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Mac OS X: State Of The Browsers

Posted by timothy on from the but-apple-is-doomed dept.

NetCurl writes "Ars Technica is running a Macintosh Browser Smackdown feature. We've come a long way in the OS X browser experience, and the article delves into the details like only Ars can. This is a great breakdown of nine browsers in all. Let the browser war reignite..."

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  1. No Lynx by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    What!? No Lynx?! Lynx would of blown all the other browsers away in load speed!

  2. Re:What about the codeless browser? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    With Cocoa and Webkit, you can make a fully functional web browser without writing a single line of code.
    That's awesome, but it doesn't beat the fact that you can now actually make a web browser in a Unix shell! No, seriously! Unbelievably as it might seem, anyone who has a basic understanding of shell scripting can write a fully standards compliant web browser using the template below:
    #!/bin/sh

    mozilla $@
    This works by reusing Mozilla's modular nature to call the application container object, which on Unix platforms comprises of an executable or shell script in the path called "mozilla".

    Next week, I'll be demonstrating how even a complete idiot can create their own operating system, using a simple hex editor and a copy of Windows.

  3. Re:What about the codeless browser? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next week, I'll be demonstrating how even a complete idiot can create their own operating system, using a simple hex editor and a copy of Windows.

    Creating an operating system, using Windows as the basis? Wow, that *would* be impressive. Microsoft's been trying for years, and still hasn't quite managed it.