I've bought it. This is, bar none, the best web browser I've ever used. Site-specific preferences, the mini-window tabs, the "check for updated" bookmarks feature, the real, customizable Mac OS X interface.... it's great. Even better are workspaces. Press F2 and there are all my news sites, laid out the way I like 'em, or press F3 and here I am at all of the boards I post to.
It's not perfect. Omni wisely focused their attention on the wrapper application in this release, which means the bundled WebCore isn't as up to date as it probably should be. But that's the focus of release 5.1.
The early betas were very, very unstable. Not surprising, given how ambitious this product is. But these later editions, and this gold master, seem to have the kinks worked out. I love it. Can't praise it enough.
I purchased OW5 for $9.95. How? I went to the Apple Store and purchased a box version of OW4 for $9.95 (on clearance). OmniGroup sent me a version 5 license once I registered my version 4 with them.
I am interested in the RSS new feeds in OW5. Does anyone know how they work? I can't seem to find any info in OW5 on-line help?
Unfortunately, OWS uses the same webkit that Safari does. In fact it is an older version. This makes it fail with the same problems of Safari. Safari is much better with 10.3.5. Both Safari and OWS don't match up to Firefox in portability and I don't like to be blocked out of websites because my browser can't handle it. I do like the features of OWS. I will try it again after Omni releases a few patches; I have sent them feedback.
Unfortunately, OWS uses the same webkit that Safari does. In fact it is an older version. This makes it fail with the same problems of Safari. Safari is much better with 10.3.5. Both Safari and OWS don't match up to Firefox in portability and I don't like to be blocked out of websites because my browser can't handle it. I do like the features of OWS. I will try it again after Omni releases a few patches; I have sent them feedback.
Ken Case has already stated over at the Mac Ach that they are now working on rolling in the latest Webcore ? it's going through QA to fix all the bugs that shifting up to it introduced.
Rest assured, it's on the way.
I'm very tempted to pay for this. Apart from the generous licence (non-simultaneous use of laptop and desktop, yay for that), I am very impressed by:
? workspaces: the bee's knees!
? site-specific preferences for ad-blocking and appearance; and,
? the basic but pretty good source editor.
Not to mention all the other polish which has been in Omniweb since the dawn of time.
And all for the princely academic rate of $19.95.
For the majority of sites which attempt to lock you out for not using IE, this site preference is likely to be of pretty big value:
This is a old bug that I am still experiencing in the final.
The search bar has aliased edges on the rounded parts.
Is anyone else seeing this?
What about the text field highlight that doesnt correctly surround the search field, rather it surrounds the text field inside it, and pokes out the bottom.
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It's not perfect. Omni wisely focused their attention on the wrapper application in this release, which means the bundled WebCore isn't as up to date as it probably should be. But that's the focus of release 5.1.
The early betas were very, very unstable. Not surprising, given how ambitious this product is. But these later editions, and this gold master, seem to have the kinks worked out. I love it. Can't praise it enough.
It's Safari Pro.
I am interested in the RSS new feeds in OW5. Does anyone know how they work? I can't seem to find any info in OW5 on-line help?
Thanks
That is a killer feature. Im always trying to find a page that I viewed last week and didnt bookmark.
I love workspaces. I hate having to close my browser and loosing all my tabs.
Originally posted by talksense101
Unfortunately, OWS uses the same webkit that Safari does. In fact it is an older version. This makes it fail with the same problems of Safari. Safari is much better with 10.3.5. Both Safari and OWS don't match up to Firefox in portability and I don't like to be blocked out of websites because my browser can't handle it. I do like the features of OWS. I will try it again after Omni releases a few patches; I have sent them feedback.
Ken Case has already stated over at the Mac Ach that they are now working on rolling in the latest Webcore ? it's going through QA to fix all the bugs that shifting up to it introduced.
Rest assured, it's on the way.
I'm very tempted to pay for this. Apart from the generous licence (non-simultaneous use of laptop and desktop, yay for that), I am very impressed by:
? workspaces: the bee's knees!
? site-specific preferences for ad-blocking and appearance; and,
? the basic but pretty good source editor.
Not to mention all the other polish which has been in Omniweb since the dawn of time.
And all for the princely academic rate of $19.95.
For the majority of sites which attempt to lock you out for not using IE, this site preference is likely to be of pretty big value:
The search bar has aliased edges on the rounded parts.
Is anyone else seeing this?
Originally posted by foad
This is a old bug that I am still experiencing in the final.
The search bar has aliased edges on the rounded parts.
Is anyone else seeing this?
What about the text field highlight that doesnt correctly surround the search field, rather it surrounds the text field inside it, and pokes out the bottom.