The OmniGroup released version 4.5 of their popular browser, OmniWeb, for Mac OS X. This release is the first that is based on WebCore instead of OmniGroup’s HTML rendering engine. On other browsing news, Opera had more than 10 million downloads via opera.com, while Epiphany 0.8.2 is released recently.
OmniWeb 4.5 Released; More Browser News
About The Author
Eugenia Loli
Ex-programmer, ex-editor in chief at OSNews.com, now a visual artist/filmmaker.
Follow me on Twitter @EugeniaLoli
I have OmniWeb, IE, Safari AND Camino, but Safari is the only one i use because it has the fastest rendering engine, and while OW now uses the same engine, it doesn’t even have tabbed browsing. which I definitely want before speech recognition
I heard that epiphany has replaced Galeon in the next RedHat Release.
I’m going to see what the difference is between them.
Yes, I was wondering what is the difference between Galeon and Epiphany?
Just installed it. I prefer the favorites handling over Safari. Very nice gui.
Epiphany has a bit better integration with gnome 2, but has less features out of the box. Epiphany is pushing towards the less is more philosophy, so started out by stripping out most features, and has added them in as the need has arisen.
The bookmarks in epiphany are also pretty spiffy.
(I typcailly use epiphany, just had better experiences with it)
“The only web browser on any platform designed to harness multiple processors for the fastest web browsing possible.”
huh?
i’ll skip the obvious (and here, expected
beos namedrop. the mozilla derivations and IE don’t fit the bill?
Like many, I used OmniWeb when first coming to Mac OS X. It was, and still is, a browser aimed at those that want a lot of functionality from the browser. Unfortunately, as time went on, this came at the expense of functionality from the pages as web technologies moved on and the competition moved on with it.
OmniGroup made the right decision when they adopted WebCore and JavaScriptCore. Gaining from work done by Apple and the KHTML/KJS teams, as well as their own contributions, is an all-around winning situation made possible through the use of open source licensing.
I have been a participant in testing the latest versions, and will be keeping a close eye on the browser to possibly jump back to it from Safari.
While I do like OmniWeb quite a bit, I will continue to use Camino as my main browser. I have been using Camino as my main browser since version 0.2.3, and I just cant find anything to not like about it. The real thing keeping me from using OmniWeb a bit more is the lack of tabbed browsing. A very big minus for me.
Safari is pretty nice, but a little clunkier than Camino from my experience. Plus, I am glad to support The Camino Project. I want to make sure that it continues to get upgraded. Safari may be great, but that doesnt meant that we dont need any 3rd party apps.
Just loaded omniweb it seems to work very well.
Epiphany is in Rawhide right now (0.8.2), so it’s planned to be included in the next release. Epiphany 0.8.2 on Mozilla 1.4 works very well, it’s lightweight, fast and standards compliant. One of the best offerings on the *nix (and especially GNOME) platform.
This still seems like the perfect match to me:
Opera has an excellent rendering engine, but terrible problems packaging and marketing it for the Mac platform.
OmniWeb does an excellent job packaging and marketing their browser, but they were having terrible problems marketing it.
Doesn’t it seem like there’s a mutually beneficial solution that could arise from these two predicaments?
Unfortunately it seems the Omni Group has made their decision… and lost a customer. I left OmniWeb for Safari and haven’t felt like trying a new version of OmniWeb since.
Opera 7.11, I love mouse gestures. On the Mac I use Safari 1.0 or Camino for some sites. Overall I fell that Opera is the better browser (on the Windows platform that is, it sucks on the Mac)
WEeeee, the best browser around ^^
Except for Net+, but it’s rare that it actually manages to render pages properly these days =(
Since there seem to be some Epiphany users around, does anyone of you know how to configure proxies in epiphany?
You do it in the Gnome control center, which is system wide.
>Since there seem to be some Epiphany users around, does anyone of you know how to configure proxies in epiphany?
Type about:config in the URL line and then search for proxy.
Don’t forget to set the proxy.type (1=manual).
Thanks!
I was a Galeon user, today U tried Epiphany and I founded faster.
Except for Net+, but it’s rare that it actually manages to render pages properly these days =(
Maybe that’ll change when/if we get Net+KHTML or whatever they’re calling it. If they added tabbed browsing to it, fix up the download manager a little, and add the ability to tab through links a la older versions of Opera, I’d never use another browser again.
I’m a Gnome2 user (Libranet + Debian Sid). So far, I like Epiphany. It is simple and it just works. I’ve also tried Galeon (1.2.x), Galeon 2 (1.3.x), Mozilla, and Firebird. They all work REALLY well. The only thing I have against Galeon (1.2.x) is that it is Gnome 1.4, so it doesn’t look as nice. Firebird works well and looks nicer than Galeon 1.2.x, but just doesn’t “fit” as well with the look and feel of my desktop.
The Epiphany vs. Galeon 2 question is harder. I don’t notice any difference in speed or looks. Galeon is slightly more efficient with screen real estate (toolbar layout) and having the option of a sidebar in Galeon is nice.
The Epiphany bookmark system is interesting, but which you prefer is really a matter of preference.
I think Epiphany makes more sense as the Gnome desktop “official” browser simply because of their goal of full HIG compliance. Galeon 2 is still there for the “power” user wanting more features.
I dont think the lack of tabs actualy matter (much) any more.
I am using the preview release of panther and expose has almost totaly replaced my tab usage. I click on mouse button 4 and all the windows in the app shrink click on the window I want and woomp there it is.
for the constantly referenced mom and pop users expose is a much easier to understand system than tabs.
granted though I do still use tabs when reading kuro5hin and load threads in seperate tabs.
“I dont think the lack of tabs actualy matter (much) any more.”
Actully, the more windows that are open, the more RAM is used. For those who need to conserve their RAM usage for other programs Tabs are excellent.
I really like the OmniWeb browser. Version 4.5 is at least as fast as Safari, but much more feature rich and customizable. Seems to me that Safari is great for new computer users, but OmniWeb would be preferred by experienced/power users who demand more from a browser. I cant understand why Omni didn’t choose to include tabs, but it isn’t a deal breaker for me. I dont use them all that often anyway, but hopefully the next version of OmniWeb will include them.
There are 2 features I cannot live without anymore: tabs & mouse gestures. Last time I tried epiphany it didnt have gestures .. are those planed ?