You can consider Camino Firefox's little cousin on the Mac side.ĭeveloped by the Mozilla Foundation, it is a free Mac-only productĬoded in Cocoa, the best programming environment to use in order toįully take advantage of Mac OS X's features.įor the most part, Camino works like Firefox, but it more This is great for those who want to use it in languages Not only is itĬross-platform, but it is also available in more languages than the It allows anybody to create and useįirefox is available on multiple platforms (Mac, Windows, Linux,Īnd many others) making it a good choice for those who want the What separates Firefox from the pack in terms of customization OS X's widgets for submit buttons and checkboxes in Web forms. A minor complaint, however: it does not use Mac You can keep it open permanently if you wish it won't get inĪs far as the interface is concerned, what I appreciate is theĮxtra space between buttons and other elements to make everythingĮasier to the eye. ForĮxample, the Find function is nicely located at the bottom of theīrowser window, making it subtler than a window that pops in yourįace. Implemented the right way by a bunch of perfectionists. What makes Firefox attractive is that every feature seems to be The Firefox Find bar is at the bottom of the browser window. Update Firefox quickly to patch security holes - most of the time With Tiger's unified bars make it a breeze to use.Ī major advantage - open source development make it a mainstreamīrowser that evolves very quickly, and it's free. Robustness, its compatibility, its RSS support, and its clean look Interface independently from the system's resources. When other browsers are not allowed to access a site that requiresįorms or secure connections, Firefox usually does the job.įirefox falls short if you compare its feature set against theĬompetition, and it launches slowly because it loads its Mac Interface, strong security, and great support of Web standards. Tabbed browsing, password management, a highly customizable Menu structure and preferences boxes are based on Netscape's, butįirefox is mostly a simple, well thought out browser. It is the flagship browser of the Mozillaįoundation and successor to the venerable Netscape Navigator. If you liked Netscape a few years ago, Firefox could be yourįavorite today. Netscape and the full Mozilla suite have also been left out becauseĪll their releases are based on the same core code as Firefox.) Free Browsers Firefox Microsoft is not involved in the Mac browser business anymore. (Internet Explorer has been left out of this article because Great job and can be used on a regular basis, but which is right There are many other free or inexpensive browsers that do a You have to buy a US$129 system upgrade when you want to Safari is nice, but it comes with one annoying limitation to many Your thoughts/experiences/ideas would be helpful.Macintosh platform is blessed with a great selection of browsers. Realizing that in time probably even IE for Mac will not be supported by the Smartmail and other mail providers as M$ changes the PC versions of IE over the years, I have to wonder (and ask) if there is a "replacement" or "enhanced" browser that Mac Users are/will be migrating to in place of IE on pre-Intel based Macs. She then was able to use the Mac version of Internet Explorer to open and use her Smartmail acct.] I am wondering what Mac Internet browsers do best to open webs designed to be accessed primarily through later PC versions of IE. So I do have asscee to my mail and the Internet OK. I used Netscape OK, and I have a PC w/ Win XP Pro. ![]() [My Yahoo email account kept locking up in Internet Explorer 5.1, and M$ is not updating IE for Macs anymore anyway. That begs the question" What browsers are/could be used on the Internet in place of non-existant future revisions to Mac IE? Thinking that the Intel based Macs are the only ones truly designed to run Windows and OSX, I doubt I ever have both OS X and Windows on the old Imac, or an Emac my wife uses. (I will use the original drive as OS only, and a USB 1 enclosure for the other stuff since it is not my main machine.) I am updating an Imac Trayload G3-333 (Summer 1999) with no Firewire port.Īfter maxing out the memory at 512 megs, and installing Jaguar to the original 6 G hard drive I logged into my Earthlink DSL account.
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