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OmniWeb - 5.6

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All Time:	(3.7)
Version 5.6:	(3.7)
Selected Version:	5.6
Release Date:	2007-10-24
License:	Update
Downloads (version 5.6):	3,852
Downloads (all versions):	611,494
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:

This release supports OS X 10.5 'Leopard'.
WebKit
- The version of WebKit that OmniWeb is based off of has been updated.
- We now use the WebKit icon database. This means that favicons saved to the disk should no longer grow infinitely and decrease performance.
- This includes the new Web Inspector as seen on Surfin' Safari
- Addresses many site compatibility issues, improves performance and addresses various other bugs found in 5.5.4.
- The Drosera JavaScript debugger now works in OmniWeb. (It is packaged with WebKit nightlies)
- Improved JavaScript and plug-in performance.
- Flash and other plug-in performance has been improved.
Interface
- By default, OmniWeb will now display PDFs inside the browser. Right clicking on a PDF will give you display options including a way to open in preview.
- The zoomed text editor but has moved out of text areas. To access the zoomed text editor for a text area...
- Select "Show Zoomed Editor" from the Edit menu (keyboard shortcut Option-Command-E)
- Select "Zoom..." from the context menu (Control-Click or Right-Click on the text area)
- There is also now a status bar icon for the zoomed text editor that appears when you click in a text area.
- The Favorites menu now consistently appears in the Bookmarks menu.
- Added the iPhone to the list of browsers available for spoofing.
- Added a new automatic Software Update interface. Next time OmniWeb is updated you will automatically be notified like normal along with release notes and the option to download and install.
Localization
- Added a simplified Chinese localization.
- Updated French, German and Japanese localizations.
Performance and Stability
- Fixed a long-standing issue with bookmark synchronization where changes made on another computer would show up on the next launch, but then disappear again on the subsequent launch if you hadn't made any further changes on the local machine.
- When asked to Quit, OmniWeb will immediately stop optional tasks like checking RSS feeds and bookmark changes.
- Fixed a long-standing bug which could cause OmniWeb to hang while updating its history index.
Other
- Added a hidden preference to enable resizable text areas (like those found in Safari 3). To enable just open a terminal window and enter "defaults write com.omnigroup.OmniWeb5 ShowResizableTextAreas -bool true" at the prompt without the quotes. Restart OmniWeb for the change to take effect.

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

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later

Feedback Summary:

Version 5.6:
Overall Rating:	(3.7)	Features:	(4.4)	Support:	(4.0)
Ease of Use:	(4.1)	Quality / Stability:	(3.1)	Price:	(3.2)

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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.