15 Oct
2011
15 Oct
'11
11:04 a.m.
On 15/10/11 1:42 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
OmniWeb today is essentially a WebKit shell with additional features. I like
its bookmark management, and it supports Gopher protocol, which for me
personally is a huge plus. :)
It has a distinct advantage over other WebKit shells like, e.g., iCab,
in that it includes its own WebKit components and does not rely on the
system-installed version. Thus, on 10.4, you can get a WebKit equivalent to
Safari 5.
The JavaScript engine is standard SquirrelFish (JavaScriptCore). Other than
TenFourFox, there are no native code JavaScript compilers for PPC. The
PPC SquirrelFish is a bytecode compiler only.
Thanks for the info! I will check it out, as I run 10.4 on G4, and 10.5
on G5.
--Toby
I don't know why more people don't
use OmniWeb; it's quite good and is my choice when I have to use WebKit.
I used it on NEXTSTEP but not on Mac. What kind of standards level is it
at? Its JavaScript engine would be a bit behind the majors?