The Omni folks have hinted at a 64-bit version as well as a version 6, but there's no clear indication of when we may see either of these improvements materialize.
It wouldn't take much to make OW the hands-down best browser on the Mac. In conclusion, though OmniWeb has been in maintenance mode for several years, it still has many useful features that set it apart from the more popular browsers. I'd also love to see something like the visual Cover-Flow history search from Safari 4 (IMO the best new feature in Safari 4). Miscellaneous: Something like Opera's Speed Dial or Safari's Top Sites would be cool. An option for type-ahead support (find as you type) would be great too.Ĥ. I'd love to see something like Safari's find feature where you get a little drop-down text box at the top of the page and it instantly highlights results as you type. Find feature: OmniWeb's find feature is like that in a word processor or text editor. Also something like Firefox's Awesome Bar that has better URL completion as well as access to history and bookmarks would be fantastic.ģ. I'd love to see Glims-esque drop-down search results, but I'd settle for Safari's suggestions. URL bar auto-completion and search box suggestions: OmniWeb could really benefit from some of the strides made recently in these areas by Safari and Firefox. This is just an aesthetic point, not really a big deal.Ģ.
Interface: The interface is alright, but it seems clunky and old compared to Safari's slick UI. They also preserve vertical window space, which in more important than horizontal space in a web browser.Īreas where I think OmniWeb needs to improve:ġ. Side tabs: I find the vertical thumbnails on the side make it easier to quickly switch tabs, because I can see what's on the page. OmniWeb's settings are comparatively very easy to navigate.Ģ. Also, compare the implementation of some of these advanced features to their implementation in Opera or iCab. I also use ClickToFlash, but this is a WebKit plugin, not an unsupported hack.
The only hack-ish plugin I need in OmniWeb is 1Password, which is absolutely essential, not to mention well-supported, stable, and always up to date. Some of these features can be added to Safari, but then you get all the attendant annoyances of unsupported plugins. site preferences ad blocking (I'm currently using GlimmerBlocker instead of OmniWeb's built-in blocking it's an all-in-one solution, and I don't have to make my own filters.) customizable search engines and search keyword shortcuts form editor window for text fields. In particular I like: workspaces (session saving basically, though it allows you to save multiple sessions) single-window mode fine control over cookies, pop-up windows, etc. Advanced features with minimal need for plugins: OmniWeb has several essential features lacking in Safari. If it addressed some of these things, it would blow Safari out of the water. I think there are a couple areas OW could really improve in to bring it into line with the latest iterations of Safari and Firefox. I keep coming back to OmniWeb, especially when I get sick of dealing with unsupported Safari plugins.
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