OmniWeb 5.5 beta goes public

By Dan Pourhadi

Finally, after dealing with a wait no individual should ever have to endure, The Omni Group has blessed us with the official public beta release of OmniWeb 5.5 (unlike the semi-private "public" release in April). According to the OmniWebsite, the app includes the following enhancements:

  • OmniWeb is now a Universal Binary!
  • OmniWeb now supports saving in the WebArchive format via the "Save As..." panel.
  • There is now a global and site preference for user defined style sheets in the Appearance pane.
  • Toolbars in OmniWeb now use the Unified Toolbar.
  • A warning will now appear when you try reloading a page using POST.
  • When loading a workspace containing POST pages, the page will display an error but can be reloaded to rerequest the page.

It also includes a slew of other fixes and tweaks. And since it's still a fledging beta, it of course has some kinks to work out — though I've been using it all day and have yet to experience anything funny. Regardless, OmniWeb is still my favorite browser — and now that it's Universal I can finally use it comfortably.

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