Safari 4, After One Month It’s Still My Default Browser
Being a die hard Firefox fan, I never thought I’d ever say this: Safari 4 is the browser for me. Like I mentioned previously, Foxmarks is the “must have” add-in I use to keep my bookmarks and logins synchronized across all my machines. Now that it works with Safari 4, the major roadblock to switching is no more. Additionally, 1Password and Evernote work with the new beta just as well as they did with Safari 3. I had a dozen or so add-ins installed in Firefox and really thought I’d miss them more than I do. Obviously, they weren’t that important. Beyond that, I find Safari works great with almost every site I visit on a regular basis (except Microsoft’s MSDN, naturally). I do have the occasional misfire when trying to upload a photo to Facebook, but so far that’s been about it.
I spend over half my day within a browser environment and that’s when Safari’s speed really starts to shine. Web services like Pixlr, GMail and others are noticeably faster than they are in Firefox and Google Gears seems to have adapted quite nicely. In addition to its’ speed, Safari renders fonts and graphics beautifully. After a month of steady use, I notice a definite loss of sharpness when I go back to Firefox. Safari is just prettier.
As far as I’m concerned, the ball is back in Mozilla’s court. They’re going to have to do something very, very good to unseat Safari as my default browser.
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