago

mostly what others said already. for most day to day stuff, iCloud sync and whatnot is decent and works across devices. safari dev tools are... horrid imo, so chrome/ff for dev work, but general browsing, it's great.

ryandrake 4y ago

I choose Safari because it's the default, and as a user I can no longer really tell the difference between the major browsers. Gone are the days when I'd even think about downloading a different browser when I set up a computer. On Macs I use Safari, on Windows I use Edge. I don't see the benefit of going out of my way to install a different browser. I'm actually continually shocked at Chrome's market share. Is there any PC or laptop platform, besides Chromebooks, that ships Chrome as the default browser? Why is it that so many people took time out of their day to go download a different browser in 2022?

layer8 4y ago
Google is promoting Chrome left and right, and most users use at least Google Search, so are constantly exposed to the marketing. And most computer-savvy people who support less computer-savvy people “helpfully” install Chrome for them, because “everyone knows” it’s the best browser. On Windows, it also doesn’t help that Edge has the negative image of being associated with Microsoft telemetry, while Google still benefits from its former “don’t be evil” image.