Browsers on MacOS X

I came across a new blog today, Hicksdesign, which had a post on the number of browsers available on MacOS X, and how he is unable to use just one of them. I know exactly how he feels!

I have Safari, Omniweb 5 b6.1 and Camino 0.8b installed on my 12″ PB, and I constantly shift between those three apps. My current favourite is Camino 0.8b, as it's really, REALLY fast, and it renders pages well. However, it lacks ad-blocking, which I've grown accustomed to after using Firefox and Adblock at work. I also like Omniweb, but it crashes too much for my liking, and when it doesn't crash, it stalls. Apart from that, I really like the site-preferences and the ability to filter ads (which is customisable, as well). The popup tray is also a great feature, as there are some sites where I do want popups to work. I'm hoping that with further betas and releases, OmniWeb will become my favourite browser.

And then there's Safari… I really liked this when it first came out, but in comparison to the speed of Camino and the ad/popup-block features of Firefox, I don't find it that great.

What browsers do other people use? I haven't bothered with Firefox on MacOS X, or iCab, or Opera…

1 Response to “Browsers on MacOS X”


  1. 1 Mat

    I use Safari and Camino only. Omniweb is still too unstable, but I think I will be moving to it when its finished as it has roughly the same speed as Camino.

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