Chrome or Safari?

[Abazigal]

Safari, using chrome only for the off times I want to upload something to slideshare (oddly, the process goes very smoothly in chrome, but has a higher rate of failure in Safari).

I use all Apple devices, so it's pretty much a no-brainer.

 

[johnnnw]

FF because Safari can't block preroll ads on videos because of limits on the api to dev of Adblock. Sucks.

 

[iceperson]

I'm forcing myself to use Safari even though Chrome has much better extensions. Does anyone know of a way to get notifications either in the browser or the notification center when I get a new Gmail without running the Mail app all the time? The Gmail Safari extension I found was abandoned years ago and doesn't work as much more than a shortcut to Gmail.

 

[gamesetmatch]

Safari ihas been my main browser for years. It does almost everything I need when browsing, and fast.

Second Web broswer installed; Chromium (latest version). I was always reluctant to install Chrome.

Chromiun seems SLOWER than Safari, but strangely, Apple Support Communities do not display correctly on Safari but great on Chromium.

-Mark.

 

[iubhounds]

The Gmail Safari extension I found was abandoned years ago and doesn't work as much more than a shortcut to Gmail.

Have you tried the Gmail Counter extension listed on the new Safari?

 

[cynics]

Does safari support 1080p (and higher) youtube html 5 in Yosemite?

I'm holding off updating for a few days so I can't test this. It does not in Mavericks. Chrome has much better support for various things like that. I read Safari was supposed to be getting better though.

Since I didnt get an answer I checked myself.

For those curious Safari finally supports higher quality HTML5. Netflix and Youtube will both default to HTML5 and >720p is available with Safari using HTML5.

Safari still doesn't support WebM VP8 and MSE & WebM VP9 like Chrome.

I prefer Safari for its integration with iOS and keychain and a strange allegiance toward Apple (lol). However I find Chrome to be a more powerful browser. I also still run across webpages that don't support Safari as well as Chrome.

EDIT : ARGH. It doesn't appear you can AirPlay mirror Netflix from Safari when its using HTML5. Chrome can still do it without a problem. So back to Silverlight or Chrome for Netflix AirPlay mirroring. Further enforcing the technical superiority of Chrome. I love Apple integration but anymore you have to "settle" for subpar quality of the base program to enjoy the integration.

 

[tom vilsack]

I posted this question but No responce (maybe better luck here?)

With chrome when I click a bookmark it does a quick flicker...anyway to turn that off?

 

[iubhounds]

I posted this question but No responce (maybe better luck here?)

With chrome when I click a bookmark it does a quick flicker...anyway to turn that off?

Just an FYI, I just tried to see if I had the same problem. No flicker here and I opened up a few different bookmarks.

 

[tom vilsack]

Maybe it's related to my gpu and macbook 2009?

 

[iceperson]

Have you tried the Gmail Counter extension listed on the new Safari?

Yes, that's the one that was abandoned 3 years ago.

https://extensions.apple.com/details/?id=it.eliacereda.gmailcounter-9RZ58KZLJT

There's a message from the dev at the bottom of the page posted in 2011 if you click the link.

 

[dam006]

I'm going all out to say I use Firefox. I wish I could use Safari more but it doesn't always work well with some websites.

I don't use Chrome as I try to avoid Google products when possible. I'm not saying Google products are bad. I just don't like them as a company.