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Firefox vs. Safari: Toolbars

Posted on April 7, 2009 at 04:52 UTC, filed under the category Commentary. Tags: browsers, Firefox, mac os x, safari,

I cannot commit to a web browser. I like Firefox because I think it provides options (via extensions) and the awesome bar is, in fact, awesome. Safari however provides better platform aesthetic and WebKit is a faster rendering engine.

But besides that, I noticed recently that Firefox feels a little “cramped” after using Safari 4 beta. And this is the reason why:

Firefox vs. Safari Toolbars

I’m amazed at what 24 pixels can do.

Chromium for OS X

Posted on March 26, 2009 at 14:17 UTC, filed under the category Uncategorized. Tags: browsers, Chromium, mac os x,

Mac users interested in Google Chrome can now try out the latest pre-alpha development version. I have compiled the source tree and the binary can be found here. I’ll be rebuilding and posting the build roughly once a week.

As it says on the page, these builds are unstable and should only be used to see how development is progressing. I will not support these builds and (I’m assuming) neither will the Google team. That being said, enjoy.