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The battle of the browsers on Mac OS X

by Meggie on May.25, 2011, under windows news

The battle of the browsers on Mac OS X

The web browser has become a fundamental part of any computer. Virtually everything you do depends on it. Many applications, such as the mail reader, RSS reader, games and even the editor and word processor have been replaced by web applications .

With the departure, a few days, Firefox 4 , the browser war is again present. Which browser is better? "The rapid Chrome ? "The customizable Firefox? Or is it better to stick with Safari , which leads to great with Mac OS X?

We make a special review some important points that we opt for a winner between these three browsers.

Usability

Since you use the web browser at all times, you need as you need instantly offer. Safari and Google Chrome have a home page that opens with each new window or tab and displays the last visited pages with thumbnails.

Firefox 4 has been updated in this regard with Panorama , an Expose within the browser. Its purpose is to show the last visited, but the windows are already open. If you open many tabs at once will be very useful as it has and integrated browser preview.

Speed

Safari is a fast browser. But Google Chrome arrived, with the same WebKit engine and placed in first position. For its part, Firefox 4 shows a higher speed than earlier versions and on par with its competitors.

The problem is resource consumption, something indispensable. Firefox suffers from excessive memory consumption. Check out the Activity Monitor open taking Safari, Chrome and Firefox and see. I can not even speak if you use Flash or Java.

Stability

It’s horrible when you open multiple windows and suddenly the browser hangs and can not recover.

Google Chrome opened the way to plugins as separate process. Thus, if a plugin is hung, the browser was undaunted and running smoothly. Firefox 4 has built to last, with support for plugins to Flash, Quicktime and Silverlight.

On this occasion, Safari loses. Because of Java or Flash can crash, ruining the tabs we had open at that time.

Customizing

We all like to do our bit. A static browser does not support changes in the environment makes us uncomfortable, because sometimes we want to change the order of the toolbars or hide items that do not need.

In this case, Firefox is a clear winner. It has a lot of issues that transform the entire browser, as well as the latest invention, People. On the other hand, there are extensions that change the look and feel of parts of Firefox to suit our needs.

Secondly, we have Google Chrome, which also has themes and extensions .

Finally, Safari. In the wake of Apple, Safari only supports changes. With the addition of extensions, now you can change certain aspects of the browser, but still a long way to go to approach Chrome or Firefox.

Environment

Google Chrome is the browser with a minimalist environment. And seeing sketches of future releases, it will be more if possible.

Firefox has improved a lot in its fourth version, changing the position of the tabs, hiding default bookmarks and a minimalist state bar.

In Safari things remain the same. It has always been minimal and remains so, why change. Beta versions of Safari 5 placed the tabs at the top but the final version back to its original position.

What is your web browser header on Mac?

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