14 DAY TRIAL // OmniWeb is shaping up to become one heck of a web browser when version 6.0 is finalized. According to The Omni Group, the latest test version of the application includes a very handy “Do Not Track” feature.
For all you paranoid users out there (and who isn’t these days), The Omni Group has prepared a nice update to allow you to flip on a switch and ask sites to stop tracking you.
Appropriately dubbed “Do Not Track,” this security site preference doesn’t ensure complete anonymity. In fact, the developer urges users, “Please bear in mind that this does not prevent a website from tracking you, it’s simply a request.”
“In OmniWeb this Do Not Track request is sent by default, but as with all security site preferences you can change this default either on a site-by-site basis or globally,” says The Omni Group.
Crash reports now include the last few seconds of information from the OmniWeb error log and, speaking of crashes, two more have been fixed in OmniWeb 6.0 R200400 Test:
Crash – Fixed a crash encountered when loading from an empty URL. Crash – Fixed a crash encountered when performing HTTP authentication with a website.
“OmniWeb is a powerful, award-winning, feature-rich alternative to the standard web browser. Better organization and more fun with the original side-tabbed browser,” says the developer.
It requires OS X v10.4.8+ (Mountain Lion), while Mavericks users can try out the test builds put forth by The Omni Group.
Test builds are unstable, so be careful what you do with them. For testing purposes, you can go wild with any of the available builds. For productivity, it’s best to download a bug-free, stable build. Download OmniWeb for Mac OS X from Softpedia.