That said, it was a crappy piece. And I mean ‘crappy’ in its most technical sense: it stinks. I found nothing about it worth the time I spent, in the effort – not the information presented, nor the style of criticism, nor his personal experience and/or viewpoint. Nor even the composition, tho’ I must admit _that_ was merely pedestrian rather then awful.

But slogging though his piece and the seemingly endless page of (often sophomoric) responses did me some good. No kidding. It helped to congeal some thoughts I’d been kicking around, on the differences between Apple and PC devotees, using Firefox as the baseline construct. Here’s the most extreme example; tell me what you think.:

A PC guy will complain that FF slows down or freezes at random times, for no apparent reason. He suspects this is due to poor resource-allocation. For example, Task Manager shows that RAM usage spiked the moment he opened tab #27. While downloading the full DVD rip of Blade Runner Director’s Cut. And compiling a new Linux kernel. Plus burning two dual-layer music CDs. He is quite vocal about this ‘critical flaw’ and Firefox’s lack of robustness, wondering how it slipped through beta.

An Apple guy will complain that Firefox doesn’t render pages so beautifully as his faithful Safari. Worse, Firefox’s UI strikes him as abhorrent, seen against the rest of his desktop. For example, two of the button graphics are blurry and slightly assymetrical, when your Aeron is set to full recline so as to view your 30″ Cinema Display from precisely 19.5-23.5 degrees off-axis. But only after color correction. Under certified, full-spectrum fluorescent lights. During an eclipse.

I was pleasantly surprised to find a review on my review. What with the criticism and approval that came forth in the MacApper comments, it’s good to read a larger response.

Indeed, I do not follow Daring Fireball (way too much information for my liking).

I would like to point out a couple of things you “misinterpreted”.
First of all, I didn’t mention the awesomebar’s capabilities (didn’t know the name), to the review’s loss, but did notice it.
Also, regarding the find toolbar, I never stated it was a bad thing. After all, it does have more features, and if I could see them in Safari, I’d be very happy indeed.

Regarding the “Larry UI”, it is indeed a great feature, but if you welcome users on a page that isn’t secure, how will a user ever find this feature interesting? If he/she can’t see the effects described by the welcome page, he/she will more easily forget the feature even exists.

On that note, I made some other mistakes in my review. Hopefully, they won’t be made again in my second post on MacApper.