OmniWeb 4.0 beta 7 is now available

Ken Case kc at omnigroup.com
Fri Nov 3 00:22:00 PST 2000


   OmniWeb 4.0 beta 7 is now available. OmniWeb is a full-featured
   native web browser for Mac OS X. Highly multi-threaded and written
   using Apple's advanced Cocoa frameworks, OmniWeb is designed to
   provide you with the best user experience you'll find in a web
   browser. We think it's important to polish every user interaction
   to make sure that the browser acts the way you want it to--so you
   can stop thinking about the application you're using and just get
   at the information you want, quickly. (If you don't like anything
   about OmniWeb's user experience, please let us know!)

   You may use OmniWeb for free, with no functional restrictions. If
   you like OmniWeb, we encourage you to support its development by
   purchasing an official license. Licenses are $29.95 ($19.95 edu)
   and full purchasing information is available at
   http://www.omnigroup.com/products/purchasing/. The more licenses
   of OmniWeb we sell, the more development time we can afford to
   spend on OmniWeb and other Mac OS X applications (and we love
   working on Mac OS X applications). However, we don't insist that
   you purchase a license, and the only behavioral difference between
   the licensed version and the unlicensed version is that the latter
   periodically displays a licensing "reminder" at startup and
   displays an "unlicensed" banner across browser windows that have
   been idle for a while.

   If you have any problems installing or using OmniWeb, please check
   the OmniWeb frequently-asked-questions at
   http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omniweb/faq/. Please send your
   bug reports and feature requests to omniweb4 at omnigroup.com. The
   latest version of OmniWeb can always be found at
   http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omniweb/.

   Highlights of beta 7 include:

     * New "instant search" through pages you've visited, to help
       locate that tidbit you remember seeing just a few days ago.
       (Access this on the history drawer.)
     * Much more stable (tons of internal crashes fixed, plus final
       system patches from Apple).
     * Beta version of updated manual is now online at
       http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omniweb/documentation/.
     * More preferences for user interface features.
     * Bookmarks are now accessible from the menu.
     * Many more features can be accessed via the various context
       menus (such as saving images).
     * Command-1 now rotates through browser windows.
     * Checks spelling as you type in form text areas.
     * Several font size fixes / changes.
     * Much better about switching character sets on the fly.
     * Improved JavaScript support.
     * Improved drag support (you can now drag links to the dock, for
       instance).





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