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KaptainKaya · Apr 26, 2002, 12:22 PM

OmniWeb 4.1b5
I'm at work and can't try it but post what you know about it here

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Neo.cmg · Apr 26, 2002, 12:28 PM

Originally posted by KaptainKaya:
OmniWeb 5 Beta
I'm at work and can't try it but post what you know about it here

It's OmniWeb 4.1 b5. Don't tease me like that!!

Neo.cmg

Justin W. Williams · Apr 26, 2002, 12:29 PM

Originally posted by KaptainKaya:
OmniWeb 5 Beta
I'm at work and can't try it but post what you know about it here

Jesus. you got me all excited thinking Omniweb 5, not Omniweb 4.1 beta 5

davidb224 · Apr 26, 2002, 12:32 PM

Originally posted by KaptainKaya:
OmniWeb 5 Beta
I'm at work and can't try it but post what you know about it here

Naaah! Its not OW 5 Beta, its OW 4.1 beta 5.

I just downloaded this new OW4.1b5 and it seems stable and quick to me. I have a 500 mhz DP G4 and OW4.1 renders fast on my DP G4.

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davidb224 · Apr 26, 2002, 12:33 PM

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KaptainKaya · Apr 26, 2002, 01:12 PM

Actually RAILhead Design put it as OW 5 beta, and I kinda just took it off that without actually looking. Sorry!

malvolio · Apr 26, 2002, 02:05 PM

Drat! Stuck on this POS Dell here at work again, when something juicy comes out!

So, how does it compare to Sneaky Peek 74?

CharlesS · Apr 27, 2002, 12:08 PM

Does it fix the crash-when-you-close-a-window bug?

KidRed · Apr 27, 2002, 12:24 PM

Well, I just closed a window and it didn't crash.

jason75 · Apr 27, 2002, 01:03 PM

Originally posted by CharlesS:
Does it fix the crash-when-you-close-a-window bug?

Never had that problem myself.

CharlesS · Apr 27, 2002, 01:22 PM

Originally posted by KidRed:
Well, I just closed a window and it didn't crash.

It doesn't crash every time I close a window, but it does do so far more often than it should...

Basically, it seems to happen when I have a ton of windows open and I really don't want to open all of them again. But sometimes it happens when I close the only open window.

I'll give beta 5 a try and see if they've finally fixed this yet.

KellyHogan · Apr 27, 2002, 05:05 PM

Still no decent support for sheets, DHTML, CSS.

JLL · Apr 27, 2002, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by KellyHogan:
Still no decent support for sheets, DHTML, CSS.

Duh! They are not adding features to OW 4.1 anymore - just getting rid of bugs so they can release the final.

[APi]TheMan · Apr 27, 2002, 06:05 PM

I'm running OmniWeb 4.1b5 now... scrolling seems to be faster. I have never had a problem with any site in any build of OmniWeb, but I don't go to that many sites, mainly VersionTracker and MacNN and an occasional link someone'll throw me.

Not bad, still a little slow at loading pages. I just compiled Mozilla .9.8 for XWindows... man it's quick.

AKcrab · Apr 27, 2002, 06:21 PM

I tried it. I want to like it. I just can't surf without tabs any more.

fulmer · Apr 27, 2002, 09:10 PM

Originally posted by AKcrab:
I tried it. I want to like it. I just can't surf without tabs any more.

I was thinking the same thing. Been using tabs with mozilla and man I don't wanna go without 'em. Keeps the window clutter to zilch and it is quick switching between tabs. beautiful. I'd love to see other browsers, esp. omniweb, pick up this feature. I really like moz. and ow both. IE is junky but I use it for online purchases. chimera doesn't see any action and won't until it matures (fast approaching, hopefully).

pliny · Apr 27, 2002, 10:38 PM

Originally posted by fulmer:


I was thinking the same thing. Been using tabs with mozilla and man I don't wanna go without 'em.....

chimera doesn't see any action and won't until it matures (fast approaching, hopefully).

yeah, tabs are great, them and the zippiniess are what moved me over ot mozilla too, which i never was really big on before. the tabs in chimera look much more efficient than the moz ones but like you say chimera's still wlaking aorund without any panties. cute tho.

CharlesS · Apr 28, 2002, 01:01 PM

Well, the crash on close window bug seems to still be there...

jason75 · Apr 28, 2002, 01:41 PM

Originally posted by CharlesS:
Well, the crash on close window bug seems to still be there...

Where are you seeing this? Is it on certain pages? Is it easily reproduceable? The only time I ever saw this problem was back when Apple had the iMac QT movie on their web page. Otherwise, I never have this problem and I open and close lots of windows during my browsing.

CharlesS · Apr 28, 2002, 04:00 PM

Originally posted by jason75:


Where are you seeing this? Is it on certain pages? Is it easily reproduceable? The only time I ever saw this problem was back when Apple had the iMac QT movie on their web page. Otherwise, I never have this problem and I open and close lots of windows during my browsing.

It's not reproducible at all. I can use OmniWeb for a while, happily opening and closing many windows, and it will work fine, until... sooner or later, it will crash right when I close some window. Since others don't seem to be noticing this, I wonder if it could be due to the fact that I have a dual-processor machine. Anyone else in here have a DP machine, and if so, are you noticing this problem?

fulmer · Apr 28, 2002, 10:32 PM

with some of the earlier versions of ow on os x public beta and 10.0, I had the crash-on-close thing too. dunno why, but just like you describe, it'd close sometimes when I'd close a window.

now that sucker is really stable--I've had one single crash in months of use w/ ow 4.1 [whatever beta].

raferx · Apr 29, 2002, 12:53 AM

This version flies on my DP 1GHz, start-up is quicker than IE.

Gee4orce · Apr 29, 2002, 04:19 AM

Guys, we already have the worlds longest thread regarding OmniWeb, so we don't need to start another one here. You don't need to read the whole thread, just skip to the last page !