Should I install Firefox

[sinkoman]

So, I just switched over to a mac today (go on, bring the hate), and I had no idea until just now that I was using safari, and not firefox.

Any reason I shouldn't be using safari?

 

[NeptuneUK]

Web browser elitism.

 

[PJ]

Safari isn't compatable with some web pages that firefox is.
Also, firefox has its addons.

 

[Robbo]

All-in-One Gentures and Forecast Fox. Thats pretty much all the reason I needed to install Firefox.
Btw Forecast Fox shows the weather and All-in-One Gestures lets you browse the web by drawing lines with your mouse, really convenient

 

[kupocake]

I'd say the switch isn't essential if you haven't noticed the difference or really missed certain Firefox features. Most of the big browsers cover the bases these days.

Still no RSS in Chrome though. I really wish there was...

 

[The Monkey]

Meh, Safari is good enough.

 

[Xendance]

Considering the fact that you didn't even know you weren't using Firefox until just now, I say just stay with Safari.

 

[sinkoman]

kk. I wasn't sure if there was some big ass**** bug in safari or something that'd anal rape my entire family and then detonate my computer the second I look at some good porn. Don't know much about mac shit.

Ty.

 

[Operational]

You should always install Firefox. Even if you already have it installed you should just keep on installing the sucker.

 

[kineaesth]

You should always install Firefox. Even if you already have it installed you should just keep on installing the sucker.

Don't listen to this post, I got up to about three hundred and seventy installs and then my hard drive crashed.

Probably from so much awesome, but still!

 

[Krynn72]

I'd say yes, if only because more web designers test their sites with firefox than they do with safari.

 

[Hobostomp]

Firefox is just better by definition, I had Safari for a while and I just found it slow and unusable. I'd say to re-install FF.

 

[Raziaar]

Man, I started to hate Firefox ever since it started taking forever to open. And how it had such issues when I would close it and try to reopen it immediately. Took too long for the resources to be freed to allow me to do that.

I like Chrome in how it was just... bam, instantly on.

Google Chrome has quite a ways to go still, and many things Firefox beats it at, but in the speed department it's great.

 

[xcellerate]

On OSX safari 4 is the fastest/best browser, on vista chrome is the better browser. Since you can't quantify how valuable add-ons are, it's hard to rate firefox. Chrome and safari 4 are both faster and pass the acid3 test with a 100%...but they don't have ad-block!

 

[Eejit]

No, install Opera.

 

[Escaep]

Why not install it anyway and see which one you like?

 

[Omnomnick]

Install Chrome and Firefox and see which one you prefer, I would go with Chrome.

 

[PJ]

I think chrome is in beta fro OSX amirite or wrong?

Opera I liek also. Pretty speedy.

 

[Vigilante]

I like Safari just fine when I'm using my Mac. No need for anything else.

 

[CR0M]

I'd say yes, if only because more web designers test their sites with firefox than they do with safari.

Any web designer worth his salt will design for all major browsers, and that includes Safari.

It's an ok browser. But if you're used to Firefox, install it. The only browsers you should really avoid on principle are ie and aol, because they cause testicular cancer.

 

[sinkoman]

well i'm kinda with raz as far as ff goes. got really irritated when ff started talibg ages to load. as far as opera goes, **** that. last time I tried it, shit was just way too buggy. would crash on me like evry five minutes