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DESCRIPTION
Camino is an open-source web browser developed with a focus on providing the best possible experience for Mac OS X users.
The Camino Project has worked to create a browser that is as functional and elegant as the computers it runs on. The Camino web browser is powerful, secure, and ready to meet the needs of all users while remaining simple and elegant in its design.
Camino combines the awesome visual and behavioral experience that has been central to the Macintosh philosophy with the powerful web-browsing capabilities of the Gecko rendering engine.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.6.8: Maintenance release which contains various security and stability updates to Camino 1.6.x. All users are urged to update.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
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| Camino User Reviews (491 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Jun 22 2009 |
DANA SUTTON I realize that almost every browser out there has its fans, and that what I am about to say will bring down the wrath of some readers, but I personally think the great profusion of broswers is silly (and, incidentally, makes life unduly hard for us poor Web designers). If all the brainpower invested in developing them were focused on smaller number, and if all the available knowledge about browser design were pooled, it is not difficult to imagine that the results would be better for everybody.
(Version 1.6.8) | |
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| Jun 22 2009 |
JOHN SAWYER CJS But it's unlikely that everyone working on web browsers would want to work with everyone else, making compromises, etc. There are definite differences in each browser, reflecting different ideas and techniques used by each set of developers, and so far I've found that to be better instead of worse--it gives people more choice. I agree that when one set of developers figures out some useful feature, etc., other browser developers should try to emulate it, but sometimes various approaches aren't mutually compatible. I used Camino until some time earlier this year, when my personal favorite at the moment switched to iCab--it's fast, can save web pages as single files, in Safari webarchive format, as well as other formats, etc.--all other browsers, except Safari, save web pages by splitting them into little files and placing these files into folders--I find that messy, and it's one of the main reasons I stopped using Camino, since I save a lot of web pages.
(Version 1.6.8) | |
| Jun 22 2009 |
ROBOTANK Isn't that the point of open standards? They allow developers to operate within a single framework and create web sites that work equally well on almost any browser? Most modern browsers, except of course for IE, are very standards-compliant, so I don't see how choice is a bad thing. It seems at this point that it's Microsoft vs. all when it comes to making the web a neutral place.
(Version 1.6.8) | |
| Jun 23 2009 |
JKT But there are only 4 different mainstream web rendering engines: You don't have to test against a large number of browsers, just against a few rendering engines and IE 6. If a site is not rendering correctly in one browser using a particular rendering engine, but is in the other browsers using that engine, then it is the fault of the browser and should be fixed by the developer, not the person coding the site.
(Version 1.6.8) | |
| Jun 2 2009 |
HALODEMO002 Right when Safari started to fail. You are almighty.
(Version 1.6.7) | |
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| Apr 1 2009 |
SEAN M. Ad-block now works slightly better.
(Version 1.6.7) | |
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 | Mar 31 2009 |
NAMAN As much as I love Camino, I think the devs are making a huge mistake by continuing to work on the 1.x trunk at all. It's actually been less stable than the 2.x trunk for me, and the 2.x trunk is vastly superior in terms of features and compatibility. I wish they'd at least post the betas here, because as seen in other comments, a lot of people think Camino is barely being maintained and have been abandoning it. For those interested, I recommend http://preview.caminobrowser.org/ or checking out a recent nightly build.
(Version 1.6.7) | |
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| Apr 10 2009 |
I for one didn't know there was a version 2 beta. Camino is my fave browser because it is so lean. Luv it.
(Version 1.6.7) | |
| Jun 23 2009 |
OZEAN Well, I do not think that they spend too much time on this. It is mostly backporting a few fixes that are in the 2.x series anyway. The good thing about this is that the 1.6.x branch is the last to support Mac OS 10.3.x – so for these users, Camino is one of the few modern browsers that offer up to date security. However, I would also think that they should push out their updates more often. I have been using the 2.x nightly builds for months now without any major problems and with many benefits to my browsing experience.
(Version 1.6.8) | |
 | Mar 21 2009 |
SNOWWHITESICKETTE I've been using Camino for over two years now, and I find it to be a great alternative to Safari. Camino has ad-blocking built in, and for that reason alone it beats Safari. Camino is less-bloated and faster than Safari MOST of the time. I like to open hundreds of tabs when I am browsing the internet, and until recently*, Camino could handle the most tabs before crashing/hanging/freezing. *(I have had unexpected success with Safari's tab capacity on one old G3 that I use part of the time, 1200+ tabs open and hardly slowing at all! On my other computers, Camino works best with many tabs.) Version 1.5 was better for me than any of the 1.6 releases I've tried. In 1.6, when I use Google and click to open new tabs, I get asked if I want to set a cookie (my preference) but fails to remember what I'd clicked on just before the cookie nag pops up. I have to click again for it to open that tab. I don't remember this in the older version. In an earlier download of 1.6, the tab scrolling got wonky sometimes causing me to close a tab that was not the one I thought. I will update about version 1.6.6 when I've used it more. Lastly, I don't use Camino 1.6 as often as before, because I find it to be more bloated than the previous releases. It's still a good browser, and I deleted Firefox because Camino has replaced it as my alternative to Safari. I will continue to use Camino, as it's been such a good browser, but I do hope it becomes less bloated in the future.
(Version 1.6.6) | |
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| Feb 9 2009 |
CORPSECORPS With "Adblock Plus" having Added "Element Hiding Helper" and other advanced features, the kind of dynamically configurable content filtering i've been waiting on for years (and more) has arrived... for Firefox! So i'm finally saying goodbye to Camino. It's developers have gone beyond Mac-Like to raise "lean" to a religion. They've stuck with Jasper's UI graphics for ages, which have always been subtle to the point of boring. Even Apple throws some innovation and color into their apps. A few obvious basics have been ignored far too long here. After all this time, it's STILL not possible to search all bookmarks simultaneously, for instance. Ever since this was Chimera 0.7, my choice of browsers in order of preference has been: With developments in the past year or 2, it's become: Even some of the "Everything Else" is poised to overtake Camino. (not the monstrosities known as Omni and Opera, of course) X^b UI interfaces for content blocking and a half-dozen minor features would make Camino #1 again but alas, Camino devs suffer feature-phobia. (not that Firefox for Mac devs couldn't learn a thing or two from Camino's design)
(Version 1.6.6) | |
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| Mar 18 2009 |
MACMARIA Interesting. I, on the other hand, after debating between Safari and Firefox for many years, am now kind of in love with Camino 2.0 (beta). Simple, light, fast and stable.
(Version 1.6.6) | |
| Mar 31 2009 |
ROBBY.IS.ON It's not a question of "feature-phobia" but a lack of resources.
(Version 1.6.7) | |
| Mar 31 2009 |
ROBOTANK Why is OmniWeb a monstrosity? Granted, Opera is ugly enough to deserve that title, but OW is neither ugly nor bloated enough to earn such a harsh epithet. I like Camino as well. It's currently my second browser behind OW. I highly recommend using the current Camino 2 beta. It offers substantial improvements over the 1.6 series including a much needed up-to-date version of the Gecko engine (equivalent to Firefox 3.0.x) and drag-and-drop tab reordering. I've been playing with Camino 2 since the first alpha and haven't had any substantial stability issues.
(Version 1.6.7) | |
| Apr 1 2009 |
CORPSECORPS Hmm. Not having seen OmniWeb for a while, and Opera for quite a while, i thought i'd give them another look. I downloaded new versions of both (OW 5.9.2, Op 9.6.4) and they've made significant progress since i really examined them. Apologies to the Omni Group for shooting my mouth off! Though the icons don't thrill me, it's become quite a respectable snappy tool with some interesting features, and free now as well. I'd probably use it much more if i weren't addicted to a few Firefox add-on gizmos. Opera is much better, but still a pretty scary experience.
(Version 1.6.7) | |
| Apr 2 2009 |
CORPSECORPS Obviously, i will be giving the 2.0 beta a go! Camino is still my sentimental favorite browser. It's just that "Adblock Plus & Element Hiding Helper" is the thingamie i've been waiting years for!
(Version 1.6.7) | |
 | Dec 29 2008 |
BLUEPOLO The auto-update seemed to go OK, but Camino would not launch. Tried 3 times then looked in the crash log. Seems auto-update missed something, so downloaded a news dmg, and now it works OK. Path: /Applications/Camino.app/Contents/MacOS/Camino Identifier: org.mozilla.camino Parent Process: launchd [388] Date/Time: 2008-12-29 08:59:33.738 +0000 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F33) Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000 Library not loaded: @executable_path/libxpcom.dylib Referenced from: /Applications/Camino.app/Contents/MacOS/Camino Reason: image not found
(Version 1.6.6) | |
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| Dec 28 2008 |
MRHOOKS No longer blocks flash animation for me. G5, 10.4.9.
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| Dec 29 2008 |
MRHOOKS Never mind, I found the problem. Tossed out the old chrome folder in ~/Library/Application Support/Camino/ and it works again.
(Version 1.6.6) | |
| Dec 19 2008 |
CORPSECORPS Has always been small, fast, and solid! MacUpdate should really axe all those votes for alternatives, since they were made during the period when votes could be hacked!
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| Dec 18 2008 |
MICG Great web browser for Mac that has had a long support time for the earlier Mac OS X versions! My wife uses Camino and rarely, if ever complains about it. She gets everything done with Camino. Blogging, ordering, browsing, everything. The G4 optimized build was great too!
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