Firefox has Firebug. It is such a timesaver for me, I want to hug the developers on a daily basis (well, maybe just shake their hands). But for most of my actual browsing, Safari it is. It just feels faster on my machine...
Much of firebug's functionality is also available in the Safari developer console. Especially in the newest WebKit releases.
Agreed. If you don't mind having another window open, Safari's developer menu is pretty powerful.
Safari's console can also be docked at the bottom of the current browser tab as with firebug. There's no need to have another window open.
Firebug + NoScript + Nuke Anything + Web Developer + Tree Style Tab + AwesomeBar is a killer set of features to me. I don't see myself going to anything else in the near future.
Why NoScript? That one seems like it would constantly be getting in the way and interfering with seamless browsing.
Mostly because of my paranoia. I've seen too many friends lose sensitive data to XSS attacks and the like. Flash vulnerabilities too.
Any stats on browser usage for Hacker News? I'd expect firefox to be maybe 80%+ here?
maybe, it may be even higher than that figure. Even non-techies now use firefox.
Sure, although Safari seems a good choice, and what with the iPhone and abundance of macbooks I'd expect Safari to be used quite a bit here.
yes, that may be true, but firefox is quite huge now, especially firefox 3.0
I thought a central Mozilla goal for Firefox 3 was less hugeness.
Oh, wait, nevermind.
I'm stuck with IE7 at work, Firefox 3 and Safari at home. So it all depends.