Tabbed browsing in Safari

Oops. The Apple community has spoken, and I realize the error of my last post in not recognizing that Safari has tabbed browsing (right there on the page I linked to in my last post). Duh. Kevin Railsback, our IT manager and principal Mac advocate, delicately informed me over IM that I was overlooking this key feature of Safari.

I had never delved into the recesses of the Safari menus, and tabbed browsing is a clear option. RTFM, I guess.

I still couldn't order Giants tickets with Safari, which is reason enough to switch (and I still love the search plug-ins on Firefox). This could be the rush of software first love, though, and maybe I'll be back in Safari's arms next week.

Colin Scroggins also made some important points in an e-mail response to my post:

I understand your appreciation for Firefox; however, I would like to point out that Safari has tabbed browsing as well! As a web developer, I have found that Firefox does not work very well in cooperation with development tools such as DreamweaverMX 2004 or TopStyle Pro. Firefox's tab behavior does not work as well as Safari (which opens each new window on its own tab rather than replacing the previous site selections) when used on a Mac with NetNewsWire. Mozilla seems to play better with others than does Firefox when used in conjunction with apps such as FeedDemon. I am sure these are things that will be worked out eventually; however, for a developer, these are a deal-breaker and are why I still prefer the Mozilla Suite over what is otherwise a nice browser.