OmniWeb 4.2b1!

fryke

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OmniWeb 4.2b1 is officially out. While it's still behind in speed and compatibility, they've done it AGAIN! A great feature update. It may be small for some, but I think it's great.

Every text entry field sports a '+' sign (great on forums) that opens a text entry window/sheet. There you can edit your post much better than in the - mostly too small - entry fields. That's also great for my macnews.net.tc site.

I'm using it right now, and after having been on Safari for almost amonth, I'm starting to miss OmniWeb. Maybe I'm moving back until Safari is final. :)
 
oh, let's not bicker about which thread is correct. news like this deserves multiple coverage. :D

i'm just glad to see that the 3rd party developers aren't just throwing in the towel now that safari is out. looks like it's done what we would have hoped for - made them try harder!! I agree with Fryke, still not there in terms of speed and also in scroll smoothness, but the latest improvements are just that - improvements.
 
Ahhh. I see they keep adding rooms to the house with a foundation made of clay...

I really hope the OmniGroup decides to use Webcore as their rendering engine (once it's released to the public). They have a great feature set, but for a web develop who adheres to standards, their browser isn't even in the running.

But I can see OmniWeb becoming the "advanced" big brother of Safari. I doubt Apple will adopt as ambitous a feature set as OmniWeb, which should bode well for their future development.
 
Originally posted by fryke
OmniWeb 4.2b1 is officially out. While it's still behind in speed and compatibility, they've done it AGAIN! A great feature update. It may be small for some, but I think it's great.

Every text entry field sports a '+' sign (great on forums) that opens a text entry window/sheet. There you can edit your post much better than in the - mostly too small - entry fields. That's also great for my macnews.net.tc site.

I'm using it right now, and after having been on Safari for almost amonth, I'm starting to miss OmniWeb. Maybe I'm moving back until Safari is final. :)
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Yep! A SUPER great feature indeed ;)

Now, if they would upgrade their performance and include TABS :rolleyes:

Also, didn't they state that they will produce a version 5? And now we get 4.2!? Anyways, I hope that they will keep up the great work because they certainly have the skills :D Damn, even Apple's team didn't think about this AWESOME text handling trick! :eek:
 
if they added a better rendering engine, as has been discussed before... omniweb could definately be a player as one of the top 2 or 3 browsers.

right now, i think safari is the best, then chimera, then omniweb, and then mozilla and IE round out the top 5.

OW has a lot of cool features, but it's just too darn slow right now. if they implement webcore, they may very well have the best browser on the mac.
 
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