>I avoid Safari because it has a lot of serious problems,
What "serious problems?" Perhaps you have not looked at it recently? Or
maybe you are reading reviews written by WFBs? Safari is fine. The same
code base (Web Kit) is also used by Google's Chrome.
Safari tries to follow KISS, but it leaves too much out, and gets the
rest wrong. At least the Develop menu isn't hidden any more.
Most people don't tweak their browsers, but I do. Most people don't use
their browsers for FTP, but I do--Safari uses the Finder for FTP instead
of a browser window. Most people don't share bookmarks across several
browsers, but I do--Safari's bookmarks not only don't work in other
browsers, they can't even open as a web page as with other browsers, and
don't list imported bookmarks properly from the top menu. Most people
don't care about sorting the bookmarks, but I do--SeaMonkey is easiest;
Safari requires a third party app; Firefox 3 broke easy sorting from
FF2. I'd like to have "find as you type" in Safari instead of the Find
dialog box, too. Most people don't care what the underlying code is, but
I do. I don't like XML in browsers, especially for bookmarks [or mail],
unless there's an easy way to edit.
Even those reasons aren't too bad, except for the bookmarks. I just
don't like having to use a two button mouse when my other browsers just
have click-and-hold for contextual menus. That will change when I get a
new iMac, but it's a silly "feature" that's annoying on a daily basis
when I switch from one browser to another. It doesn't make sense to have
click-and-hold contextual menus on the navigation arrows, but not for
links. Very un-Apple-like inconsistencies. Apple's not following their
own HIGs, but those are only "guidelines" not rules.
I hope that Chrome is easier to use and to tweak. I expect that it will
be, since it's Google, and open source. Google will probably have a kit
with good directions for that, otherwise we can "Google" for the solutions.
Betty
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