|
|
Omniweb 5.5 public beta! Let the rejoicing commence
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2001
Status:
Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: England | San Francisco
Status:
Offline
|
|
|
we don't have time to stop for gas
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Newport News, VA USA
Status:
Offline
|
|
Trying it out now. Looks okay so far.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: under about 12 feet of ash from Mt. Vesuvius
Status:
Offline
|
|
It works very great. Fast browser that doesn't hang anywhere like safari. Good work omni. The save as web archive is nice.
|
i look in your general direction
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Status:
Offline
|
|
OmniWeb has always been the browser to beat in terms of features. It's nice to see the speed comparable to other browsers once again.
|
"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." - Steve Jobs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2002
Location: USA
Status:
Offline
|
|
It's kind of lame, but if PithHelmet was offered for it, I'd switch in a flash from Safari.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Apr 2005
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by NeXTLoop
OmniWeb has always been the browser to beat in terms of features. It's nice to see the speed comparable to other browsers once again.
Is there a way to get it to shrink images to fit the window? That's a pretty typical feature that seems to be missing.
I've heard mention of "hidden prefs" with Omniweb - anyone know how to access them? Perhaps the feature is hidden in there?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: :ИOITAↃO⅃
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by SwarmyCurve
It's kind of lame, but if PithHelmet was offered for it, I'd switch in a flash from Safari.
It already does ad-blocking, if that's what you're after. Though perhaps not as sophisticated.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: England | San Francisco
Status:
Offline
|
|
the problem with OmniWeb on 12" Screens...
|
we don't have time to stop for gas
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: England
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by Peter
the problem with OmniWeb on 12" Screens...
I see no problem.
Why have you turned off thumbnail tabs when there are only two tabs?
|
What the nerd community most often fail to realize is that all features aren't equal. A well implemented and well integrated feature in a convenient interface is worth way more than the same feature implemented crappy, or accessed through a annoying interface.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: May 2001
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by Amorya
I see no problem.
Why have you turned off thumbnail tabs when there are only two tabs?
The problem is that the tab drawer sucks up a lot of horizontal space, thereby making it necessary to utilize the horizontal scroll bar to view the website. It can be a pain to have to always scroll left and right when reading a forum such as Macnn or whatever. Imagine if OW had a preference to display the current graphical tabs in a drawer OR use "Safari-style" tabs. That feature would solidify OW's position as the "uber-browser" on the Mac platform.
OAW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: England | San Francisco
Status:
Offline
|
|
yeah sorry should have said -- it requires scrolling in both directions on most websites with horizontal tabs. A huge problem.
|
we don't have time to stop for gas
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: New York, NY
Status:
Offline
|
|
With most macs these days coming with wide-screens, horizontal space would seem to be the more abundant to use for tabs...
|
cpac
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jul 2006
Status:
Offline
|
|
depends on if omni groups is giving up old mac user
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Málaga, Spain, Europe, Earth, Solar System
Status:
Offline
|
|
IMHO they mostly did with their implementation of "tabs". It pretty much requires a widescreen, really.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Canada... be nice, eh?
Status:
Offline
|
|
The new beta is awesome. I have been using it during Sneeky Peaks and an update was definately needed from 5.1.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: ~/
Status:
Offline
|
|
I'm very impressed with version 5.5 so far as well.
Its by far the most stable version of OW I've ever used, and on my Intel machine, its plenty fast.
I do notice that when I use "button 3" on my Mighty Mouse, a new tab will open but not be activated. If I ⌘-click a link, then it will open in a new, active tab. Anyone know how I can make a "button 3" click open an active tab? Safari will treat button 3 the same as a ⌘-click, but (seemingly) not OmniWeb.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: London, UK
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by Peter
the problem with OmniWeb on 12" Screens...
Reduce the width of the drawer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Birmingham,England
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by Peter
the problem with OmniWeb on 12" Screens...
I would personally set the dock to auto hide, this will gain you some space.
|
Where there's a will
there's a way..
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Aug 2002
Status:
Offline
|
|
Very impressed with this release, but is anybody else having problems with "Save Window Size" not sticking between restarts of the app?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Switzerland
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by Cadaver
Safari will treat button 3 the same as a ⌘-click, but (seemingly) not OmniWeb.
Works here in OmniWeb 5.5 Beta 2...
|
MBP 15" 2.33GHz C2D 3GB 2*23" ACD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: ~/
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by workerbee
Works here in OmniWeb 5.5 Beta 2...
I'm using beta 2. Clicking the Mighty Mouse's scroll ball will open a new tab, but its a background tab. And swapping the ⌘-click and ⌘-shift-click options in the Preferences doesn't help.
Perhaps there's a hidden preference or a change to the plist file that can do it. Anyone from Omni care to comment??
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Lancaster, CA
Status:
Offline
|
|
Alright, I've been a long-time OmniWeb user, and I've got to make this plea for better ad blocking support. Call me stupid, but after several years I cannot figure out the regex ad blocking markups needed to block web advertisements and have relied on others to supply their own lists. If for some reason my preferences/.plists are lost then I'm back to square one.
Camino has a nice add-on called CamiTools which has an ad blocking feature that downloads from a remote site a lists of several, if not all, known ad servers so that the user clicks a button, the ad server lists is downloaded, and 95% of all web advertisements are blocked. The user then has the option of using this list on a site-to-site basis if they choose, or applying it to every site. They also have the ability to update the known ad server lists within this preference from time to time. I really wish the developers at Omni would consider implementing this sort of thing if possible, as the current built-in method is too time-consuming and difficult to be bothered with. Having the additional check-box options for blocking known ad sizes and those from third-party websites just aren't relevant any more as leaving them checked usually blocks images that you really didn't intend to filter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: London/Plymouth, England
Status:
Offline
|
|
5.5 is only $9.95 during November at the moment so it's worth a punt - I did and it's great and i haven't even scraped the surface yet!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Rules
|
|
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|