Web browsers for the Mac

List of web browsers available on Mac OS X platform is large enough so that the switcher to abandon existing habits, not necessarily. Nevertheless, it is useful to know about some of the distinctive features of individual programs, even the most well-known and popular.

Safari. Standard browser supplied with OS X. Very fast, displays pages correctly, search page, so generally realized on the five plus... Problems They arise mainly from sites that use is not too popular technologies (such as MathML) and some AJAX applications.

Shiira. Browser engine Webkit (Safari). It has a less austere interface plus convenient tabs with previews of pages and a number of bells and whistles, in which it can be compared with established additions to Safari. Disadvantages (vdovesok to your existing engine) - not very high stability.

Opera. In fact, this is the same browser that you see on other platforms, advantages which experts have long appreciated. Of specific features - the lack of integration with keychain and not too "native" look.

Firefox 2. One of the most popular browsers in the environment switchers. However, poppy version has its own specific features. First of all it's pretty lousy font rendering, especially noticeable on the Russian sites and reluctance to natively display controls. Next, the program strongly demonstrates his isolation from the system: as the appearance that causes seizures vomiting in makovodov with the experience, and complete lack of information about the presence in the OS of some sort or keycheynov settings proxy.

Firefox 3. The latest version of the fox, which has become the third beta is already quite a usable project. Of significant changes: there are no problems with fonts and normal appearance of controls in web forms, plus a neat appearance a-la Safari. However, the dislike of system settings and not too shustny XUL interface did not disappear.

Camino. In fact, it is an attempt to implement a Gecko-based browser with a "human face" on the Mac that developers largely succeeded. So, it looks much better than his brother, well integrated with the system, and its Carbon «face" feels much rastoropnee fox. However, a bug with fonts and can be seen here (waiting for the update?), And the rejection of the Camino XUL made completely incompatible with Firefox extensions.

Actually, most of it all. Commercial and exotic solutions, I do not consider here, and fell in the unequal struggle with Safari Internet Explorer for mac so it is better not to remember... However, fans of perversion and web developers can find on the net a few recipes run explorer under poppy.