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Also available is Camino 1.6 Beta 2 which contains several enhancements that build upon the features in Camino 1.5, including a new Find toolbar, improved capabilities for adding and managing search engines, improved tabbed browsing, better AppleScript support, and built-in software update for release builds.
I downloaded Camino 1.5.5 on Friday, and gave it a test drive over the weekend. There's nothing earth-shateringly different from recent previous versions of this browser, but what impressed me most was what a swift, smooth, and refined browwser Cmaino has become. The speed is tpresumably enhanced by an upgrade to to version 1.8.1.12 of the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine, and it feels as fast or even faster than Firefox itself, which is the Gecko browser I've been using lately since Netscape pulled the plug on Naviigator development. Camino combines Mac OS user interface elegance with the powerful web-browsing capabilities of the Gecko rendering engine.
New in Camino 1.5.5:
Camino 1.5.5 is a stability and security update for Camino 1.5.4. All users are urged to upgrade.
Camino 1.5.5 contains the following improvements over version 1.5.4:
- Upgraded to version 1.8.1.12 of the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine, which includes several critical security and stability fixes.
- When quitting after closing all tabs, Camino will no longer crash.
- Opening a .url file with "Open downloaded files" enabled will no longer cause Camino to attempt to download the file repeatedly.
- Camino will no longer crash when using the Trash button in the Downloads window.
- Pressing Tab in an editable table view now advances to the next control properly on Mac OS X 10.5.
- Camino now sets the default home page properly on first launch.
- When saving a web page as a PDF from the Print dialog, Camino suggests the page's title as the filename.
- Camino now hides the cursor when using the Page Up and Page Down keys.
- Upgraded the "Block Flash animations" code to use Flashblock 1.5.5.
- Improved ad-blocking.
With its great looks and new features like the system spell-checker and session saving (the latter a personal fave of mine), to returning good stuff like support for OS X Services (the only Gecko browser that does) Camino 1.5 provides plenty of reasons to make it your default browser.
Camino features:
Spellchecking
Camino 1.5 includes the built-in Mac OS X spell-checker on every text field. Unlike Firefox, this spell-checker is the same one used throughout Mac OS X. Now you don't have to worry about making spelling mistakes when writing for your blog, leaving comments, or posting on your favorite forum.
Session Saving
Camino 1.5 now includes support for "session saving", or optionally remembering what pages you were visiting when you quit and automatically loading them the next time you start—perfect for all those times you have to install Mac OS X updates! (See our FAQ for more information.) In addition, while crashes are not common, Camino can now load the pages you were visting when you start Camino after it unexpectedly quit.
Annoyance Blocking
Since version 1.0, Camino has included both pop-up blocking and adblocking. But now, it's even better. Camino 1.5 includes an improved pop-up blocker user interface making it more visible and giving you the option to show the pop-up, whitelist the site, or never get prompted again. Additionally, Camino now includes the ability to keep Flash animation from loading until you're ready (Flashblock) as well as the ability to disable all plug-ins.
Feed detection
Camino 1.5 supports the detection of RSS/Atom feeds in web pages. When a feed is found, an icon appears in the location bar. Clicking that icon and selecting a feed will send the feed to your default Mac OS X feed reader.
Session Saving
Camino 1.5 now includes support for “session saving”, or remembering what pages you were visiting when you quit and automatically loading them the next time you start, and while crashes are not common, Camino can now load the pages you were visting when you start Camino after it unexpectedly quit.
Improved Tabs
Camino's legendary tabbed browsing is even better in version 1.5. New tooltips help you keep track of all your tabs when you can't read their titles. "Single window mode" tames sites that insist on opening new windows by forcing their new windows to open in tabs, keeping window clutter to a minimum. With "tab jumpback", when a site opens a new tab, you can "jump back" to the page you were viewing simply by closing the new tab.
Keychain compatibility
Camino can now share Keychain entries with Safari.
Keychain entries saved by Camino are now saved in a way that allows other applications to read them.
Annoyance Blocking
Since version 1.0, Camino has included both pop-up blocking and adblocking, but Camino 1.5 includes an improved pop-up blocker user interface making it more visible and giving you the option to show the pop-up, whitelist the site, or never get prompted again. Additionally, Camino now includes the ability to keep Flash animation from loading until you're ready (Flashblock) as well as the ability to disable all plug-ins.
RSS Feed Detection
By popular demand, Camino 1.5 supports the detection of RSS/Atom feeds in web pages. When a feed is found, an icon appears in the location bar. Clicking that icon and selecting a feed will send the feed to your default Mac OS X feed reader.
Enhanced plug-in control
Camino 1.5 includes the ability to disable all plug-ins.
Window zooming
The Zoom command now resizes the window to fit the current page‘s content instead of making the window full-screen.
internet plugins page shows what plugins are available for Camino.
http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/OSX.html
In addition to the features listed, Camino now maintains compatibility with Safari Keychain entries, making migration simpler, as well as new options for the Downloads windows, such as the ability to send items directly to the Trash from the window. Camino 1.5 also includes the ability to save cookies for the current session only. Please see our release notes for a complete listing of new features and fixes.
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.3 or later
• 50 MB free hard drive space
• 128 MB Ram
System Requirements
• Mac OS X 10.3 or later
• 50 MB free hard drive space
System Support:
Camino 1.5 is a universal binary and runs natively on both PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs.
For more information, visit:
http://caminobrowser.org/
Charles W. Moore
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