14 DAY TRIAL // The folks behind the Camino Project have announced the second beta release of Camino 2.0, the 100% open-source web browser specifically tailored for Mac OS X use. In this release, improvements and fixes can be found with Bookmarks & History, as well as the Download manager, Tab behavior, web page interaction and several other UI tweaks.
Although still hard at work on the web browser, the Camino Project hopes more Mac users will embrace the simplicity of Camino. The application is a good solution for day-to-day web browsing, being optimized for Mac OS X with a Cocoa user interface and powerful Gecko layout engine, which make it a simple yet secure, fast browser for Mac OS X.
Camino is simple in appearance, but doesn't lack the features you'd normally expect from a modern browser, such as tabbed browsing and pop-up blocking settings. The browser supports multi-touch gestures for back, forward, page up, and page down.
New in this release, according to the Camino project web site...
Bookmarks & History: · Bookmark folders expanded during bookmark dragging now auto-collapse after dropping the bookmark. · It is once again possible to move bookmarks that were imported from HTML-based bookmark files. · Site icons in the bookmarks and history menus now display properly even when modifier keys are pressed. · When the Top Ten List collection is used as the Dock menu, “Use as Dock menu” will be checked in the context menu. · Added support for importing bookmarks from SeaMonkey 2.
Downloading: · If Growl is installed, Camino will generate notifications when downloads begin and finish.
Tabs: · On Mac OS X 10.4, background tabs will now draw properly while dragging. · Attempting to drag the empty space in the tab bar will no longer drag the current tab.
User Interface: · Non-ASCII characters in URLs are now displayed in a readable format in tooltips.
Web Page Interaction: · Pop-up menu controls will always display using the Aqua appearance. · Flash animations will no longer continue running once the page containing them has been closed. · Upgraded the “Block flash animations” code to use Flashblock 1.5.8. · Improved ad-blocking.
For fans of stable versions of their favorite software applications, the Camino Project is also proud to announce that Camino 1.6.6 is now available. This version contains brand new features, as well as important stability and security fixes. All users of Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later are recommended to upgrade. According to the team of developers working on the web browser, Camino 1.6.6 is also available in a multilingual version.
Both available versions of Camino (2.0 Beta 2 and 1.6.6 Stable) can be downloaded using the link below.