I find Firefox extensions incredibly useful, I wish Camino either was compatible with them, or that Mozilla made the Mac version of Firefox competent. I'd really rather use Firefox as my main browser in Mac as I do in Windows, but it's so slow and unstable, I use a combination of Safari and Camino, but find myself missing the Firefox extensions.

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I also can't live without FF extensions - while at work (web development) it's my main browser. But Camino's what I use at home, and it's got ad-blocking built in (so no need for an extension for that).

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I just downloaded it and updated my old version of Camino, and version 1.5 isn't working at all. I've tried everything and it still isn't working, so as of right now I'd reccommend just staying with 1.0.4 for everyone.

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Camino's spell-check isn't quite as complete as the system spell check. Can't disable the as-you-type check in favor of manual mode. No manual spell checking and no dictionary lookup.

Also, context-clicking on a word will not automatically highlight it if another word is already highlighted.

An improvement for sure, but not the level of polish one would expect after such a length development process.

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spell check doesn't work at all for me, such a bummer...

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Never good when the browser crashes every time I open it.

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Sorry how do i activate this:

- Full screen mode - because it is the new hotness in apps

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Guys with issues, please remember to disable and turn off all third party tools that aren't sanctioned - CamiTools is a big offender here. Brad, if 1.5 is crashing, it's most likely because of a third party tool - try a new profile.

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> Never good when the browser crashes every time I open it.

It's never good to use input managers without understanding that they can cause arbitrary problems in the programs they try to modify. I can almost guarantee that your problem is an older version of 1Passwd.

> Full screen mode - because it is the new hotness in apps

No such feature exists in Camino 1.5

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In other words, it's got everything that Opera has got.
What a shame the Opera UI is so un-Mac-like that even I don't use it anymore. IMHO it could be the best browser on any platform.

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I have been using camino for quite a while now, and I must say that it is just the best browser for mac. It's super fast and lightweight and with the 1.5 it's just gotten so much better. I agree that the third party programs slow down and sometimes crash camino that's why one should not use them in my opinion.
All in all I just LOVE this browser!

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indeed the "Full screen mode - because it is the new hotness in apps" is incorrect!

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To get this version of Camino to even open without crashing, I had to:
> remove CamiTools
> remove CamiScript
> remove UnifyCamino
> trash my org.mozilla.camino.plist
> disable CaminIcon
> remove my beloved 1Passwd plugin

So... needless to say, I'm a little unimpressed with this update... I've definitely taken a step backward in features and usability here... and can anybody tell me when Camino will get draggable-tabs?

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Love Camino. Hate the fact that I'm forced to use FF because of the different tab shortcuts. If they built more flexibility into the tabs in Camino, it'd be my default. Maybe this summer will bring something new here.

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"Session restore - in case the broswer crashes, it stores all your open pages in a session which it offers to restore on launch (this is very handy)"

WHOO! Now I won't loose everything when Camino crashes every few days. :D

"Full screen mode - because it is the new hotness in apps"
w00t!

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Scott, how can you live with such a vanilla experience? No extensions? I have so many greasemonkey scripts loaded for websites that I hate surfing with anything else but FF.

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My issues with Camino:
1) No Extension support. No, CamiTools is not "Just as good."
2) The search function is weak sauce when compared to Firefox.
3) No Progress bar on each tab. I can get this in Firefox through an extension.
4) No "undo close tab" function. See #3.

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#14 (Mary): What sort of tab shortcuts do you mean? Would it help to reassign the keyboard shortcuts in the Keyboard preference pane?

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Ctrl + Tab to switch tabs à la Cmd + Tab for apps. Drag and drop to reorder. I use Tab Mix Plus in FF, and would miss it too much to switch. Shame, cos in general FF for Mac sux.

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