Camino 1.1 Alpha 1

By Scott McNulty

Camino has long been my browser of choice, and it is just getting better and better. Camino 1.1 Alpha 1 gives us a taste of Camino's future today. Before I go on, I would like to point out that this isn't even a Beta yet, it is an Alpha. There are bound to be lots of bugs, so if the thought of a buggy browser makes you think twice then I wouldn't go downloading it just yet (but Camino 1.03 is a darned fine browser too).

Here are some highlights of what is new:

  • Spell checking
  • Feed hand off
  • Camino can force windows that want to open in a new window into a tab instead
  • Resizable search field

For the full skinny on what is included in this Alpha check out the release notes.

After the jump I have some pics of Camino 1.1. Alpha 1 in action.

Here is Feed handling in action. You just click on the universal Feed icon and your RSS reader of choice should launch and subscribe to the feed in question (though I am sure you already subscribe to TUAW!).

A big improvement is inline spell checking (seen to the left). I know that I miss it every time I compose a blog post in Camino, and now I will never misspell again!

The Download Manager now has an optional button that lets you move downloads into the Trash. Pretty nice, and it saves me some clicking and dragging.

Finally, this is a small thing but a nice touch. They have spiffied up the graphic you get when you got to a non-existent URL:

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