Jonathan Davies

Thoughts on Safari

Lets face it, we all spend a lot of our time browsing the internet. And for a lot off us it is very important that we get a good experience.

When I was using Windows I was Firefox all the way, I mean what else is there to use on the windows side (something tells me I’m going to regret saying that)? But until Firefox 2.0 I found the browser to be fast and reliable. Now I find Firefox to be a lot o things but I’ll tell you now, it is not reliable.

So now I have started to use Safari, but I’m not using the regular version of Safari I’m using the beta for 3. So far it has been very good. Pages load very quickly and it has some very good features.

So here are three reasons why I’m liking the new safari:

Snapback:

Whenever I go to Wikipedia looking for something, I don’t tend to come out. I go looking for a movie then see who starred in it and go on wondering what other movies he has been in.
So to get you back on track every time you use the search box, lets say you want mints. So you go into Google and search for them and you find a really cool website which you have a good poke around on. But then yo get bored, and instead of clicking bak several tme you click the snapback button in Safari and you go straight back to the search, this also works with the address box as well.

Forms AutoFill:

I think Firefox had this feature but not to the same extent. Now whenever you want have to fill in a form,Safari looks through your address book and fills out all your information, granted that you have it filled in.

Bookmarks:

Granted all browsers have bookmarks, but non of them have work in the same way as Safari’s. They are basically are arranged like your iTunes library. There are a load of preset folders and bookmarks that Apple think may help you. For instance there is a Travel folder, which includes Expedia, New York Times Travel etc… And of course a Mac section which includes MacWorld Reviews and the Wired Cult of Mac section. Now some people may say, but I’ve got del.icio.us as I have a few computers around the house, well Safari has built in Bonjour support for Bookmarks.

Pop-Up Blocker:

Here we go again, I can get that in Firefox or as an extension! But frankly I have found the Firefox pop-up blocker absolutely useless. And the Firefox extension that I used to block all ads stopped me from viewing YouTube Videos. There is not much else to it but that, but at least it works.

Do you use Firefox, Camino or any other Mac browser instead of Firefox? And what features of the new Safari are making you excited? Leave a comment or use the contact form!

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