Thanks for all the info, Bruce. I've ordered OS X 10.2 from OWC, and after I get it and install it I'll check out both Safari and Mozilla. I tried to look at Mozilla just now but it too is only for X, so I'll have to wait.
Tom At 6:14 PM -0600 5/24/2004, Bruce Johnson wrote: >On May 24, 2004, at 4:46 PM, Thomas Baker wrote: > >> So what's the deal on this Safari web browser from Apple? I'm thinking >> of >> moving from OS 9 to X, and X lets you use Safari, right? Do you just >> download it from Apple the same as you do Internet Explorer from MS, >> then >> make it your default browser, and away you go with it? Can it be as >> simple >> as that? Will it import IE's bookmarks etc? >> > >It's installed as the default browser on the OS. Yes it'll import IE >bookmarks. > >> I heard that Safari loads fast, squashes popup ads, organizes bookmarks >> really well, and does other convenient stuff. Sounds like it might be >> worth >> switching to (I'm using IE 5 right now). Thought I'd ask advice here >> though >> before I gave it a try. If Safari is as good as Apple makes it out to >> be, >> why would anyone using OS X use any other browser? > >Because it does have some bugs, a few pages don't display correctly in >it, some sites don't work properly with it (though that's usually >fixable), because you're used to something else. > >I use Firefox myself <http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/> this is >the standalone browser component of Mozilla. I like it, it's fast, it >blocks popups, it doesn't crash etc. > >Overall, having used both, they're *very* similar. Camino, another >browser based on the Gecko browser engine from Mozilla, but coded >specifically for Mac OSX also just released a new version, I've not >tried it yet <http://www.mozilla.org/products/camino/> but it also >looks almost identical in layout and behavior. > >I've been using Mozilla for years now, and originally set that as my >browser on OS X, so when Safari came along, it was close enough that I >could use it right away, and just different enough that I'd trip over >myself, and Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox is the browser we support here at >the College, so I just kinda stuck with it. > >There's nothing about it or Safari that really bugs me; the biggest >difference was that I was used to typing search terms in the main >location bar of Mozilla, but there's a separate search bar in Safari >and FireFox. Once I got used to it, it's not a big hassle. > >Any of them is orders of magnitude better than Internet Explorer. That >is an embarrassment. > >-- >Bruce Johnson >University of Arizona >College of Phar macy >Information Technology Group Art website at http://www.ThomasBakerPaintings.com Archaeology website at http://www.nmia.com/~jaybird/AANewsletter/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
