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All Time:	(3.7)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	5.7
Release Date:	2008-04-09
License:	Shareware
Downloads (this version):	3,223
Downloads (all versions):	595,090
Price:	$14.95

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Product Description:

OmniWeb is a full-featured native web browser for Mac OS X. Highly multi-threaded and written using Apple's Cocoa frameworks, OmniWeb is designed to provide you with the best user experience you'll find in a web browser. We think it's important to polish every user interaction to make sure that the browser acts the way you want it to--so you can stop thinking about the application you're using and just get at the information you want, quickly. (If you don't like anything about OmniWeb's user experience, please let us know!)

What's new in this version:

General

OmniWeb is now based on the WebKit stability branch roughly equivalent to the version used by Safari 3.0. (Updating to the version of WebKit in use by Safari 3.1 is in the works.)
On first launch your favicon database location will be set to our custom default. Favicons may initially disappear, but should now persist between launches/restarts once repopulated.
Use Leopard's new code signing technology to sign OmniWeb, so you can be prompted just once to give OmniWeb access to your keychain (rather than being prompted each time you download a new version).
Images blocked by ad-blocking and then loaded, will no longer show the blocked image badge.
Refetching in the source view will once again refetch the page's source content from the server, rather than just reverting to the content from the corresponding browser window.
Pages with framesets should now draw properly.
Some blocked content (such as Flash plugins) were getting their "blocked image" placeholder drawn in the lower left-hand corner of the window.
Ad blocking should no longer prevent Javascript redirects.
License files will no longer be created with the "execute" permission enabled. (The files were never actually executable.)

Interface

We now display these release notes on launch if they've changed since they were last viewed.
Most toolbar icons have been updated for Leopard.
JavaScript will no longer show the toolbar if it's normally hidden.
When downloads are in progress, OmniWeb will now prompt to ask whether you want to quit or continue downloading.
The Load All Images button in the status bar should now display for blocked content on the current page. When pressed it should load blocked content and disappear
Added "Mail Contents of This Page" to the File menu. (Also renamed the neighboring "Send Link" menu item to "Mail Link to This Page".)
Added checkbox in the Display preference panel to decide whether to display PDF's inline, or download.
When Software Update finds an update with the same major version as the currently licensed application (e.g. OmniWeb 5.x), it should now correctly indicate that the update price is free.
The license window will no longer continue to display "No license available" after a license is added.

Localizations

Updated Chinese, French, Italian and Japanese localizations.
Fixed an issue where drop-down menus in the preferences were changing their widths inappropriately, making localized versions hard to read.
General localization tidying.

PDF Display

When Pressing the Back button while viewing a PDF should actually take you back now.
While viewing PDFs, the download button available on the HUD display will now download the PDF to your default location.
PDFs should now always get the proper context menu.

Performance and Stability

Fixed a crash triggered by attempting to undo after closing a tab or loading another page in the current tab. (Each tab now has its own independent undo stack, and the undo stack is cleared each time a tab loads a page.)
Fixed a crash sometimes seen when closing tabs (which could also happened when restoring a workspace from a snapshot or quitting).
Reduce OmniWeb's memory footprint and CPU usage by only rendering tab thumbnails when they're needed rather than rendering a thumbnail every time a page updates whether or not it's currently being displayed anywhere.
Worked around a bug on PowerPC's running 10.5 which sometimes caused a hang when manually checking for updates.
Fixed a crash that could occur when using Load All Images.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

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Why Pay? I Can Get This Aggravation For Free With Safari - Version: 5.7, 5/8/2008 08:45AM PST

mikesmail

I love the look and the general structure of OmniWeb. I wanted badly to ignore it hanging up repeatedly sometimes two or more times a day. If I needed a hanging browser, I would stay with Safari. It's aggravating but at least it is free. When I asked the OmniWeb folks about why I was getting so "hung up" with their product, it sounded like they blamed forces outside their control. I can get that excuse for free as well.

WOW!!! 5.7 ROCKS!!! - Version: 5.7, 4/27/2008 07:20PM PST

lcpguy

Personally, I find this version to be awesome! Stable, fast and works perfectly on all sites I go to, including banking, financial, Flash game sites, CNN, FoxNEWS, WND, YouTube, GodTube, etc.

I always go back and try Safari, Camino and FireFox just to be sure. But I always end up back with using OmniWeb as my main Browser. It just works flawlessly. No crashes, no freezes, and YES it's FAST with a capital "F".

Occasionally with Safari and Camino, I will get a freeze or another fatal error. But not with this puppy! It just works while providing features that are both unique, and easy to use.

Back when I bought it, it was like $25-$30. Now it's only like $15. Even at the original old price, it is well worth it.

Also, it's the only Browser I know of where I can easily set "site specific" preferences.

And no, I am not affiliated with them in any way, nor do I own any stock in them.

Try it, I think you'll like it!

John

Excellent Support - Version: 5.7, 4/23/2008 12:23AM PST

morepowerfulastronaut

I just wanted to mention that I had a good experience with OmniWeb support. I had some questions about the behaviour of OmniWeb's ad blocking, and the support employees I exchanged emails with were excellent. They responded promptly and professionally, took the time to look thoroughly at what I was asking about, and got the information they needed from me to properly answer my questions. In the end, their explanations were clear and satisfactory. Paying for a web browser may seem unnecessary these days, but solid support is one thing that makes the expense worthwhile.