[Gregory]

I looked for documentation/forum message/anything but could not find.

what are the differences between 5.0 and 5.5? working with OW, I've only seen that we now have Style Sheet preferences (which I'll use for Chinese sites using ugly Chinese fonts/formatting) but I can't discern anything else.

[myckmack]

A big difference : the speed :).

[revs]

5.5 is Version 5 but using WebKit instead of the highly modified WebKit Omni used to use.

By usign the standard WebKit it means things are a lot faster, and Omni can upgrade WebKit to the newest version a lot lot easier and faster than when they used a customised version.

5.5, feature wise, should be the same as 5. Version 5.6 --> 6 is where new features are to be expected.

[JKT]

Originally Posted by revs

5.5 is Version 5 but using WebKit instead of the highly modified WebKit Omni used to use.

OmniWeb 5.0.x used a modified WebCore and not WebKit, fwiw.

[Ilgaz]

My guess is we are using "nightly" webkit since it has features Omni group needs for their browser.

The "final" will use the webkit installed to system yes?

Also I think this decision by Omni means great for Safari/OS X users since Omni coders will have time to fix webkit (aka Safari) bugs rather than coping with (the earlier framework) modifications.

Of course, all are my guesses.

[revs]

No, it will be based off a nightly - not the system version. Omniweb currently uses a newer versionthan the system (hence the reason we can get funky custom buttons :) ).

Omni have taken a nightly they deem to be stable, then worked off that. If there are any important bug fixes in later webkit builds they have backported them into the build they use.

:)