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• General
• • OmniWeb is now based on the WebKit stability branch roughly equivalent to the version used by Safari 3.0. (Updating to the version of WebKit in use by Safari 3.1 is in the works.)
  • On first launch your favicon database location will be set to our custom default. Favicons may initially disappear, but should now persist between launches/restarts once repopulated.
  • Use Leopard's new code signing technology to sign OmniWeb, so you can be prompted just once to give OmniWeb access to your keychain (rather than being prompted each time you download a new version).
  • Images blocked by ad-blocking and then loaded, will no longer show the blocked image badge.
  • Refetching in the source view will once again refetch the page's source content from the server, rather than just reverting to the content from the corresponding browser window.
  • Pages with framesets should now draw properly.
  • Some blocked content (such as Flash plugins) were getting their "blocked image" placeholder drawn in the lower left-hand corner of the window.
  • Ad blocking should no longer prevent Javascript redirects.
  • License files will no longer be created with the "execute" permission enabled. (The files were never actually executable.)
• Interface
• • We now display these release notes on launch if they've changed since they were last viewed.
  • Most toolbar icons have been updated for Leopard.
  • JavaScript will no longer show the toolbar if it's normally hidden.
  • When downloads are in progress, OmniWeb will now prompt to ask whether you want to quit or continue downloading.
  • The Load All Images button in the status bar should now display for blocked content on the current page. When pressed it should load blocked content and disappear
  • Added "Mail Contents of This Page" to the File menu. (Also renamed the neighboring "Send Link" menu item to "Mail Link to This Page".)
  • Added checkbox in the Display preference panel to decide whether to display PDF's inline, or download.
  • When Software Update finds an update with the same major version as the currently licensed application (e.g. OmniWeb 5.x), it should now correctly indicate that the update price is free.
  • The license window will no longer continue to display "No license available" after a license is added.
• Localizations
• • Updated Chinese, French, Italian and Japanese localizations.
  • Fixed an issue where drop-down menus in the preferences were changing their widths inappropriately, making localized versions hard to read.
  • General localization tidying.
• PDF Display
• • When Pressing the Back button while viewing a PDF should actually take you back now.
  • While viewing PDFs, the download button available on the HUD display will now download the PDF to your default location.
  • PDFs should now always get the proper context menu.
• Performance and Stability
• • Fixed a crash triggered by attempting to undo after closing a tab or loading another page in the current tab. (Each tab now has its own independent undo stack, and the undo stack is cleared each time a tab loads a page.)
  • Fixed a crash sometimes seen when closing tabs (which could also happened when restoring a workspace from a snapshot or quitting).
  • Reduce OmniWeb's memory footprint and CPU usage by only rendering tab thumbnails when they're needed rather than rendering a thumbnail every time a page updates whether or not it's currently being displayed anywhere.
  • Worked around a bug on PowerPC's running 10.5 which sometimes caused a hang when manually checking for updates.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when using Load All Images.

Historical Release Notes

OmniWeb runs in demonstration mode when unlicensed. The demo period is 30 launch days. That is, you can launch OmniWeb on 30 different days before the demo period expires. Unlike most software demos that time out exactly 30 days after you install them, we want you to actually get a chance to fall in love with OmniWeb.

The only restriction on the application during the demo period is that you can not change your Start Page (home page) preference away from the default.

Purchasing a license key from our online store or a boxed version of OmniWeb 5 from your local retailer will fully enable your copy of OmniWeb.

The international version of OmniWeb is localized into several languages, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese and Swedish. If you'd like to volunteer a localization for your own language we'd love to hear from you!

1. Download

In the "Download Now" section of the sidebar on the right, click the version you want to download.

2. Mount

Wait until the download is complete. If your web browser and system are properly configured, Disk Copy or Finder will open and mount the downloaded disk image. If this does not happen, locate in Finder the .dmg file that you downloaded and double-click it to open the file. (Double-check to be sure that you've quit all running copies of OmniWeb before you continue any further...)

3. Install

When the disk image mounts, a new Finder window will open that contains the icon for your new OmniWeb application. Simply drag this icon to your Applications folder (or wherever you would like to keep it) to install. This copies the application from the virtual disk image onto your hard disk so the application is there for you to use whenever you like.

4. Eject

Once OmniWeb is installed you can safely 'eject' the virtual disk that it came on and also dispose of the .dmg file that you downloaded if you choose. Double-click the OmniWeb icon in the location you installed it in order to begin using the application. You may wish to drag the icon to the Dock for easy access.