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Besides Safari, what (Original Post) Callalily Sep 2012 OP
I use Chrome as my primary browser Poiuyt Sep 2012 #1
same here mjrr_595 Oct 2012 #15
Firefox when I have to NV Whino Sep 2012 #2
I just started with Camino Stinky The Clown Sep 2012 #3
Do you prefer that over Chrome and if so why? glinda Sep 2012 #9
I'm not sure I have a preference yet. Stinky The Clown Sep 2012 #10
Search engine, or browser? sir pball Sep 2012 #4
Browser or Search Engine? Browser: Safari. Search Engine: Yahoo. nt onehandle Sep 2012 #5
You might like sir pball Sep 2012 #6
Another vote for DuckDuckGo. klook Nov 2012 #18
Chrome on my desktop and Atomic Web on my iPad. Kablooie Sep 2012 #7
Why did you choose Chrome over Firefox or Safari? glinda Sep 2012 #11
I like being able to use the top window for both search and urls. Kablooie Sep 2012 #12
Thank you everyone for Callalily Sep 2012 #8
Firefox or Chrome RoccoR5955 Oct 2012 #13
fail PowerToThePeople Oct 2012 #14
Omniweb, if you are still looking. nt Grey Oct 2012 #16
Browser? LP2K12 Oct 2012 #17
Firefox and Chrome NotTheAristocracy Nov 2012 #19

Stinky The Clown

(68,471 posts)
10. I'm not sure I have a preference yet.
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 08:05 AM
Sep 2012

I have used Firefox forever and before that whatever earlier product Mozilla had out.

I use Safari, but it isn't my default browser. I use it as a change of pace.

Chrome seems . . . . . . I don't know . . . . . gimmicky.

I tried Camino on a pure whim. It just seems very light and fast.

I also have Opera, but that's just plain weird to me.

sir pball

(4,945 posts)
4. Search engine, or browser?
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:21 AM
Sep 2012

Safari is a web browser, the software you use to access the WWW. A search engine is a web service that...well, searches.

Safari's default search engine is Google, which pretty much the whole world (the Firefox family, Opera, Chrome, I think even IE!) uses because of their generally superior, refined, and innovative (despite the loud protestations of certain people here) search methodologies (More info than you ever wanted).

So for an answer - the only search engine I use is Google. In all three browsers that I use, mostly Chrome, Safari and Camino sometimes.

sir pball

(4,945 posts)
6. You might like
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 12:00 AM
Sep 2012

DuckDuckGo. Their major emphasis is privacy...no tracking, no filtering, no logging, no "personalization", nothing more than anonymous, private searching.

glinda

(14,807 posts)
11. Why did you choose Chrome over Firefox or Safari?
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 11:39 AM
Sep 2012

I use Safari (blech) and occasionally Firefox so far.

Kablooie

(18,787 posts)
12. I like being able to use the top window for both search and urls.
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 01:48 AM
Sep 2012

It also has a lot of useful extensions.
Firefox does too but Chrome seems to run faster on a lot of pages.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
13. Firefox or Chrome
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 06:17 PM
Oct 2012

They are both excellent web browsers. I have both, and use them both. Sometimes I just feel like using Firefox, and sometimes I feel like using Chrome.
Firefox is the real true open source browser. Google owns Chrome.

 

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)
14. fail
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 07:24 PM
Oct 2012

google, duck-duck-go, alta-vista, bing.

These are search engines. Safari is a web browser. I use Mozilla.

19. Firefox and Chrome
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 01:46 PM
Nov 2012

I use both Firefox and Chrome more than I use Safari. I like them better. However, sometimes Firefox starts gobbling up my Mac resources if it's been running for a couple of days or more.

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