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by jasonlotito 1682 days ago
It's interesting that your list defining the "best browser" doesn't actually include properly rendering web pages and the general issues that safari has as a web browser outside what you mentioned. "Fast" is interesting, as if something doesn't work, is it really fast? I routinely see how Safari fakes speed. Being able to read a web page before someone else doesn't make it faster if you can't also interact with that web page. And while battery efficiency is critical, rarely do I know someone who is only using safari. And while being "native" is nice, it also means its use is limited to just the Apple ecosystem.
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Best means different thing to different people. I have opted to define exactly what best means to me, so that we can get comments like yours to further the discussion.
By your standards Lynx is the best browser.
On Linux it may be for some, but I was talking about Mac, and on macOS I want a browser app that works and looks in a native way.