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OmniWeb - 5.0rc2

web browser with many advanced features

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All Time:	(3.7)
Version 5.0rc2:	(4.5)
Selected Version:	5.0rc2
Release Date:	2004-07-26
License:	Beta
Downloads (version 5.0rc2):	2,955
Downloads (all versions):	611,556
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 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 the top reported crasher.
Fixed a regression that appeared in OmniWeb 5.0 release candidate 1 with regards to animated GIF images.
Did more work on the bug where the dock icon and dock menu can become out of sync with one another. Hopefully this is fixed now, but anyone who still experiences the issue can set the DebugBookmarksDockStatus default to YES to enable debug logging to the Error Log window. You can send the logs to omniweb5@omnigroup.com.
Corrected an issue with displaying text in italic that was introduced by a recent bug fix preventing doubly-italic fonts.
Added the new RealPlayer to our list of 'safe' applications for handling completed downloads.
'Quick Vote' at cnn.com now works without having to change your preferences:
- "Request web pages in my preferred language(s)" from the Languages preferences is now enabled by default so OmniWeb once again sends an Accept-Languages header to web servers. (However, we no longer append the fallback character "*" to the list of languages as this breaks some FileMaker, Microsoft IIS, and Netscape Enterprise servers.)
Added a Content-Type guess for playlist (.pls) files so we more reliably download and pass these off to your player application (such as iTunes) instead of displaying them as text in the browser window.
Updated the online help files fixing a spelling error, added some documentation on security certificates to the Advanced Topics section, and corrected broken links into the help from Preferences and Help menu items.

Operating System Requirements:

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

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher (client or server)

Feedback Summary:

Version 5.0rc2:
Overall Rating:	(4.5)	Features:	(4.9)	Support:	(4.0)
Ease of Use:	(4.6)	Quality / Stability:	(4.3)	Price:	(4.7)

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Ad 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.

I 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.

Go! 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.