With
the changes to Safari
coming up in Mountain Lion I may abandon Chrome as my primary browser.

Here are my main thoughts:

Safari now has a unified input interface (search, direct urls, etc.)
which was the main reason I was using Chrome
Performance of the two browsers are pretty much negligible
Safari will now be doing tab synchronization just as Google does already
Bookmark synchronization is already present
It appears Safari will have the better sharing experience, which is
something I use extensively
Extension support will still be far better in Chrome, but with the core
of the browser being as good or better I can simply open Chrome or
Firefox to use extensions
I can’t use Chrome on my iPhone or iPad: so I can’t have a strong,
unified experience using Google’s offering

Basically, until now I’ve basically been unable to have a unified experience
with either Google or Apple because I can’t use Chrome on iOS and Safari has
lacked many of the features I need.

So, if Safari can meet my needs in terms of usability (custom searches for
example, like being able to type ‘a rotring’ into the search field to search
Amazon) then I’m probably going to make the switch and never look back.

It’s sad, though.
I’ve been a major fan of Chrome since day one. And in reality I’ll basically call this as Google pushing the industry
forward (Only Apple, actually, as everyone else seems to still be producing
crap) to the point where Safari has enough Chrome-like features that it’s
usable. When Chrome came out it was basically the only browser that was even
close to being decent.

Alas, it comes down to a complete experience, which it looks like I may be
able to get soon with Apple. If that’s the case I’ll be very happy, as
that’ll be one less awesome yet clumsily ad-hoc offering I need to use
Google for.

How about you? Are you considering Safari again, or is Chrome just too good?
What would you switch for?

May 23, 2025