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Safari's browser market share rises to 3.53 percent
Internet Explorer may still have the lead with 82.10 percent, but while it is coming off it's lowest overall ranking in almost 2 years, according to statistics by Market Share, Firefox and Safari are both at their highest rankings since January '05. Firefox sits comfortably in second place with 12.46 percent, while Safari ranks third with 3.53 percent - up from 3.19 percent in June. Go Safari, go! Go Safari, go!
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Shreedhan said 12:28PM on 10-10-2006
No! Don't Go! Firefox, just use it.
I admit you have to endure Safari to download Firefox first of all, but it's worth it!
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Macskeeball said 1:10PM on 10-10-2006
Go, Camino, go!
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Trevor said 1:53PM on 10-10-2006
it's lowest overall ranking --> its lowest overall ranking
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nate said 1:33PM on 10-10-2006
Go, Shiira Go!
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Herv S. said 1:49PM on 10-10-2006
Go, iCab, Go!
I know you'll beat them all ;-)
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AstroBryGuy said 1:55PM on 10-10-2006
Go-go Gadget-browser!
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Henry said 2:00PM on 10-10-2006
Shreedhan: Firefox for Mac sucks.
Use Camino!
Or even better: Use the OmniWeb 30 day trial!
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Z Miguel said 2:00PM on 10-10-2006
Browser wars are just like OS wars!
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Sarah said 3:05PM on 10-10-2006
I'm with the others here ... Firefox for Mac sucks, it's a resource hog, particularly in regards to RAM ... after switching around to a few different browsers, I came back to Safari a while back, and just haven't left, because it does what it does and it does it well. Sure there are some small things I would change/add, but overall it's excellent.
Go, Safari, go!! :)
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Jeff said 8:33PM on 10-10-2006
Sarah is totally right...while not perfect, Safari outdoes all the others, with the possible exception of OmniWeb. I've tried Firefox 5 or 6 times, just because so many people are ga-ga over it and it's unbearable - it's painfully slow, it is a *huge* resource hog, and it's not as stable. It is nice to be able to work in the same browser on different platforms, but for me it's just not worth suffering with it on my Mac.
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LatvjuAvs said 3:59PM on 10-10-2006
I have a habbit to try all browsers available to market, but Safari made a place in my heart, still going back to it all the times and using it most of time.
Inpage search and fit to page option, like opera, and it is perfect.
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SynoDev said 4:31PM on 10-10-2006
I'm glad to hear this. Even with the launch of IE 7 (which is a huge improvement over IE 6), it is still very much lacking compared to FireFox on PC. There are just so many ignorant Windows users who use anything that is on their desktop when they buy the computer and has 'internet' in the name, which I find kinda pitiful. And as for the small percentage of personal computer owners that are Mac users? Safari FTW!
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dann said 5:05PM on 10-10-2006
not sure if its been done on tuaw before (probably has) but i suggest a poll to see what us mac users ... use. for me its firefox with the "ifox" skin
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Diego said 5:09PM on 10-10-2006
So are we saying that PC users are goofing off at work less or Mac users more?
I thought the statistics reflected that Mac/Safari users had more interesting jobs, browsed less, and just worked harder overall.
;-)
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arnvid said 8:39PM on 10-10-2006
Safari does it for me. And for those times she doesn't feel like it, i just head over to Camino. Firefox just doesn't feel right. I use it when I'm on windows though, but those are rare moments, really rare.
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Peter Payne said 11:22PM on 10-10-2006
Feh. Safari is just fine, it rocks plenty, and the many hacks out there (two of my faves are Saft and SafariStand) make it the best tool for me. I also use FireFox, but not as my main browser ('cept in Winders).
Seriously. There's enough complexity in my life. Using Safari has brought many benefits and no downside in my browsing life. So I use it.
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mark said 10:51AM on 10-11-2006
I prefer OmniWeb, personally...
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Gandhi said 4:18PM on 10-11-2006
Tried FF and Camino, still come back to Safari. This despite the fact that i always use FF on my windows peecee.
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Gandhi said 10:06PM on 10-11-2006
I have tried FF and Camino, as well as Shiira. I just keep coming back to Safari. Hell, it is good enough for me to use as my primary RSS feed newsreader, and much prefer its interface over that of Vienna.
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