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OmniWeb

OmniWeb - 4.2.1

Full-featured Web Browser

All Time: (3.7)
Version 4.2.1: (2.8)
Selected Version: 4.2.1
Release Date: 2003-05-14
License: Update
Downloads (version 4.2.1): 3,718
Downloads (all versions): 611,535
Price: $29.95

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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 advanced 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:

  • Fixed bug #8960: Heap corruption when downloading empty file. It turns out that the underlying problem for this bug was causing a whole class of crashes: this was the first reproducible example we've encountered for a long-standing memory smashing bug.
  • We no longer explicitly trust text/plain or application/octet-stream content-types sent by web servers. This fixes cases where attempting to download a .dmg disk image file or a compressed .tar.gz file would result in the content be displayed in a browser window rather than being passed off to the downloads window.
  • Software Update has been enhanced to inform you when a license upgrade, and/or operating system upgrade is required to run any new version it informs you about.

Operating System Requirements:

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

  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.1

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X or Server 10.1 or higher

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Feedback Summary:

Version 4.2.1:
Overall Rating: (2.8) Features: (3.0) Support: (3.6)
Ease of Use: (4.1) Quality / Stability: (2.8) Price: (2.3)
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OmniWeb CommentaryAd and Flash Blocking Ridiculously Byzantine - Version: 5.10.1, 8/29/2009 02:12PM PST

Mackidockie
It's not as though users haven't asked Omni for years to make ad blocking a simple Command-Click menu item, but nobody is listening. Sure, you can block ads, but the method is unnecessarily complicated compared with AdBlock on Safari or Adblock Plus on Firefox. If this feature were fixed, OmniWeb would be the browser of choice.
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OmniWeb ReviewI wanted to like it - Version: 5.9.2, 4/4/2009 05:08PM PST

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macfan1138
I really wanted to like this browser but working with blogger was just a nightmare and I use blogger a lot. It also couldn't render my blog properly which was odd. It split t into 2 tabs. No other browser does this and I test it on an browser I can get my hands on. I'm using a standard template also.

The browser is fast and has a lot of preferences that you can teak which is nice. I grew tired of being handcuffed by Safari but don't care for drawers that slide out. Not a bad thing just not for me.

With this browser becoming free and the Omni group more or less saying they're going to focus on other things, I think this long standing browsers days may be numbered.

Nice speed but the bad WYSIWYG editing was a deal breaker for me. If you don't blog, this will be a fine browser for you. Best of all, it's now free.
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OmniWeb CommentaryGo! Go! Omni Group - Version: 5.9.2, 4/1/2009 10:20PM PST

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steeldriver
Wonder of wonders! Years ago I licensed OmniWeb (don't recall its v. at that time) and liked its adaptability. But at times I went on to try other browsers and OW sat on the sidelines, except for now and then revival, such as editing HTML or testing odd page rendering in another browser. Its current superior adaptability to specific sites (setting font size, for example, at a news site that specifies small font size) coupled with speedy rendering makes OmniWeb once again my favorite browser.
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