Where’s my browser?

 or                  ?
I just read this blog post on web browsers on the mac. I have essentially the same problem. I really want to use Firefox because I love all of the extensions and I prefer the UI but everytime I move back to it I am convinced to leave again.

Ever since Firefox 2.0 was released it has seemed really buggy and eats more memory than ever. I realise I’m throwing more difficult stuff at it such as web apps like Google Reader but it runs so slowly that it requires regular restarts and crummies up my browsing. So I always end up back using Safari. The 3 beta is rubbish but 2 is a really solid browser though only made useable through additions such as Safari Stand and Inquisitor which incorporate features that should have been put there by Apple already.

I recently spent a few weeks with Flock and almost stuck with it, but there are only so many crashes that you can put up with. Apparently it is getting more stable though so I might have to go back and try it again soon. I’ve tried Camino and Opera and they’re both ugly as sin so I refuse to use them.

So for the moment I will persevere with Safari and Firefox 2.0. Hoping that Firefox 3.0 will be better.