The team behind Macintalk conducted their 4th test of the four major browsers for the Mac OS X namely Safari, Firefox, Camino, and OmniWeb, and they have noticed several improvements on almost all the browsers. The browsers were judged based on RAM usage, loading speed, RSS support, and PDF viewing.

The editor's choice: Safari. Firefox is a great browser for Windows or Linux. On a Mac, you're better off with Safari, WebKit, and OmniWeb, which are not only more Mac-like, but also faster and more efficient. FireFox fans love it for the extensive support for extensions but the review team say it's a subjective decision. To help you decide, here are the test results summary:

Firefox

Pros:

• Cool feature: extensive support for plugins, themes, and add-ons
  
• Acceptable support for CSS and Web Standards compared to IE

Cons:

• ItÂ?s ported to OS X and not a native browser
  
• It uses Gecko, which performs horribly on Mac OS X
  
• Windows-style buttons and UI elements
  
• Can be slow at times

OmniWeb Beta

Pros:

• Uses latest WebKit framework
  
• Cool feature: Interesting sidebar tabs function
  
• You can set preferences for each web page
  
• Saves browsing sessions
  
• Shared bookmarks

Cons:

• Costs money Â? who wants to pay for a browser?

Safari/Safari WebKit

Pros:

• Cool feature: Built-in DOM inspector
  
• Nightly build available with latest WebCore

Cons:

• Nightly Build is sometimes unstable
  
• Plug-in architecture is crappy

Camino

Pros:

• Based on Cocoa Â? more Mac-like than FireFox
  
• Integration with Mac OS X Standards

Cons:

• It uses Gecko, which performs horribly on Mac OS X