Why is Omniweb Just the Pokey Puppy of Browsers

[Chris & Paul Woodford]

At 5:56 PM -0800 1/2/06, Forrest Corbett wrote:
>The "engine way down" is WebCore, same as Safari.

This statement is a bit misleading.  It was the same as Safari when 
it was released a year ago (with the changes that give us the OmniWeb 
goodness), but it isn't now. Looking at the release notes at

<http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/releasenotes/>

it appears that the WebCore on which OmniWeb is based is the version 
that was used in Safari 1.2.  Significant enhancements have been made 
since then.

I use OmniWeb 90% of the time because of its unique features, but 
there are some times when it is just too slow relative to other 
browsers.  This is very obvious on my 500 MHz G3 iMac on a dial-up 
connection at home, but it is also evident on my 1.8 GHz G5 PowerMac 
on a T-something at work.

Paul