Apple Safari 5 - PCWorld

Apple Safari 5 - PCWorld

The arrival of Google Chrome 5 for OS X seems to have intensified the arms race among Mac Web browsers. Mere weeks after Google took its own admirable shot at the browser crown, Apple's Safari 5 once again secures its place on the throne. The duration of its reign is anyone's guess, but for now, you won't find a faster, more powerful Mac browser than Safari. More...

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I have to disagree with opinion of the writer of this article. I find Chrome 5 to be a significantly more flexible and usable browser for the Mac. I really wanted to like Safari 5 better than Chrome 5. I generally really like Mac software. I used Safari 5 a lot but I kept on missing Chrome 5.

I have used the latest versions of both programs since both of their launch dates. I find that simple things like highlighting a url for blogging purposes, as an example is much easier in Chrome 5. Wherever you click in the chrome 5 url bar the entire address will highlight unlike in Safari 5 where you have to be very careful where you place your cursor. I blog a lot. This small issue can be very annoying. Chrome allows favicons in the tool bookmark bar which really saves a lot of bar real estate, allowing more visible links. The Chrome extension gallery is large, I felt no loss pangs here when I ditched FireFox upon Chrome for Mac's release from Beta. I can find absolutely no speed advantage in Safari that is noticeable while browsing the web. Both browsers are very fast. I find Chrome's implementation of tabs to be more easily accessible than Safari's implementation. Safari does not support themes.

In conclusion my major reason for crowning Chrome 5 king of the Mac browser kingdom is its basic usability. Try it out for yourself. Try some extensions in both browsers like Shareaholic. The Chrome extension trounces the Safari implementation. On the other hand Abile software's sophisticated implementation of its Safari 5 extension is far superior to the beta version available for Chrome. Abile Software really needs to work on this extension since so many Mac users use their product.

John H. Armwood