Miuku. Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 When you scroll a big page, it seems to stutter as it goes down... then when you scroll back up again (and down) it's quite smooth! The page you're scrolling wouldn't happen to have animated gifs / flash on them would it? Try disabling plug-ins in preferences and then reload the page, then re-scroll it - does it still lag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Clark- Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Firefox 3.0. Been too lazy to get 3.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFiberOptics Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Firefox due to Adblock, Rikaichan, and Xmarks. Safari is if I need to quickly check something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Safari 4.0.1 crash almost in any website with flash and JavaScript. They seriously need to fix it. I am currently using only Firefox 3.5 RC2, because safari 4 is unstable. can reproduce these crashes whenever you want? i have never had Safari 4.0.1 crash once, i use youtube, stupidvideos.com and newgrounds all the time very heavy flash The page you're scrolling wouldn't happen to have animated gifs / flash on them would it?Try disabling plug-ins in preferences and then reload the page, then re-scroll it - does it still lag? Or you could enable Quartz 2D extreme if it is not already and disable hardware Acceleration in flash settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Symons Veteran Posted June 23, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 23, 2009 Since I first got my Mac, I used Firefox 3 religiously but I tried Safari 4 a week ago, and I'm typing this reply on it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Explore Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I use Firefox 3.5 as my default. I would use Safari 4 if it used much less RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-In-A-Handbasket Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 use to use only Firefox, switched to Safari 4 during the beta, only use firefox for the Gmail plugin to check my accounts ocasionally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas-c Veteran Posted June 23, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 23, 2009 Firefox 3.5 and got chrome beta but its lacking some stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I use Firefox 3.5 as my default. I would use Safari 4 if it used much less RAM. It does, this is Safari 4.01 Vs. FireFox 3.5 RC2 both browsers have only one single window open with NO other tabs and they are both viewing Page 4 of this very TOPIC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauhaus Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 can reproduce these crashes whenever you want? i have never had Safari 4.0.1 crash once, i use youtube, stupidvideos.com and newgrounds all the time very heavy flash Apple already reported that some flash and js heavy sites can crash if the accessibility option is turned on, this is quite rare since some specific software must be also running, however the fault is on safari's side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drhowarddrfine Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I use FireFox only because there is no IE7 version for OSX. Because Apple is interested in advancing the web not setting it backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspiria Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I use Firefox 3.5 as my default. I would use Safari 4 if it used much less RAM. This stuff is starting to get tiresome. I'll echo a quote from Reo... Honestly I don't get what people have against high memory usage. Safari uses all the memory it can get on my Mac, once I start launching other applications that need it Mac OS X will automatically reallocate the memory away from the browser. What's the point of having - let's say - 4 GB of RAM when 75% of it sits idle most of the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Because Apple is interested in advancing the web not setting it backwards. It has nothing to do with Apple, if Microsoft really wanted they could have kept IE for mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Shouldn't have separated the Firefox versions. The poll would be closer. Where's my Safari 3.0 crowd! Safari 4 all the way, pretty and polished like their hardware! I know some of you might not like this but Firefox looks like the little kid putting on their mother's clothes and makeup. It wants to look like Safari but just not quite. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted June 24, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 24, 2009 Microsoft pretty much killed off IE for Mac a long time before Apple made Safari, so it was part "MS not caring" and part "MS has competition for a product they don't care about" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null_ Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I used Safari primarily when I owned a Mac (I don't anymore, though). I found that the interface for Firefox, while it had a lot of the "Mac OS X" look to it, didn't blend in as well as Safari. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted June 24, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 24, 2009 Because Apple is interested in advancing the web not setting it backwards. Apple didn't kill IE for Mac, Microsoft discontinued support for it in June of '03. Safari's initial beta release was in January of that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argi Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Firefox 3.5 on my Macbook Pro so I can use mouse gestures. Safari's not terribly great (and I read its top-sites implementation is a joke). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADSrf3qwdssada Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I'm playing around with Chrome at the moment but, other than that, usually use Safari. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted June 24, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted June 24, 2009 I have to use Firefox, because Safari takes a while to load for some reason. I absolutely hate the way Firefox looks, but it's the one because of the application speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFuji Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Just tried Firefox 3.5 again and it's coming along really nice. Btw, is it just me or did they change the scrolling? It's much smoother, safari-like. Also, the smooth-scrolling setting doesn't seem to have an effect anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted June 24, 2009 Subscriber¹ Share Posted June 24, 2009 FF 3.5 RC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_c_b Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Safari for most, FireFox for those disagreeable sites (I'm looking at you eBay). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant0r Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 FireFox for myself, although I do enjoy jumping over to safari...I can't be without my firefox plugins!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Explore Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 What is your browser of choice on the Mac? I am not trying to start any flame wars or anything like that. I am just curious on what other Mac users use and why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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