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OmniWeb

OmniWeb - 5.1 beta 3

web browser with many advanced features

All Time: (3.7)
Version 5.1 beta 3: (4.0)
Selected Version: 5.1 beta 3
Release Date: 2004-10-21
License: Beta
Downloads (version 5.1 beta 3): 3,032
Downloads (all versions): 611,519
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:

  • Corrected an issue that could cause OmniWeb to use large amounts of CPU time when it really should have been relatively idle.
    • The ability to enable debug output in the Error Log window still exists in this release. Preliminary user feedback indicates the problem has been corrected, but should you suspect that you are still seeing cases where OmniWeb should be idle but it is using large amounts of CPU time please contact omniweb5@omnigroup.com for full instructions on obtaining useful debugging output for us.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent the back button from working correctly on some pages. (versiontracker.com was one example.)

Keyboard Form, Link Navigation

  • Keyboard access to form field elements will now work more consistently when Full Keyboard Access is not enabled in the Keyboard preference pane of System Preferences.
  • Multiple-select form elements now correctly show the focus ring when they have focus on 10.3 and later. (10.2 does not support this.)
  • The arrow keys can be used in multiple-select form elements when there isn't already a selection.
  • You no longer have to hit 'return' twice to follow a link selected using type-ahead link selection.
  • The Next/Previous Link commands once again select links correctly.

Changes

  • When OmniWeb is running in demo mode and the demo period has expired, you can now download from our website in addition to browsing it.
  • Fixed a common crasher related to form focus.
  • Fixed an issue with our ad blocking code that prevented some addresses from being correctly filtered.
  • Updated some text in the 'Add Search Shortcut' sheet.
  • In some rare cases OmniWeb could get into a fetch loop when an HTTP 1.1 web server would close a connection on us without sending any response.

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

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Feedback Summary:

Version 5.1 beta 3:
Overall Rating: (4.0) Features: (4.0) Support: (4.1)
Ease of Use: (4.1) Quality / Stability: (3.9) Price: (3.7)
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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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