Camino, the wonderful Mac OS X-ified Mozilla browser that could (and does),
has turned 1.0. A number of features have been added in this official 1.0 release, including a new tab bar appearance,
the ability to pause/resume downloads, form fill from Address Book, History searching and more. Check out their release notes for the full deets. This is a great milestone for a fantastic and zippy browser. If you don't need all the extensions, bells and other whistles of Firefox, I highly recommend Camino as a Mozilla browser that offers more of a Mac OS X experience.
[via Ranchero blog]













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2-14-2006 @ 6:24PM
Stridey said...
This is wonderful news in my book; I think Camino's the best thing since sliced toast! (read my full Camino 1.0 writeup here)
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2-14-2006 @ 6:26PM
Stridey said...
I don't get it. Half the time a href tags seem to work in the comments, and half the time they don't.
http://stridey.blogspot.com/2005/08/why-i-love-camino.html
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2-14-2006 @ 6:29PM
Brent said...
Camino rocks.
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2-14-2006 @ 6:38PM
Brad said...
I remember the days when Camino was the best browser on the Mac. It may still be, but I haven't used it in so long. I'm happy to see it finally reach 1.0.
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2-14-2006 @ 6:52PM
Greg said...
Best Browser on the mac. Sometimes I go to Safari for things that don't seem to work right, but those are few (less than once every two weeks.) I love, love, love it.
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2-14-2006 @ 7:05PM
Skot said...
Ok. Camino is awesome, but I do like RSS within Safari.
Any RSS readers you guys recommend? Or maybe some extension for Camino?
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2-14-2006 @ 7:08PM
Arses Mcgee said...
Vienna RSS.
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2-14-2006 @ 7:12PM
SkylarP said...
I like NewsGator, myself: http://www.newsgator.com
No application necessary. You just log in and it tells you what feeds have new items. They seem to keep improving the UI very rapidly.
Though (reportedly) they are planning on adding NetNewsWire support (having acquired it some time last year).
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2-14-2006 @ 7:22PM
Fabulo said...
I must be the only on on earth who does not get it. Could someone point at where Camino "offers more of a Mac OS X experience" than say, Firefox?
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2-14-2006 @ 7:32PM
Jonny said...
Firefox for OS X is terrible. Memory hog and just all around bad browser for os x. Camino, on the other hand is just right.
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2-14-2006 @ 8:15PM
David Chartier said...
#9: Two examples:
1) Camino uses OS X's keychain, like Safari and tons of other OS X apps, to store logins and passwords. Firefox does not; it uses its own management system.
2) Camino works with System Services for moving information around (Application menu > Services).
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2-14-2006 @ 8:16PM
Stridey said...
Fabulo: Firefox doesn't use the "standard" Mac keyboard shortcuts (like Cmd-comma for preferences), doesn't have the standard toolbar, doesn't integrate with keychain and address book, etc.
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2-14-2006 @ 10:17PM
penginkun said...
No XUL = no extensions = Forget it.
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2-14-2006 @ 10:37PM
Hardin said...
Stridey: many of Firefox's integration problems were fixed in 1.5 (Such as a standerd toolbar and standerd shortcuts)
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2-14-2006 @ 11:47PM
Stridey said...
Hardin: Nice to see that the standard shortcuts were fixed, but the toolbar is still non-standard (although customizable), as is the actual Preferences page.
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2-15-2006 @ 12:57AM
Dustin said...
I just started using Camino and I was excited at first but then I found a few little quirks; digging on digg.com takes me to a blank page instead of just digging and Flip4Mac will not work just like firefox(obviously)
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2-15-2006 @ 2:42AM
speedo said...
it still doesn't meet my desires, maybe someone can help me find a way to make safari firefox or camino incorporate all of these...
- search google from quicksilver (the way safari does it)
- bookmark with delicious (the way the firefox extension does it)
- allow me to use the services menu (the way safari/camino do it)
as far as other features are concerned i'm happy with any one of the three.
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2-15-2006 @ 4:50AM
john naked said...
My only problem with Camino is it's lack of support for non-native widgets. :( It's especially disappointing from a browser that claims to meet the highest of web standards.
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2-15-2006 @ 5:59AM
Ian Charles said...
Meh, still doesnt hold a candle to Safari
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2-15-2006 @ 10:26AM
Kevin said...
From the Camino site, I can't tell if it supports Tiger's dictionary like mentioned here: http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2005/11/dictroar/index.php
If it does, why don't they say so? If it doesn't, that's a lame Mac-ification.
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