WebKit: the (unstable) alternative to Safari
I am constantly looking for the best browser to use. Luckily I can avoid keeping IE in mind, but then I am fought between Safari, Firefox, Flock, Camino, Opera… choosing is not simple. There are features that I would use every day, but in a browser I do not like, and there are browser I would use always without some nice feature.
Firefox is not at its best under OSX, slow, sometimes bugged and not well integrated with the OS. From the other side it has a lot of interesting extensions (Firebug amongst all) that can make the geek side easier.
For now my choice is Safari. It is perfectly integrated, is is quite fast and I feel comfortable using it. It has some major drawbacks, though. Opening 15 tabs can slow it down a LOT, sometimes it become unresponsive for a dozen of seconds and so on. It is a matter of priority.
Today I have downloaded again WebKit. What is webkit? Let me keep it VERY simple (and a little superficial): WebKit is the base upon which Safari and other browsers are built. Please, if you feel offended by this definition, try providing a better one (You can win a teddy bear if you are able to write it in a small sentence your grandma can understand).
Long story short: using WebKit is sometimes dangerous (it is less than a Beta), but the version I am using now is extremely good: No crashes, faster than Safari, lighter… MY BROWSER! :D
You can download your Nightly Build Here: http://nightly.webkit.org/
PS: I have just discovered that a particular operation involving AJAX, hyperlinks and other stuff is able to make the browser crash completely… Well, in the end every browser has a drawback!
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