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Next OmniWeb to be based on Safari Engine?

Posted by pudge on from the i-want-an-open-source-tabbing-engine dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A MacFixIt article includes a quote from the Omni Group's CEO Ken Case: 'The wonderful news for OmniWeb is that Apple has based it on a fast, compatible (and small!) rendering engine which is tuned for Mac OS X, and which they are making available to the entire Mac OS X development community! [...] This means that we may be able to reach our compatibility and speed goals for OmniWeb much more quickly than when we were working alone, and then return our focus to doing what we do best: providing a rich browsing experience. Thank you, Apple!'"

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  1. Get this: by sunyata84 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Over on this opinion/editorial blog type thing is spewing some derbis straight from Steve's reality distortion feild (why do all Mac folks insist on bending reality?) In his review of the Safari browser he claims that Safari is gonna change the entire web as we know it. Why? Read on. First off, he claims its standard compliance will benefit web designers who are largley a Mac crowd. (I think that used to be truer than it is today). This is fine. But then he goes on to say that Mac users actually make up 30% of the market share (Home desktops) I mean WTF? Where is this number coming from? You gotta check out the other claims. Its just nuts. Safari is a nice browser. It makes not using IE on a Mac a reality. But so does Mozilla. Read the article.