[mitsu3kgtsl]

Hello, I tested 5.5.4 some while back and was extremely close to purchasing until the Safari 3 beta was released and the speed increase was drastic in my opinion over the webkit build that version 5.5.4 was using. With the new 5.6 sneaky peak, can anyone offer any insight as to the rendering engine in comparison to that of the current Safari 3 beta available? I'm basically looking for speed / stability comparisons. I do understand 5.6 is still an early alpha, but omni products always seem to be usable in their early stages thus far. Thanks, looking forward to some good responses.

[philonous]

After having my second crash, I would say that stability is not quite there, but it's enough to merit day to day use. On my old laptop, I would say that Safari 3 and OW 5.6 are neck and neck in speed. I am inclined to say that OW is faster.

Payam

[Drayon]

I to am using 5.6 SP , I've trashed 5.5.4. Still a few issue and infrequent crashes here. Tho i browse with plugins & Java disabled and have some heavy add filtering in my custom style sheet. This really is THE best browser on any platform for my style. I still lust after 3 main features which hopefully ill be added in the future, until then i don't quite have browser bliss, getting closer however.

[hardcoreUFO]

Safari 3 hangs terribly on a number of sites (e.g. Yahoo), so its definitely not ready for prime-time. A shame, because its find-as-you type functionality is great (where is this for OW??), as well as little niceties like re-sizeable text fields. Based on qualitative, subjective information so far, I lean toward OW being both faster and more stable at the moment.

[hardcoreUFO]

As a followup, I notice now that after having both browsers open for awhile, OW is using 180MB of real memory and almost 500MB(!) of virtual memory. That is pretty unacceptable. Safari is at 50MB and 240MB, respectively.

[mitsu3kgtsl]

wow @ the memory consumption. I surely hope this is a leak and not by design, I can't ever remember 5.5.4 consuming that much. Can anyone comment on the actual Webkit versions being used between the two?

And for the love of god Omni, I'll buy multiple copies (for no appearant reason) if you just implement some find as you type :(

Otherwise, looks like I'll be giving 5.6 a go anyways sometime soon, I'll report back with my impressions.

[Ilgaz]

Originally Posted by hardcoreUFO

Safari 3 hangs terribly on a number of sites (e.g. Yahoo), so its definitely not ready for prime-time. A shame, because its find-as-you type functionality is great (where is this for OW??), as well as little niceties like re-sizeable text fields. Based on qualitative, subjective information so far, I lean toward OW being both faster and more stable at the moment.

Omni's "search" may not be stylish looking as Safari but it is the only web browser search function with regular expression. The possibilities are endless.