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OmniWeb 5.5 beta goes public

by Dan Pourhadi Jul 20th 2006 at 5:30PM

Finally, after dealing with a wait no individual should ever have to endure, The Omni Group has blessed us with the official public beta release of OmniWeb 5.5 (unlike the semi-private "public" release in April). According to the OmniWebsite, the app includes the following enhancements:
  • OmniWeb is now a Universal Binary!
  • OmniWeb now supports saving in the WebArchive format via the "Save As..." panel.
  • There is now a global and site preference for user defined style sheets in the Appearance pane.
  • Toolbars in OmniWeb now use the Unified Toolbar.
  • A warning will now appear when you try reloading a page using POST.
  • When loading a workspace containing POST pages, the page will display an error but can be reloaded to rerequest the page.
It also includes a slew of other fixes and tweaks. And since it's still a fledging beta, it of course has some kinks to work out -- though I've been using it all day and have yet to experience anything funny. Regardless, OmniWeb is still my favorite browser -- and now that it's Universal I can finally use it comfortably.

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Sejour

It is indeed great news.

August 15 2006 at 3:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Farhan

@ 7 and @10 : in OW 5.5 all you need to do is click on the "Site Preference" icon on the tool bar (or in the status bar) once you're at GMail's home page.

On the "Other" tab select Firefox 1.5 or any other browser that works with GMail, and then reload the page. GMail should work properly.

I totally love the "Site Preferences" and the "Workspace" features. I am returning to OW with v5.5 as I left it when it was @ v4 for Safari. I didn't like Camino and can't stand FireFox on the Mac; but I keep both around for web development testing.

July 21 2006 at 9:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MKS06

@7 - you can actually have rich formatting and chat in OmniWeb when using Gmail. Just load your gmail inbox, click on View > Show Page Info. Then click on Preferences > Other > "Identify to web servers and scripts as" Firefox 1.5. It's hidden in there, but its doable, and works perfectly.

July 20 2006 at 9:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Daniel Downing

who in their right mind would PAY for a browser??!

srsly answer the question if its such a riduculous notion. What does this offer that free browsers don't.

July 20 2006 at 8:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Turtle-Bear

I used to use OmniWeb exclusively until I started using Flickr a year ago. OmniWeb could not do Flickr slideshows and I complained about then - never fixed. That's when I switched to Firefox.

July 20 2006 at 7:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Charlie

I used to use OmniWeb exclusively - until I started using Gmail. I switched to Camino solely for Gmail. The day OmniWeb supports chat and rich formating (not that I use it) will be the day I switch back. I know that this is a Safari/WebKit issue, but as an user that's not really my problem - I just need something that works.

July 20 2006 at 7:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John

Great news, agreeing with Jon on his comment. I'm sure they'll be rolling in shortly. It really is a great browser.

July 20 2006 at 7:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ben

But it doesn't seem to work with Blogsmith's editing bar, just like Safari and Opera.

July 20 2006 at 6:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Samuel McConnell

OMNIWEB 5.5 RUNS ON OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE! OMNIWEB 5.5 IS ROUTINELY MODERATED +5 INSIGHTFUL ON SLASHDOT! OMNIWEB 5.5 MET WIL WHEATON ONCE! OmniWeb 5.5 has no concept of an indoor voice! OmniWeb 5.5 blathers on incessantly about the GPL!

July 20 2006 at 6:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
KSF

Enable ad-blocking and add a line for '.swf', and you should be set. I sent Omnigroup an email about flash blocking, and that's what they suggested to me.

July 20 2006 at 6:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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