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I recently switched from firefox 3.0 to safari 4 beta when it first came out, and then back to firefox 3.5. Originally I switched to safari 4 beta because I'm
by chewbranca 17y ago
I recently switched from firefox 3.0 to safari 4 beta when it first came out, and then back to firefox 3.5.
Originally I switched to safari 4 beta because I'm on a machine that has limited ram and firefox 3.0 would buckle my system. Safari 4 is slick and runs much lighter and faster than firefox 3, however firefox 3.5 really levels the playing field and makes the comparison about features rather than resource consumption.
When you compare the two on features, safari is lacking. While safari has clean tools built in for web development, they are more for looking at a page rather than messing around with it. I find it a pain to go and change styles or elements in safari and also you can't delete elements out of the dom in safari which I find very annoying. Firebug is not as polished looking, but it definitely has the best set of features. Also firefox's extensive set of plugins is tough to live without.
I enjoyed my time with Safari, it was a very elegant polished experience, but web hacking is rarely both, which is where firefox and its plugins feature set really shines.