Safari 3.0.4
Macworld recently reviewed Safari 3.0.4 and awarded it 4 and a half mice out of a possible 5:
Safari has all of the features that most Web surfers will ever need, it’s extremely fast, and it integrates seamlessly with other Mac applications.
Jon Gruber recently returned to Safari from Firefox. His comparison of the two browsers is dead on*.
When I switched to the Mac platform I took the full plunge**. It was Safari from day one. It’s always seemed faster, looks and feels more mac like, and its integration with other mac applications as well as the mac service menu seals the deal. It’s not perfect. It’s a memory hog and crashes more often that it should, but neither problem is severe enough for me to switch.
No, Safari doesn’t have anything to compare to Firefox extensions. But the idea of having to possible update for each Firefox release is something I’d rather avoid. Until I need Safari to do something it won’t that would be easily accomplished with a Firefox extension I’ll stay with the simplicity of Safari.
* Except for Gruber’s bizarre comment praising Firefox for reopening previous closed windows upon relaunch by default. As an option, sure. But not as the default feature. When most people close their browser, they’re through with those websites. To have them open up again by default would lead to confusion and frustration.
** I’ve never understood switchers that use Office, Word, and Firefox without at least trying the Mac equivalents. They’re like switchers-lite.
