Comments on: Dumping Firefox. Going to Safari. http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari grep understanding Tue, 15 May 2012 12:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jon Robinson http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-83637 Jon Robinson Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:48:38 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-83637 <p>@Daniel I don't use any firefox shortcuts, and that is probably why I found it so easy to switch to Safari....</p> <p>@Steven I'm not absolutely sure what type-ahead find is, but in the Safari 3 beta, the find function is brought up to speed to Firefox's.</p> @Daniel I don’t use any firefox shortcuts, and that is probably why I found it so easy to switch to Safari….

@Steven I’m not absolutely sure what type-ahead find is, but in the Safari 3 beta, the find function is brought up to speed to Firefox’s.

]]> By: Jon Robinson http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-249441 Jon Robinson Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:48:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-249441 <p>@Daniel I don't use any firefox shortcuts, and that is probably why I found it so easy to switch to Safari....</p> <p>@Steven I'm not absolutely sure what type-ahead find is, but in the Safari 3 beta, the find function is brought up to speed to Firefox's.</p> @Daniel I don’t use any firefox shortcuts, and that is probably why I found it so easy to switch to Safari….

@Steven I’m not absolutely sure what type-ahead find is, but in the Safari 3 beta, the find function is brought up to speed to Firefox’s.

]]> By: Steven G. Harms http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-83318 Steven G. Harms Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:11:15 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-83318 <p>I actually tried going the FF route post-SXSW ( you coming ? ), and I find the lack of</p> <p>type-ahead find firebug</p> <p>To be real dealbreakers. The former as it's incredibly freaking handy, and the latter because I don't own an Adobe suite ( as i write my web code by hand ).</p> <p>Has anyone solved these?</p> I actually tried going the FF route post-SXSW ( you coming ? ), and I find the lack of

type-ahead find firebug

To be real dealbreakers. The former as it’s incredibly freaking handy, and the latter because I don’t own an Adobe suite ( as i write my web code by hand ).

Has anyone solved these?

]]> By: Steven G. Harms http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-249440 Steven G. Harms Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:11:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-249440 <p>I actually tried going the FF route post-SXSW ( you coming ? ), and I find the lack of</p> <p>type-ahead find firebug</p> <p>To be real dealbreakers. The former as it's incredibly freaking handy, and the latter because I don't own an Adobe suite ( as i write my web code by hand ).</p> <p>Has anyone solved these?</p> I actually tried going the FF route post-SXSW ( you coming ? ), and I find the lack of

type-ahead find firebug

To be real dealbreakers. The former as it’s incredibly freaking handy, and the latter because I don’t own an Adobe suite ( as i write my web code by hand ).

Has anyone solved these?

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-83311 Daniel Miessler Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:50:36 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-83311 <p>@John</p> <p>What Firefox-specific shortcuts do you use?</p> @John

What Firefox-specific shortcuts do you use?

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-249439 Daniel Miessler Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:50:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-249439 <p>@John</p> <p>What Firefox-specific shortcuts do you use?</p> @John

What Firefox-specific shortcuts do you use?

]]> By: Jon Henshaw http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-83310 Jon Henshaw Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:49:26 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-83310 <p>I've tried to switch several times, but as a Web Developer I keep coming back to Firefox. I find the Add-Ons that I use to be too valuable. I also prefer Firefox's keyboard shortcuts (although I'm sure I could mimic those in Safari I wanted to).</p> I’ve tried to switch several times, but as a Web Developer I keep coming back to Firefox. I find the Add-Ons that I use to be too valuable. I also prefer Firefox’s keyboard shortcuts (although I’m sure I could mimic those in Safari I wanted to).

]]> By: Jon Henshaw http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-249438 Jon Henshaw Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:49:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-249438 <p>I've tried to switch several times, but as a Web Developer I keep coming back to Firefox. I find the Add-Ons that I use to be too valuable. I also prefer Firefox's keyboard shortcuts (although I'm sure I could mimic those in Safari I wanted to).</p> I’ve tried to switch several times, but as a Web Developer I keep coming back to Firefox. I find the Add-Ons that I use to be too valuable. I also prefer Firefox’s keyboard shortcuts (although I’m sure I could mimic those in Safari I wanted to).

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-83290 Daniel Miessler Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:54:57 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-83290 <p>@Tony</p> <p>I'm using SAFT for the quick searches. How do you set them up in Quick Silver? I'll have to check that out. Maybe that's a better solution.</p> @Tony

I’m using SAFT for the quick searches. How do you set them up in Quick Silver? I’ll have to check that out. Maybe that’s a better solution.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-249437 Daniel Miessler Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:54:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-249437 <p>@Tony</p> <p>I'm using SAFT for the quick searches. How do you set them up in Quick Silver? I'll have to check that out. Maybe that's a better solution.</p> @Tony

I’m using SAFT for the quick searches. How do you set them up in Quick Silver? I’ll have to check that out. Maybe that’s a better solution.

]]> By: Jon Robinson http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-83269 Jon Robinson Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:38:35 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-83269 <p>I switched to Safari a few months after I bought a mac (10 months ago). I tried it out and it isuch more pleasant to use (I'm using the new beta now, which is also nice) and has better integration with the rest of the system. I found it much faster, but that seems to be different for everyone. I still use Firefox for the Web Developer, Search-status and DownThemAll, when I need them.</p> <p>I met the guy in charge of the Firefox UI at the Web 2.0 conference. I mentioned that they need to fix the UI on Mac and he said they don't have any clear guidelines from Apple. It was then I noticed that Safari, Mail.app, iTunes, etc, all have different looks. I guess the Firefox folks haven't decided which direction to go.</p> <p>Daniel, I remember you posted about only using Microsoft kit when using Windows to make sure the experience was what they wanted...you should at least try that out with Apple too.</p> I switched to Safari a few months after I bought a mac (10 months ago). I tried it out and it isuch more pleasant to use (I’m using the new beta now, which is also nice) and has better integration with the rest of the system. I found it much faster, but that seems to be different for everyone. I still use Firefox for the Web Developer, Search-status and DownThemAll, when I need them.

I met the guy in charge of the Firefox UI at the Web 2.0 conference. I mentioned that they need to fix the UI on Mac and he said they don’t have any clear guidelines from Apple. It was then I noticed that Safari, Mail.app, iTunes, etc, all have different looks. I guess the Firefox folks haven’t decided which direction to go.

Daniel, I remember you posted about only using Microsoft kit when using Windows to make sure the experience was what they wanted…you should at least try that out with Apple too.

]]> By: Jon Robinson http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-249436 Jon Robinson Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:38:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-249436 <p>I switched to Safari a few months after I bought a mac (10 months ago). I tried it out and it isuch more pleasant to use (I'm using the new beta now, which is also nice) and has better integration with the rest of the system. I found it much faster, but that seems to be different for everyone. I still use Firefox for the Web Developer, Search-status and DownThemAll, when I need them.</p> <p>I met the guy in charge of the Firefox UI at the Web 2.0 conference. I mentioned that they need to fix the UI on Mac and he said they don't have any clear guidelines from Apple. It was then I noticed that Safari, Mail.app, iTunes, etc, all have different looks. I guess the Firefox folks haven't decided which direction to go.</p> <p>Daniel, I remember you posted about only using Microsoft kit when using Windows to make sure the experience was what they wanted...you should at least try that out with Apple too.</p> I switched to Safari a few months after I bought a mac (10 months ago). I tried it out and it isuch more pleasant to use (I’m using the new beta now, which is also nice) and has better integration with the rest of the system. I found it much faster, but that seems to be different for everyone. I still use Firefox for the Web Developer, Search-status and DownThemAll, when I need them.

I met the guy in charge of the Firefox UI at the Web 2.0 conference. I mentioned that they need to fix the UI on Mac and he said they don’t have any clear guidelines from Apple. It was then I noticed that Safari, Mail.app, iTunes, etc, all have different looks. I guess the Firefox folks haven’t decided which direction to go.

Daniel, I remember you posted about only using Microsoft kit when using Windows to make sure the experience was what they wanted…you should at least try that out with Apple too.

]]> By: Tony Vance http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-83267 Tony Vance Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:23:55 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-83267 <p>What did you use to set up quick searches in Safari? SafariStand? I use QuickSilver to launch quick searches. To me, it takes the concept of a quick search one step further because I can launch a search from anywhere, not just from within a web browser.</p> What did you use to set up quick searches in Safari? SafariStand? I use QuickSilver to launch quick searches. To me, it takes the concept of a quick search one step further because I can launch a search from anywhere, not just from within a web browser.

]]> By: Tony Vance http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-249435 Tony Vance Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:23:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-249435 <p>What did you use to set up quick searches in Safari? SafariStand? I use QuickSilver to launch quick searches. To me, it takes the concept of a quick search one step further because I can launch a search from anywhere, not just from within a web browser.</p> What did you use to set up quick searches in Safari? SafariStand? I use QuickSilver to launch quick searches. To me, it takes the concept of a quick search one step further because I can launch a search from anywhere, not just from within a web browser.

]]> By: Eamon Landon http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-83253 Eamon Landon Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:32:40 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-83253 <p>I use Firefox on my PCs but on my Macs I use Safari. I still have Firefox and Opera on my Macs, but I rarely use either. I just have always liked the look of Safari on OSX vs the others.</p> <p>One thing I did notice, Firefox seems to load pages a hair faster. I don't know why but it does on my machine. But it's still not enough to turn me away from Safari.</p> I use Firefox on my PCs but on my Macs I use Safari. I still have Firefox and Opera on my Macs, but I rarely use either. I just have always liked the look of Safari on OSX vs the others.

One thing I did notice, Firefox seems to load pages a hair faster. I don’t know why but it does on my machine. But it’s still not enough to turn me away from Safari.

]]> By: Eamon Landon http://danielmiessler.com/blog/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari/comment-page-1#comment-249434 Eamon Landon Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:32:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/dumping-firefox-going-to-safari#comment-249434 <p>I use Firefox on my PCs but on my Macs I use Safari. I still have Firefox and Opera on my Macs, but I rarely use either. I just have always liked the look of Safari on OSX vs the others.</p> <p>One thing I did notice, Firefox seems to load pages a hair faster. I don't know why but it does on my machine. But it's still not enough to turn me away from Safari.</p> I use Firefox on my PCs but on my Macs I use Safari. I still have Firefox and Opera on my Macs, but I rarely use either. I just have always liked the look of Safari on OSX vs the others.

One thing I did notice, Firefox seems to load pages a hair faster. I don’t know why but it does on my machine. But it’s still not enough to turn me away from Safari.

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