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When I switched from Windows, I went straight to Firefox because I felt comfortable there. But (3 years ago), Firefox started getting buggy and slow. I loved the add-ons, but I switched to Camino because it was more Mac-like and stable. But since Beta 3 for Firefox came out, I've switched back and been really impressed with it.

One feature that Firefox and Camino both have is the "Search for text when I start typing" which I use a lot for mouseless navigation.

I don't have any major gripes against Safari, I just prefer Firefox.

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Safari has the search for text while typing now too. It's cool.

But can you navigate with it?

Really? How would I enable this? I don't see anything in prefs for Safari 3.1.1.

Command + F then start typing what you're looking for on the page. Command + G will proceed to the next instance of your search phrase on the page.

Unless I'm mistaken, Safari can't do this:

There's the "logout" link on this page, I just start typing l-o-g..., and once it gets highlighted, I can hit return and it'll click the link for me. Or if I need to go to the next word, I can still hit command+G. I don't have to invoke Find either, I can just start typing.

Ahah I see what you mean. It never occurred to me to do that, but it's a cool trick. Firefox does have the edge on Safari in terms of features.

I guess the equivalent in Safari would be to cmd+f, type your word or phrase, press escape, then press enter. A couple extra steps but it does the trick.

Okay, I think there is a misunderstanding. I want a feature equivalent to 'find as you type' in Firefox. Just start typing while the focus point is on the content area of the tab, and the first search result gets highlighted. No need for command+F.

This is really the main reason firefox is my default browser.

This kept me on Firefox as well until I discovered SafariStand, which includes this feature.

http://hetima.com/safari/stand-e.html

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