OmniWeb 5.5 release candidate 1 now available.
 

Hi Everyone,

OmniWeb 5.5 release candidate 1 is now available. There were only a few changes in this release but one is somewhat substantial.
[LIST][*]CSS will once again be loaded from FILE URLs[*]Search FIeld now scrolls like it should when you reach the right edge of the Field.[*]OmniWeb once again blocks all resources matching expressions in the blocked URLs List.
[LIST][*]This is controlled by a hidden default URLFilteringEnabled which defaults to on. Turning this preference off will return OmniWeb to the behavior found in beta 4 (only blocks images and plug-in content).[/LIST][*]Updated French Localization.[*]The search field should now display properly under all localizations.[/LIST]
Downloads available in the usual spot:

[URL]http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/download/beta/[/URL]

Very nice indeed. Seems even speedier, and nice to have the CSS and text-ad-blocking back.

Searching page content in history still not working.

[QUOTE=vamp07]Searching page content in history still not working.[/QUOTE]

We're making this a priority for 5.5.1. Sorry for the inconvenience here.

This will probably sound like a stupid question, but I'm still getting java script and css ads that are in my blocklist. I know hidden defaults like that are changed through the terminal but what exactly do I type to turn it on/off?

[QUOTE=LewistonianExonian]This will probably sound like a stupid question, but I'm still getting java script and css ads that are in my blocklist. I know hidden defaults like that are changed through the terminal but what exactly do I type to turn it on/off?[/QUOTE]
Well changing the default i mentioned in the release notes above will only let more javascript through. Can you give us an example of a black list expression and a page that it's failing on?

By the way, if you did want to change the default above the terminal command to do it would be:

defaults write com.omnigroup.OmniWeb5 URLFilteringEnabled -bool FALSE

I have "atdmt.com" in my blocklist but ads still get through. The most prominent site where I have seen these ads is on myspace. I think they are javascript based.

It is really no problem, I can block them with the userContent.css file found at floppymoose.com, but I figured omni might want to check this out before releasing 5.5.

[QUOTE=LewistonianExonian]I have "atdmt.com" in my blocklist but ads still get through.[/QUOTE]

You do mean "atdmt\.com", right? You need to escape the period.

Will the issue with opening pop-up windows from bookmarklets get fixed for OW 5.5.1? Please? It's driving me kind of batty with the inconsistent behaviour -

1. click on bookmarklet in bookmark bar that spawns new window: it's blocked by the pop-up blocker.
2. Press command+# to trigger bookmarklet - bookmarklet opens in new tab.

Could there be some way to permanently whitelist any new windows from bookmarks?