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Omniweb update rocks
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i don't know, a lot of times i reload the macrumors main page and it takes as long in chimera (or longer) as it did in ie.
the thing i like though is that the whole thing comes up at once, rather than piece by piece.... how long ago was the new OW released? i'll have to check it out.
ps. has anyone else had trouble viewing qt movies in chimera? i'm using 2.7 and i couldn't view the qt files arn had of the handheld... they'd load, but wouldnt play right.....
the thing i like though is that the whole thing comes up at once, rather than piece by piece.... how long ago was the new OW released? i'll have to check it out.
ps. has anyone else had trouble viewing qt movies in chimera? i'm using 2.7 and i couldn't view the qt files arn had of the handheld... they'd load, but wouldnt play right.....
It seems like it still is very choppy at page scrolling. I'm still waiting for something that can catch up to IE and iCab in this department. Despite being the choppiest OS X browser, though, it is still the best looking.
Alex
Alex
It sure is getting faster though.
i got the latest ow now. i tried it. i like it... but. after folks convinced me to give chimera a decent chance (i had been using IE), i am stuck on chimera. i don't think omniweb is as good looking and not quite as quick. now, i did only use it very briefly, so i could easily be wrong...
however, i have noticed some problems with various things in chimera as i mentioned (downloading as well as viewing qt movies) so if i use omniweb for that stuff, rather than IE, that could work nicely.
what specifically can omniweb NOT do that people rely on IE for still? anything?
however, i have noticed some problems with various things in chimera as i mentioned (downloading as well as viewing qt movies) so if i use omniweb for that stuff, rather than IE, that could work nicely.
what specifically can omniweb NOT do that people rely on IE for still? anything?
im hooked on tabs...
ow therefore is useless. i use mozilla 100% of the time. never need any other browser. if ow had tabs or if chimera was more complete id switch in a second. i'll only use a browser if it means i can delete the other ones. mozilla let me trash ie, no other browser will let me do that. and getting that m$ POS off my machine feels good. hard to believe some people still use it, but i suppose 95% of the folks out there still use the os that spawned it.
if ow had tabs it would be my browser.
i still don't like how you have to pay for it though. the giant "unlicensed" that flashes across the screen is very annoying.
its much slower than chimera or mozilla but is no longer the slowest osx browser (that award goes to ie). in fact id go as far to say that the speed difference between ow and mozilla is minimal. i still notice, but i could get used to ow, especially since things seem to be speeding with each release.
and there are lots of rendering problems. nearly half the sites i visit have minor rendering problems in ow. the sites are still usable but its frustrating that they haven't squelched the issue by now.
but id put up with all this if it just had tabs.
neither chimera nor ow have been built from scratch. both have had the benefit of years of development of a previous browser but ow still has major rendering issues. this concerns me and makes me wonder if they will ever get it right.
ow therefore is useless. i use mozilla 100% of the time. never need any other browser. if ow had tabs or if chimera was more complete id switch in a second. i'll only use a browser if it means i can delete the other ones. mozilla let me trash ie, no other browser will let me do that. and getting that m$ POS off my machine feels good. hard to believe some people still use it, but i suppose 95% of the folks out there still use the os that spawned it.
if ow had tabs it would be my browser.
i still don't like how you have to pay for it though. the giant "unlicensed" that flashes across the screen is very annoying.
its much slower than chimera or mozilla but is no longer the slowest osx browser (that award goes to ie). in fact id go as far to say that the speed difference between ow and mozilla is minimal. i still notice, but i could get used to ow, especially since things seem to be speeding with each release.
and there are lots of rendering problems. nearly half the sites i visit have minor rendering problems in ow. the sites are still usable but its frustrating that they haven't squelched the issue by now.
but id put up with all this if it just had tabs.
neither chimera nor ow have been built from scratch. both have had the benefit of years of development of a previous browser but ow still has major rendering issues. this concerns me and makes me wonder if they will ever get it right.
Re: Omniweb update rocks
I am looking forward to it and Chimera working as well as Mozilla at my favorite pages. Hopefully, 4.1 will be great. No tabs makes it tough for me to use, though. I am hooked on them as well.
IE stands alone as the slowest (and buggiest non-beta) browser.
Chris
It's much faster. Still not as fast as Chimera (or Mozilla) on my machine.
I am looking forward to it and Chimera working as well as Mozilla at my favorite pages. Hopefully, 4.1 will be great. No tabs makes it tough for me to use, though. I am hooked on them as well.
IE stands alone as the slowest (and buggiest non-beta) browser.
Chris
I have used OW and I don't think it is too fast. It's a beautiful browser but it lacks to many features to be used fulltime by me.
I still use IE about 95% of the time because of the javascript support. I also still think IE "feels" faster to me than Mozilla. Mozilla is a great browser and has all the features it needs but I still think it just "feels" slower to me.
Chimera will hopefully be the browser that will replace IE on my mac. Right now it is really fast but until it starts supporting plugins I just can't take it serious seeing how I need to be able to test flash and shockwave for my job.
I still use IE about 95% of the time because of the javascript support. I also still think IE "feels" faster to me than Mozilla. Mozilla is a great browser and has all the features it needs but I still think it just "feels" slower to me.
Chimera will hopefully be the browser that will replace IE on my mac. Right now it is really fast but until it starts supporting plugins I just can't take it serious seeing how I need to be able to test flash and shockwave for my job.