Comments on: OmniWeb – An Overlooked Alternative Web Browser [Mac]

By: Darren Doyle

Darren Doyle — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:36:31 +0000

I love Omniweb! The single most powerful time-saving thing about it is the custom search shortcuts. I have been using it so long now that I get angry at other browsers for making me actually load a web page to perform a search – I make a shortcut out of EVERYTHING! …brilliant! … One other feature that you didn’t mention that is very helpful (and was the other major selling point for me – back when it wasn’t free) is site-specific preferences. Once again – brilliant! Why don’t other browsers do this – it makes so much sense! One particular website got so much flash and javascript garbage that it’s slowing the loading of the actual content? Just turn it off for that site – and don’t worry about having to turn it back on when you want to browse other sites normally. Change your security preferences for more, or less, trusted websites… This is just a great browser!

By: Stanton E Collins

Stanton E Collins — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:11:47 +0000

OmniWeb is great for all the reasons listed above, and one more. I just downloaded the 5.9.2 update and it is BLAZING fast!

By: Jeffry Thurana

Jeffry Thurana — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:14:51 +0000

Thanks for the tips. Right clicking is surely easier than going through Preferences.

And please keep those updates coming!

By: OJB

OJB — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:52:39 +0000

I have used OmniWeb from the beginning on the Mac (and a bit on NeXT as well). I still use it as my main browser (I use Safari for testing my web sites, databases, and other programming work). The extra features are worth having: room for 30 tabs down the side, site specific preferences, customised searches, shortcut keys, workspaces. These are features I use all the time. I recommend OmniWeb for all power users!

By: Ken Case

Ken Case — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:49:19 +0000

Thanks for spreading the word about OmniWeb!

In addition to the 5.9.x releases you mention above, we’ve released over a dozen “sneaky peek” releases of OmniWeb 5.10, which integrates the updated WebKit engine from the Safari 4 beta (among other things). For more information on what changes we’ve been making in OmniWeb 5.10, check out the release notes on the OmniWeb sneaky peek page.

For those who would prefer for the tab drawer to take up less space: you can drag its outside edge to reduce its size (shrinking the thumbnails).

Oh, and since you’ve mentioned search shortcuts, I should point out that the easiest way to add a new search shortcut is to Right-Click on any text field on any web page and choose “Add Search Shortcutâ€¦”. (That’s much simpler than trying to figure out all the right details to do the same thing in OmniWeb’s Shortcut Preferences!)

I hope this is useful, and thanks again for the mention!