I've used Camino now for a while and like it, but since yesterday I'm trying out the new Opera and it rocks!

If only it could work with keychain...

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I have tried all of them, but I always come back to Safari because I like the way it handles bookmarks.

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every time I've used camino (with the most up to date versin of tiger), it works for a few hours, then randomly crashes taking all my tabs with it !

I like the 'expose' functionality of Shirra, but IMHO , firefox and Safari are the only true stable OSX browsers

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I've tinkered with several, but keep using Firefox (the regular distribution, not an optimized build) and to a lesser extent, Safari.

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I also always come back to Safari. I've tried Camino, it's Ok. Firefox has always run slow on my machine for some reason (G4 iBook). The new Opera is nice and Flock isn't to bad either but my mouse always goes back to Safari.

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If firefox seems slow, try one of the dedicated builds just for G4 processor. That greatly helped it's performance on my gen 1 Mac Mini.

As for browsers, I have to go with Firefox. The extensions are just the icing on a delicious cake. Safari needs more free addons.

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I try them all and I use Firefox at work the most and Flock at home. I can't give up my extensions and themes. :)

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Safari is still number #1 although missing some key features--come on Apple. Opera is interesting. However, I encourage everyone to try out Flock--this thing is fantastic--especially if you blog. If Apple could apply some of the features of Flock Safari would simply be amazing.

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Firefox + extensions = no contest

i hear a lot of people saying that "firefox is to slow" and "it just doesn't feel like an OS X app"

well how fast does your browser really need to be? i can understand the need for speed if your still on a diel up connection. But with broadband. is waiting a couple seconds for a page to load really that big of a deal? why you in such a rush?

and as for looking like an OS X app, there are may OS X style themes to chose from

if only Safari had the kind of "add-ons" that Firefox has. of course you can do quite a bit to Safari (pimpmysafari.com) but its just not enough

I hope Mozilla don't take to long in getting Firefox 3.0 for Mac ready. Firefox as a native Cocoa app! :n) whooooooo!!

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Shiira 2.0 has just been announced and has some very interesting features. More info here: http://mark.alittlenoise.com/blog/?p=22

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i keep coming back to safari. I used firefox and hated it, it was ugly, didn't handle RSS that nicely and it was slugish on my G5, and yes i used the optimized one. Used camino for abit but because it uses the firefox engine it makes it slow again. Opera is ok, omni web was quite nice but seemed to load webpages slowly, and it also stoped me from posting message replys on deviantart. I use safari because it works on every site i have been on and loads them alot quicker then all other browsers.

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Safari because of Pithhelmet's efficiency, speed, bookmark management and good enough RSS. Firefox on some sites (oddly enough my safari doesn't work with the ebay login)

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yeah safari just works, firefox is ok but i also find it ugly and slow on standard html page loads. not too fussed on all the add-ons but it is time for apple to put a bit more effort into its flagship browser.

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I really like Safari but there is one feature I can't live without, keyword searches. I use them all the time in FF and I can't shake the habit. I really wish Apple would include it in Safari.

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I think Camino is great. Perhaps it is the best OSX browser out there. But try as I might to switch, I am sticking with Safari. Not sure why - I guess just the complete integration and snappiness. If Apple would just improve Safari's Bookmarks, I would have no reservations.

Still haven't tried Opera. I have my hands full with four browsers (Safari, Camino, Firefox and...yes, we still must use IE at work).

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Camino is great, but... I can't drag tabs like in Firefox. It sounds like its nothing but it's a deal breaker for me. Firefox 2.0b1 with Firefoxy and GrApple theme is where its at.

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Camino has long been mt #1 choice, but I keep 6-7 different browsers on my machine just to keep up with what's current on each one.

Firefox is my #2 browser, oddly enough I rate Safari much lower than most people. Other than IE Safari is my last choice for a browser.

Browser choice is very much a personal thing, we are fortunate that we have so many to choose from.

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I'd be interested in hearing Scott explain why the "engine of Firefox" (e.g. Gecko) is preferrable to WebKit, Safari's rendering engine.

It seems to me that the main argument these days for "Gecko is better" is that Gecko is a full XML/HTML rendering agent. But Gecko, as seen in all Mozilla public software releases, is currently the least standards-compliant engine, failing to pass the Acid2 test. WebKit, KHTML, and the Opera engine pass it. IE7 doesn't, but as needs to be said multiple times, when you control 90% of the market, you define the standard. Gecko is also the slowest of the engines, which is (ostensibly) one of the main reasons that Apple chose to fork KHTML instead.

I keep using Safari; it's still, hands down, the most Mac-friendly browser. That it's ridiculously standards-compliant is an added bonus.

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Yeah - Safari, then Camino and then Firefox. I use them all for various reasons. I lean towards Safari for general browsing - but the install at my office became corrupt and no matter how many times I replace it or delete preferences, or plist files it still doesn't work. So - Camino at work, Safari at home. Firefox for everything else in between.

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OmniWeb http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/ , hands down. Yes, it's not free (though all it does is bug you every once in a while with a watermark type graphic). Well worth the cost, and the support is phenomenal. The 5.5 builds have been amazingly fast and it has worlds of features built-in.

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