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    Browsers on mac?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sepandee, Sep 12, 2007.

  1. codeoverride

    codeoverride Notebook Evangelist

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    I apologize if this has been asked before but I hear that some people think that Apple's fonts look blurry compared to Windows fonts. I downloaded Safari beta 3 for my Windows machine and I guess I can see why some people complain (although I wouldn't really call it "blurry"). My question is if there is a browser for the Mac that will display the fonts like Windows does. Firefox maybe?
     
    codeoverride, Sep 20, 2007
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  2. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Well, let me say Safari for PC's font rendering isn't nice at all, but the Mac version of Safari is much better. Firefox uses the same Webkit as Safari, so it will render text the same way Safari does.

    But once again, Safari for Mac renders text much nicer than Safari for PC does.
     
    Sam, Sep 20, 2007
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    Eh? Doesn't firefox use Gecko instead?
     
    taelrak, Sep 20, 2007
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  4. Sam

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    Hmm...now that you mention it...Firefox does use Gecko...whoops :p. But as far as I know (and notice), Firefox still renders text like Safari does on the Mac...
     
    Sam, Sep 20, 2007
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  5. NeedALaptop07

    NeedALaptop07 Notebook Consultant

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    I did notice Safari renders text differently on both the Mac and Windows PC platform. I like the way Firefox and IE 7 render better..
     
    NeedALaptop07, Sep 20, 2007
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