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Safari, Camino and Firefox for Mac
Firefox 3 is the most-recommended web browser for Mac computers too, though it can bog down on older Macs; for those, Opera is the most recommended choice. Both browsers work on Windows platforms as well as Mac, so they're good for people who use both operating systems on different machines. Mac reviews prefer both browsers to Safari, which comes built into Mac OS X.
Some reviews also recommend Camino 1.5, a Mac-only web browser, partly because it's based on the native Mac Cocoa toolkit and has a consistent Mac interface. It integrates with other tools built into Mac computers, such as spell check. Compared with Firefox 3, the Camino web browser is relatively lean, using fewer system resources than Firefox and Safari. It's not as customizable as Firefox, because most extensions don't work with Camino, but built in are a lot of options you have to add by hand to the Firefox web browser. These include selective ad-blocking and selective blocking of Flash, Java and JavaScript.
The review at NetworkComputing.com notes several drawbacks to Camino. It lacks an RSS reader (though you can use Google Reader) and there are no free extensions for adding a site to del.icio.us or TinyURL. More important perhaps, the Firefox 3 web search is much better. A comparison review of Camino, Safari and Firefox at Goddess-Gate.com notes that Firefox handles tabs more conveniently, can save more than one login for a site, and has a spellchecker that handles more than one language. It also saves a browsing session.
Another Mac-only browser, iCab 4.2, earns a positive review at Applelinks. Like Opera, iCab has accumulated a relatively tiny number of devoted fans. It only runs on Mac OSX 10.3.9 or newer, but has some nice features, including bookmark synchronization, offline previews of cached files, plus the ability to save a web page as a PDF file. You can also save a Google or Apple web application for offline use. You can download iCab free, but full support requires a licensed version (*est. $25).