How many of you use Safari on everything?

Cromulent · 14 May 2022 at 15:30

Ever since I got into the Apple ecosystem I've been using Safari and it is a decent experience. It feels fast and generally gets the job done but I miss the features that Firefox and even Chrome have through addons and I REALLY miss Firefox Containers but I'll just have to learn how to live without that. I'm into web development so I always have every browser installed on my system and Microsoft Edge is surprisingly good. I still use Firefox Developer Edition though for initial designs.

Cromulent · 15 May 2022 at 18:42

I think I need to get used to the shortcut key commands. That would help.

One thing I'd absolutely love is to be able to open a new tab and have the text input field for the URL active so I can do a really quick Google search and then once that is done close and go back to my previous tab. When I've 30 minutes I'll check out the key commands but if anyone has hints or tips then let me know!

Cromulent · 15 May 2022 at 19:28

Feek said:
cmd-t opens a tab and I think the search bar is active straight away. If not, cmd-l takes you to it.

Or Alfred.

Gah. I completely forgot I had Alfred installed. Thank you.

Cromulent · 16 May 2022 at 08:26

Feek said:
Anyway, I was correct. cmd-t in Safari opens a new tab and the cursor will be in the correct space for you to search. There's no need to do cmd-l as well.

I actually explored Alfred search configs and got it to work with Reddit, NPM and Docker. Takes you to the right web page in your default browser straightaway.

Cromulent · 13 Nov 2022 at 16:04

Heh. I'm such an idiot. Figured out how to make the text cursor active in the address bar by default when you open a new tab or window. That makes things so much easier.

Cromulent · 13 Nov 2022 at 16:58

Feek said:
Didn’t I already answer that? Posts 9 and 11 in this thread.

Ah, I'm such an idiot. I'm sorry I forgot about that.

Cromulent · 19 Nov 2022 at 13:50

SpartaP said:
Only use Safari on iphone, use Edge on my MBP and PC etc.

I've been playing around with Edge mainly because it supports debugging and testing right inside Visual Studio Code, and I have to say that it is a surprisingly good web browser.

Cromulent · 19 Nov 2022 at 16:59

SpartaP said:
Do you use it on iPhone?

I agree, I used to use Chrome but no longer. I find Edge a clean browser and has pretty much all the extensions available.

No. I still use Safari on the iPhone and iPad.

Cromulent · 8 Sep 2023 at 08:16

ChrisD. said:
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome

Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a “topic” list it shares with advertisers.

arstechnica.com

Heh. Just when I switched back to Chrome as well

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Cromulent · 8 May 2024 at 10:36

I ended up using multiple browsers but in the end settled on Chrome. It just works. I know it is bad for privacy but if I want to do anything privately I just open Firefox for the session and then clear history and cookies when I am finished.

Cromulent · 4 Jun 2024 at 16:52

I'm still on Chrome. I hardly ever use Apple Pay on the web as I keep everything using PayPal but whenever I go out I use Apple Pay for everything with my Apple Watch. I haven't needed a wallet at all since I got the watch last year.