Should I bother with SAFARI?

I recently got this iBook with SAFARI installed so I've been trying it out. Up til now its been Explorer which I've had no real complaints about despite many views to the contrary.
So far I'm sadly unimpressed, nay peeved at how badly it works/doesn't. I've yet to scan thru the threads on this topic and without getting into my specific complaints at this point, I'll listen keenly to any general advice re. using Safari, staying with Explorer, trying some other browser. I have given Firefox a bit of a look see.
I'm a low-demand user--text, small graphics, minimal gaming, iTunes audio file-sharing.

Oh the discusion god is with me today. Look what popped up: a two-page "safari-slow browsing" thread dating back a couple months. So I'm not alone in this am I?
So is this a little Apple secret nobody wants to 'fess up to or what?
I've already gleaned Camino and iCab recommendations thru some other threads.
And I've been beginning to suspect 3rd party anti-viral programs as I did adopt a more cautious (but uninformed) approach and add Norton Antivirus v. 9.0 concurrent with upgrading to Panther and trying out Safari. There seems to be an old Virex program lurking somewhere too as its icon pops up at start-up but being fairly novice at these things I haven't ventured into removing it. I'll ask another thread but any advice here is welcome. Can I just drag the file/folder to Trash and dump?
Advice re. anti-virus requirements is also appreciated and I'll get another thread on this too.
Still 'Internet Exploder' (as a new discussion friend so charmingly calls it) beats Safari and Firefox hands down for loading pages and must surely be negotiating with the same anti-viral programs. Please keep in mind I'm operating at a fairly low-performance level both in terms of my machines and use needs. So we're talking what takes
several seconds (2-10 usually) in IE takes 5-20 secs in Safari and Firefox. I'm a patient guy and don't mind a bit of a wait but its the stupid stuff like crashing on Apple sites like this one that really annoy me.
"So I don't have enough experience to list too many
for instances."
The other slow Safari thread (you can see current posting today) sites lots of examples that reflect my neophyte experience so it really does bring me back to my first question:
Should I really bother with Safari?

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By all means get your wedding pix in RAW format. In fact the photog almost surely has the pix in RAW+JPEG, so he/she should be willing to deliver in both formats at no cost difference. In addition to allowing huge latitude in post-process editing, RAW captures contain more image data.
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Typically the time frame is 1-3 months, so the very earliest adopters of new models may have to wait a month or two to convert their RAW images. All good DSLRs have a RAW+JPEG capture choice, however, so even the earliest adopters can manage images immediately.
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When Leopard came out, machines were shipping with Tiger for 3-5 months after it's release. So the fact that you bought a machine with Leopard still installed is not uncommon, especially considering we're not even a month into release. Matter of fact, I'd be surprised to see a lot of machines (unless CTO) that are coming with Snow Leopard.
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I would add another consideration:
If you buy an iPod, or any Apple device, you will have to subject yourself and your computer(s) to the true horror that is iTunes...quite simply the worst piece of software ever written. Horrible interface...you are constrained on how and where you can store *your* data, and youy have far fewer format choices with an Apple device than you do with a Windows or an Android device. As you can tell from the tone of this post, I, like millions of others, hate iTunes, but it is a fact of life if you are going to own an Apple product.
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If you've read all of this, then thank you for your time. If anyone takes up my experiment, then double thanks! and please respond.
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Good thing for you I like to do experiments!
The theme "Wedding Bronze" in iDVD6 still only highlights text on the submenu buttons.
However, I think that's a theme change and not an iDVD6 limitation per se, as the theme "Porfolio Color" seems to makes buttons that highlight your movie clip, and not just the text.
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German Jack ha scritto:
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I'm having some connection issues with Safari 3.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1418714
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http://www.adobe.com/support/products/pdfs/leopardsupport.pdf
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Printer stopped working with Firefox but works fine with Safari. We have a MacBook Pro OS 10.5.8.

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I have no third party extensions installed (never have) -- don't even have the "Input Managers" folders that others have written about in these forums.
Repaired permissions, still no love.
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If you are updating Safari (or just have):
Input Managers and other plug-ins from third parties can do as much harm as good. They use a security loophole to reach right into your applications' code and change that code as the application starts up. If you have installed 10.4.11 and Safari is crashing, the very first thing to do is clear out your InputManagers folders (both in your own Library and in the top-level Library), log out and log back in, and try again.
So, disable all third party add-ons before updating Safari, as they may not have been updated yet for the new version. Add them back one by one. If something goes awry, remove it again and check on the software manufacturer's website for news of an update to match your version of Safari. Remember: Tiger up to 10.4.10 used Safari 2.0.4 or, if you downloaded it, Safari 3.0.3 beta. Safari 10.4.11 uses Safari 3.0.4 which is not a beta. If Safari 3.0.4 on 10.4.11 is not the fastest browser you have ever used, then something is wrong!
Moreover, trying to revert to Safari 2 when running 10.4.11 can have repercussions, as Safari 3.0.4 uses a completely different webkit on which other applications like iChat, Mail, Dashboard widgets etc also rely.
Most errors reported here after an update are due to an unrepaired or undetected inherent fault in the system, and/or a third party ad-on. Two such add-on that have been frequently mentioned here, among others, for causing such problems are Piclens and Pithhelmet. If you have them, trash them and go the developer's sites to see if new versions are available for Safari 3.0.4.
You should also ensure, if you are running Tiger 10.4.11 or Leopard, that you have downloaded and installed the correct version for your Mac of Security Update 2007-009.1.1, which also deals with the Quicktime/Flash issues you may have experienced, as well as the latest Java update.
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com.apple.Safari.plist
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