OmniWeb and Chimera
Yeah, I root for OmniWeb, too. But there's no way that it's nearly as fast as Chimera or Mozilla in terms of speed. While I agree that OmniWeb has gotten faster with each Sneakypeek and 4.1b release, it's still too slow. Given all the resources put into each project, though, this is shaping up to be
the new browser war. I am a
huge fan of Chimera, but we all know that competition is what spurs innovation. The two of these facing off will produce great things.
That being said, neither Chimera 0.2.4 nor OW 4.1b (or sneakypeek) is complete and/or stable enough to be my default browser just yet. I am sure they both will be--and soon. But each has annoying rendering, stability, and java problems that make them too much hassle to be my first choice. I am sticking with Mozilla for now. It's just the one that works best. I used iCab for a while, but it's not as fast or compliant as Mozilla.
People saying that Chimera has only been in development for 2 months is a bit misleading, though. Let's not forget that they are benefiting from the years of development that have gone into the Mozilla project. The folks at OmniGroup have been building a browser from scratch (more or less). Both are on the right track. Both already put IE to shame. And soon enough, we Mac users will be able to survive with just
one browser on our computer! Can you even imaging such a thing?
Chris
p.s., the folks at Chimera did some benchmarks that were pretty impressive. You can find them at their web page.
Here is the link. I posted a graphic version of it about 6 weeks ago, but can't find it. Because Chimera has since implemented Quartz rendering, though, it is slower than it was then. They acknowledge that Quartz rendering gave them a big speed hit. Still, this will likely give you some idea.