John Gruber compares the Firefox 3 and Safari 3 browsers

If you don’t read Daring Fireball already, you may consider this link also a recommendation to do so. In fact, I recommend becoming a member, and after you read John Gruber’s comparison of the Firefox 3 and Safari 3 browsers, you’ll know why.

John does an excellent job reviewing these two applications based on a number of factors including interface, design, feature-sets, and how well each fits into the Operating System.

"I love Firefoxโ€™s auto-restoration of tabs and windows. Quit Firefox, relaunch it, and your previously-open tabs and windows are restored. Safari 3 has this feature, but makes you do it manually via the โ€œReopen All Windows From Last Sessionโ€ command in the History menu. Iโ€™m sure most Safari users have no idea this feature even exists. At least as a preference, Safari should offer the ability to do this automatically."

He’s right. I never knew that feature was even there. It is little tidbits like this, and John’s superb writing, that have made me never regret my membership fee to Daring Fireball.

Source: Daring Fireball: Firefox 3 vs. Safari 3.

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