Tag Archives: Firefox
Safari 3 vs. Firefox 3
A few things I’ve noticed: Safari 3: Beautiful new Find command. SVG support. Send to Dashboard capability. Drag and drop tabs, including to new windows. Better standards support. Firefox 3: Better appearance which (unfortunately) highlights that Firefox doesn’t act like … Continue reading
You say you want a revolution?
You say you want a revolution? Well, you know, I’d rather have a browser that worked. “Revolutionary” is not how I’d describe this. I’ve seen installers crash before. No doubt I will see it again.
Firefox vs. Safari comparison: revised
I saw an episode of Yes, Prime Minister today. I haven’t seen this series in years, but it’s quite possibly both the most talky-talky and brilliant British sitcom. Whenever I see YPM, I’m reminded of Sir Humphrey demonstrating to Bernard … Continue reading
Arguable, subjective.
A coworker posted on Firefox 3 and Mac addicts, and mentioned: Other than background windows looking like foreground windows, all of his issues are either extreme power-user features (AppleScript support), things that are easily arguable (clicking on the URL bar … Continue reading
Still not moving to Firefox!
After my last post, Firefox fans are probably wondering why I’d bother. The truth is that even with the annoying bugs present in it, I still find Safari the least offensive browser, given Firefox’s window focus drawing bug, inability to … Continue reading
Poor auto updating in action: Firefox
I’ve written before on bad update mechanisms, but it’s worth noting that Firefox has the worst. After several clicks and long waits, I finally made it to this screen: And things just stopped there. It’s a good thing I had … Continue reading
↩ in URLs
Background information: Daring Fireball linked to my previous article about the missing ↩ glyph in the iPhone and iPod touch. Thankfully, mx gave me a heads up1, and I switched a few settings on my site to better deal with … Continue reading