OmniWeb - the Apple of Mac browsers?

[Patrick Armbruster]

Well...

Am 28.10.2004 um 16:24 schrieb Ryan Poling:

> I tried out the RC of Firefox last night and I *do* have to say that 
> it feels faster at rendering pages than OmniWeb does - downright 
> 'snappy'.  However, even a brief interaction with the preferences (or 
> any other features) leaves me thinking of ways they should improve it 
> to conform with the Apple HIG.

That'd go against using the same codebase for all platforms, I guess... 
So: It's not really their _intent_ to make the app feel (like OmniWeb) 
to be 'home' on the Mac. To some extent, of course, they do...

> Still, it's a much nicer alternative for stubborn pages than IE, and 
> it's also nice to have a single browser which is available on all 
> three major platforms - Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.  I'm rooting for 
> Firefox to become the new standard (instead of IE).

I think Netscape had that chance before IE came along... And in some 
ways, Firefox _is_ a heir to that throne. So I'm voting the same way. 
(We all know OmniWeb can't be _the_ browser as long as it's only 
available on one platform with less than 5% market share. ;))

> I'll stick with OmniWeb for my own browsing though - the user 
> interface makes me happy.  ;-)

Same here, same here. But you're also right that the price _will_ 
always be a stepping stone in the way of many Mac users. Let's just 
take it as it is: OmniWeb is rather a 'pro' browser application. And 
while Firefox and its open source drive can certainly extend it to be 
both pro and free, OmniWeb _has_ the advantage of being driven by money 
(which is also a handicap at the same time...).

Gruss
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