Finally.. a reason to use Safari

[Deleted member 651465]

Hey all,

Was listening to an old MacBreak podcast last night when one of the guys (Leo) suggested checking out Inquisitor for Safari.

It's a plug in that gives you a spotlight-like search from within the web browser. Anyway, I checked it out and LOVED IT

I suggest you try it out if you like using Safari.. then again, if you don't it could be enough to persuade you to swap!

 

[J1234]

Image doesn't exist?

Looks like a good app though

 

[griffy]

Cool, seems to work quite nicely

 

[Sic]

I wouldn't say it's a reason to use safari, but it's certainly nice. does it work with the beta? I LOVE how the cmd-f find function works in that!

I must admit, I do like to use safari every now and again, but firefox just has brilliant functionality.

ooh, I remember why I stopped using it - cookie and session handling was terrible!

 

[Spyhop]

I personally use it anyway, because it's fast

I had Firefox loaded up with extensions but realised that there were few that I really cared about.

 

[NickK]

Hmmm... "imagefap" lol

appologies for the childish observation but after two Krispy Kremes I'm suffering from a sugar rush..

 

[Slogan]

Firefox on the Mac gives me a reason to use Safari.

 

[barnettgs]

Firefox on the Mac gives me a reason to use Safari.

Exactly, Firefox seemed to be sluggish, with no add-ons. Safari feels light & fast and url autofill is great.

Think I will use safari more.

 

[barnettgs]

Erm, anyone using RSS on Safari? I have added multiple RSS tabs to bookmark but on opening them, it just doesn't work as it should be?!

 

[Beepcake]

Shame InputManagers are disabled in Leopard so it won't work if you upgrade

Until someone hacks them back on again

 

[Deleted member 651465]

For those who like using Firefox on the Mac I suggest going over to http://www.tweakguides.com/Firefox_8.html (read from this page on)

I've ALWAYS modded the about:config file and it is much much faster than stock settings

Definately worth a look if you're set on using Firefox and want some free speed.

My tweaked settings include all the following;

network.http.xxxx (there's a good 7 or 8 to tweak here)
network.prefetch=false
nglayout.initialpaint.delay (you need to add this integer manually but it's soo good when you see what it does)
browser.display.imageplaceholders = false

 

[Sherbs]

Safari was good enough without Inquisitor

 

[Deleted member 651465]

I just never got on with it for one reason or another.. WHY WON'T IT OPEN NEW LINKS IN TABS?!! (I've told it to!)

Also, check out http://pimpmysafari.com for other sweet add-ons

 

[Mr Jones]

For those with Leopard (Safari)

http://www.inquisitorx.com/safari/
Inquisitor now... Works

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Good news.. I swear by Safari 3.. it's so fast

 

[J1234]

Good news.. I swear by Safari 3.. it's so fast

Me too, I've converted to it now.

 

[Beepcake]

The only thing I haven't managed to hack back on in Leopard Safari so far is opening of _blank links in a new tab rather than a new window. I've installed plugins that list it as an option but it doesn't seem to want to work