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CaminoBrowser.org Launches

Posted by timothy on from the pinstripeyness dept.

Samuel Sidler writes "Introducing CaminoBrowser.org, the new Camino project site. The pages have been completely revamped with up-to-date information, useful and easy-to-read support pages, and, of course, pretty pictures. Months of effort have gone into creating a truly excellent site. While the product pages will remain hosted at mozilla.org, our new website will be the home of the project and all support/development information as well as up-to-date news and information."

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  1. Speaking of Gecko Browsers Using Native Widgets... by FlipmodePlaya · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I recently stumbled upon Kazehakase, which uses GTK+ and is available for Linux. It's in many ways a superior Gecko browser for Linux to Firefox, mostly because it avoids the drawbacks of XUL. It has mouse gestures, full text search and thumbnailed history, RSS, better tabbing (drag and drop of them, they can be displayed vertically, etc.), and I believe some sort of benefit for Japanses speakers. Despite their limited development base, I really think Firefox's platform-specific alternatives (including Camino and K-Meleon) are superior to it.

  2. The three minute test... by lpangelrob2 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I've had Camino 0.8 on my PB for a bit... it's been relegated to my 3rd browser, though. It's not a bad browser by any means.

    Camino:
    +Nicer tabs
    +Better scrolling
    +Better integration
    -No Mozilla extensions. :-(
    -So no way to block Flash or images natively
    +Much better preference panel
    +Pretty close functionality to Safari.
    +Fastest of the three, it seems.

    Firefox:
    -A little glitchy at times
    +Very good extensions support
    +Works mostly the same as Firefox on other platforms
    -Integration with OSX not so good, nor is it supposed to be.
    -Slow at times.

    Safari:
    +Just works
    -No way to block annoying Flash popups

    Safari works for most things, Firefox works for the rest, and Camino sort of just ends up out there in case the first two don't work.

    --
    -Rob
    Marriage doesn't have to suck!
  3. Re:Slick by revscat · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Looking at the screenshots there's lots of improvements since I last saw it (0.7), but on the Mac side, Safari does everything I need.

    My only problem with Safari is that it is so noticeably slower on HTTPS connections. I use a G4 at work, and any time I need to use an HTTPS connection I use Camino because Safari drags so much. It's not so noticeable at home where I have a 1.8GHz G5, but when on slower machines (including my mom's iBook), Safari just drags on secure connections.