which web browser is the best?

eurotrotter

hi guys
iv been using camino for quite some time, and have noticed it stalls regularly, has been fantastic to date, but it just isnt doing the business anymore, hence i m on the search for a good web browser yet again!
any suggestions?
im looking to find a mac compatible web browser that has a 'auto fill' function that will allow me to ill out forms etc quickly, is there such a browser available?
also i want to be able to make changes to the profile or databank from which the browser will pull the data from, for this auto fill function


also im lookin for a way to stop a process fro running at startup on my mac, i checked the activity monitor and i found a few google apps to be running and i think there the reason for the odd freezing screen or spinning beachball on the macbook, anyone know how to stop these programs from running at startup or get rid of them completely?
thanks
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Breezer

In answer to your first question, Safari. It pulls autofill info from your keychain for usernames and passwords and from your personal entry in the Address Book for other autofill information.

In answer to your second question, System Preferences -> Accounts -> Login Items. Remove what you don't want (don't untick them, the ticks just mean they're hidden - remove them completely).

Ham'nd'egger

I know some users here won't believe me but I personally think that Safari is an excellent web browser; more so than Firefox or Opera (which are good) and light years ahead of IE.

440Hz

*cough* forum search function *cough*

Ham'nd'egger

440Hz wrote: »

*cough* forum search function *cough*

Take two spoons of this, that will sort out that nasty cough.

Nature Boy

I use Firefox simply for the extensions.
boards doesn't work in Firefox so I use Safari when I'm here...

Dont be at yourself

Safari all the way. It's integrated best with the OS, it's fast, it's stable.

eurotrotter

thanks for all the help guys
i think i mite go back to camino and see how that goes, since i have stopped all the programmes at startup.
but the googledsktopagent was not listed in the startup programmes, but it is n the activity monitor after a couple of mins, any ideas whats goin on or how i stop t from doing this!
thanks very much

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

Safari all the way. It's integrated best with the OS, it's fast, it's stable.

faceman

yeah i love the new safari, fastest browser out there. I grew out of extensions a few years ago.

Sad Professor

Safari 3 is ok but practically unusable without Saft and PithHelmet imo.

faceman

What difference do they make?

Breezer

PithHelmet is an ad blocker, works well but I wanted a more system-wide solution and went for Privoxy instead. Some might consider it overkill but it works for me.

Saft is a do-everything kind of plug-in, too many things to list here. I don't use it, I might have found a use for it if it was compatible with SafariStand, which I use to stop plugins (flash etc.) loading automatically - nothing worse than listening to music and then being blasted by a Woody Woodpecker video someone's stuck up on a website. Well OK there's worse but it's annoying

faceman

you have to pay for saft though?

Sad Professor

Saft has a single-window mode and will restore tabs after a crash/quit.

And yeah you have to pay for it, the reminder is really really annoying as well. :mad:

Cabaal

440Hz wrote: »

*cough* forum search function *cough*

wish people would use it more, must be a good 3-4 threads like this throughout the year. the answer is....its all a personal preference

Breezer

faceman wrote: »

you have to pay for saft though?

At $12 (€8.17 by today's rates) it's hardly going to break the bank though.