Camino 1.0.1 , a fleet - footed , lightweight , open reservoir Web web internet browser , is loaded with useful features such as built - in ad and pop - up block , chit , spot - searchable bookmarks , and pause / resume downloading capabilities .
The first thing that hit me about Camino was the web web browser ’s bare user user interface and how easy it is to apply . Mozilla ( the technology foundation of both Firefox (; November 2005 ) and Camino ) lets you easily import or export Safari bookmarks . And Camino ’s Gecko layout engine is fast and error - gratis the first time it accesses graphic - intensive Web varlet , as well as when reviewing pages through squirrel away account .
To prove the web browser ’s pause / resume downloads boast , I downloaded a Mac OS Security patch up over several hours , pause and restart willy-nilly while browse various web site . After the download was complete , the package installed without a problem .
The built - in ad and dad - up blocking lineament functioned well during examination , and Camino even blocked pop - ups from plug - In like Flash . I opt that block be enable by default ( instead of disabled , as is the case with Camino ) , but that ’s a minor upshot . For the few web site that must have bolt down - up advertizing running to the right way work , Camino provides an exceptions listing to allow use of those website .
Camino uses Apple ’s Address Book to meet out Web forms , and it indorse bookmark searches by Spotlight — highly useful for searching local information and Web Page . Speaking of searching , Camino ’s History Manager displays your page chronicle separate by day of the month , so I had no job locating antecedently viewed site for follow - up research . Moreover , Camino plug - in are usable from a numeral of vendors , such as RealNetworks and Adobe .
you may configure Camino to change its so - call hidden preferences , and while that process is not difficult , it is unbelievable to appeal to most non - technical users . For model , in fiat to do things like prevent links from opening in a fresh pageboy , disable website icons in the reference windowpane , disable blinking component , and a host of other pinch , you have to create and alter aprefs.jsfile , and store it in your Home folder in Library - > app Support - > Camino . Camino ’s support had specific , easy - to - follow instructions on how to modify that file . But it would be more commodious to give drug user the alternative of setting preference by menu .
There were only a few things I did n’t like about Camino : It does not hold RSS feeds ( a characteristic which should in the 1.1 release expected later this twelvemonth ) , and while Tabs are provide , Camino does not support rearranging tabs with retarding force - and - bead , a ready to hand feature supported in the Firefox web browser .
Mozilla detail alist of known issuessuch as problems using the Windows Media Player , Flip4Mac , and Shockwave hack - ins , and some Java applets may go down OS X 10.4 systems . However , the product exit government note do provide suggested workarounds .
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It ’s never a waste material of sentence to render a new internet browser , and Camino 1.0.1 ’s user interface , functionality , and performance are reasons why it is by all odds worth a look . It ’s not as configurable as browsers like Firefox and Safari (; November 2005 ) , but it is tight , well-to-do to utilize , and barren .
[ Mike Hubbartt has make for in the IT industry as a writer , diligence developer , and system executive . ]
