Update: Firefox has also (coincidentally?) released their 3.6 beta today.
Watch out, there’s a new (Mac) browser heading to town, Camino 2.0.
The browser has reached its fourth beta version, and while developers warn it may not be stable and probably isn’t suitable for daily use, though you can stick with Safari or give Camino 1.6.10 a try, if you wish.
The browser is a lot like Safari and developed by Mozilla. This will be the last beta, and while there’s a healthy list of known bugs, this version’s in distribution to ensure no critical problems remain in advance of final release.
There’s a goodly list of new and exciting features, including tabbed browsing, new security features, content zoom, download notifications, support for Full Keyboard Access the capacity to block Flash apps by default (unless you want to watch particular ones), new AppleScript features - there’s loads, so we could go on.
Camino is an open source web browser which uses the Gecko rendering engine. The Camino Project works to create a browser that is as functional and elegant as the computers it runs on. The Camino web browser is powerful, secure, and ready to meet the needs of all users while remaining simple and elegant in its design.
Go and grab the beta here (illustration is of current stable 1.6.10 build).
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How come Apple is the only
How come Apple is the only browser developer with enough common sense to make stop/start(refresh) the same button?
Developed by
Developed by Mozilla......why?????
Why not just work on Firefox and make it better.
Because FireFox has a lot of
Because FireFox has a lot of XUL bloat that makes it decidedly un-Mac like.
And we need another browser
And we need another browser because...?
I've been using Camino as my
I've been using Camino as my primary browser since 2005. It has had Flash blocking, tabs, and a nice clean UI ever since I remember.
Camino isn't new, but it's a great, stable Mac browser.
I am looking forward to 2.0 to come out of beta. But I look at 2.0 as a refinement to the theme, so I'm sticking with 1.6.x for now, as it's super stable.
Developed by mozilla?
I thought Camino was independently developed from mozilla. The just use the Gecko engine AFAIK...
From their FAQ:
Q. What is Camino?
A. Camino is a free, open-source web browser for Mac OS X. It uses Apple’s Cocoa programming toolkit and the Gecko web page rendering engine from Mozilla. Camino is small, fast, and easy-to-use, and offers many advantages over other browsers, such as the ability to block pop-up windows and annoying advertising. Read more about the browser on the Features page or on our Project home page.
I thought Camino was
Camino has been a product of the Mozilla Foundation since 2001. It is not independent from Mozilla.
See http://www.mozilla.org/projects/. Note that Camino is one of their 6 or 7 "products".
Falling behind
Even as 2.0 approaches final status, the browser's speed, memory usage, UI, and so on, lag farther behind currency of other browsers. It's still very good, but no longer on my top tier of alternatives to Safari, not to mention Chrome, which is coming up fast on the inside lane. The original purpose of Camino was to Mac-ify Firefox, making it a lighter weight app with a more Mac-like GUI. The developers of Camino have done a very good job of it until now, but are there still compelling reasons to continue, other than as a hobby. I don't have the answer, but questions pile up eventually.
Camino is light-weight.
In my experience, FireFox uses roughly 3x the real memory of Camino, and their performance is nearly identical.
Safari uses about 1.5x the amount of real memory compare to Camino.
I haven't tried Chrome on Mac yet, so I can't speak to that.
I think all these browsers are great. They're all stable, they all have high ACID rendering capabilities, and they all have their distinct, positive attributes.
To complain of Camino's "memory usage" and "performance" is completely without merit.
The more high-quality web agents for the Mac, the better.
Camino is so yesterday
Camino was a crippled browser when it first appeared on the scene and the development team has become increasingly entrenched ever since. Almost any other browser currently available offers greater flexibility and utility.
On the other hand, they wrote it and if they like it more power to them.
I have already installed it
I have already installed it at my laptop, I think this is not a big difference
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Historical clarification
> The original purpose of Camino was to Mac-ify Firefox
No, the original purpose of Camino was to make a native Mac browser using embedded Gecko. The Camino project predates Firefox, so it would be pretty hard for its original purpose to have been anything related to Firefox.
> And we need another browser because...?
So you don't think Firefox should have been ported to the Mac, or that Apple should have created Safari? After all, Camino already existed (not to mention Mac IE).
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