And then, things took a turn for the worse on Safari.

But then I continued using that default web browser on Linux and, day after day, grew more impressed with its performance and simplicity. Microsoft adds Copilot AI productivity bot to 365 suiteĦ best alternatives for 2023 (Free & Paid)Īt that point, I was using two different web browsers as my defaults on Linux and macOS, and I was certain Safari would remain as the go-to browser on the Mac side of things. Productivity, thy name is memory leak! Why I stoped using Safari as the default browser on macOS What's hot at TechRepublic I’d be working along, minding my own business, when all of a sudden the Opera browser would bring the desktop to a grinding halt. And yet, the load the Opera web browser placed on my computer (especially when using Google Docs) was too big an issue to ignore. That was a hard sell because the Opera Workspaces feature was something I didn’t think I could leave behind. A couple of months ago, I finally left Opera as my default web browser on Linux.

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