Mac Law Students » Blog Archive » Eight Mac Web Browsers for Your Consideration. Microsoft stopped development of Internet Explorer for the Mac a long time ago. But if you’re new to the Mac, you should know there are plenty of capable Macintosh browsers. While Safari comes bundled with Mac OS X, Camino, Firefox, Flock, iCab, OmniWeb, Opera, and Shiira are all worth checking out. All of these eight browsers provide: Tabbed browsingTab grouping (save a bunch of tabbed locations with one bookmark)Search box for fast Google, et. al. searchesPopup and ad blockingBookmark importingInline searchingRSS feed reading (iCab excluded) Since I last reviewed these browsers, Westlaw has overhauled its interface and several of the browsers in question have changed substantially.
Camino 1.5.5 Camino is built on the same codebase that powers Firefox, but the interface is designed specifically for the Mac. LexisNexis Westlaw No identifiable problems found. Firefox 2.0.2.12 If you want to make your web browser the center of your online activities, you’ll love Firefox. Flock 1.0.9 iCab 4.01. Access all Google Docs features from Safari. If you are a user of Google docs (and other such Google apps) and you prefer Safari as your default browser, you will know that lots of features are lost because Safari is not a supported browser. Firefox, however, is fully supported.
If you enable the Develop menu in Safari, as covered in this hint, however, you can fix the problem. After enabling the menu, just select Develop » User Agent , and select one of the Firefox entries (2.0.x Mac, for instance), you will find that all features are enabled. [robg adds: I'm not a huge user of Google's apps. I did, however, run a quick test with the Presentations module, and this trick certainly seemed to work. Before making the switch, I was warned that Safari wasn't fully supported, and that warning went away after changing the user agent. Flock 1.0.3. Back in the Dark Ages of Web browsers, the ability to load images and tables was a big deal because it meant that users could have prettier pages to stare at.
Since then, hanging out on the Web has become a lot more interactive—you have blogs to read and post, friends to keep tabs on via social networks, and content to track across user-driven sites like Flickr and YouTube. Enter Flock. Billed as a “social Web browser,” Flock offers features that not only let you track your favorite blogs and social networks, but also make it simple to generate your own content. Setup is very easy. Flock imports preferences, bookmarks, and passwords from any browser that’s installed on your system. It also comes preloaded with a tab at top containing links that allow you to easily enter log-in information for Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. Flock also provides tools for bloggers and other users who want to create content—and that’s where this browser really shines. Flock does have a few issues. FluidApp: site-specific browsers for OS X.