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=About Camino® 1.6=
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=About Camino® 2=
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After nearly a year of hard work by devoted volunteers, the Camino Project is proud to give you Camino 1.6. This latest version includes many bug fixes and new features, providing all users with an improved browsing experience. Like Camino 1.5, this release displays web pages with Gecko 1.8.1, the same rendering engine used by the popular Firefox 2 web browser, and thus shares many of the security fixes and Gecko improvements that are in that version of Firefox.
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After nearly a year of hard work by devoted volunteers, the Camino Project is proud to give you Camino 2.0. This latest version includes many bug fixes and new features, providing all users with an improved browsing experience. This release displays web pages with Gecko 1.9, the same rendering engine used by the popular Firefox 3 web browser, and thus shares many of the security fixes and Gecko improvements that are in that version of Firefox.
  
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The features listed below are just some of the many changes in Camino 1.6.
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The features listed below are just some of the many changes in Camino 2.0.
  
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Due to changes in the feature set, Camino 1.6 <!--no longer supports-->requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher. We advise users still running Mac OS X 10.3.0-10.3.8 to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.3.9.
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Due to changes in the feature set, Camino 2.0 <!--no longer supports-->requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. '''XXX''' We advise users still running Mac OS X 10.3.0-10.3.8 to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.3.9.
  
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=Features in Camino 1.6=
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=Features in Camino 2=
  
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The following are the major changes and improvements made since the Camino 1.5 release. A full list is available on our [http://caminobrowser.org/releases/1.6/complete.php website].
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The following are the major changes and improvements made since the Camino 1.6 release. A full list is available on our [http://caminobrowser.org/releases/2.0/complete.php website].
  
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* '''Automatic software updates'''
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* '''Improved tabbed browsing'''
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** Camino now checks for new releases automatically.
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** The Tab Overview feature displays a grid of thumbnails of the tabs in the current window.
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** Tabs can be rearranged by dragging and dropping.
  
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* '''Improved tabbed browsing'''<!--Scrollable tab bar-->
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* '''New security features'''
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** When more tabs are open than can be displayed in the tab bar, arrows appear at the right and left edges to allow scrolling the bar. As part of this change, the tab overflow menu has been replaced by a menu displaying all open tabs in the current window.
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** Camino now supports the [http://code.google.com/apis/safebrowsing/ Google Safe Browsing] service to provide warnings about potentially malicious websites.<!--phishing and malware detection-->
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** Camino now displays error pages for secure web pages using invalid or untrusted certificates.
  
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* '''Keychain compatibility'''
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* '''Full content zoom'''
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** Camino can now store information in the Keychain for multiple accounts at the same site.
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** Camino now has support for making the entire content of a web page bigger or smaller.
  
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* '''Improved toolbar search'''
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* '''Download notifications'''
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** The search field in the toolbar now includes a simple editor that allows deleting, renaming, and reordering search engines.
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** If [http://growl.info Growl] is installed, Camino will generate notifications when downloads begin and finish.
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** Camino now supports [http://opensearch.org/ OpenSearch] search engine plug-ins. New search engines can be added to the toolbar’s search field by automatic discovery or by web pages that provide links to OpenSearch plug-ins.
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** On Mac OS X 10.5 and higher, Camino will bounce the downloads folder in the Dock when a download finishes.
  
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* '''Streamlined Find interface'''
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* '''Recently closed pages'''
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** The Find panel has been replaced by a Find toolbar that appears near the bottom of the browser window.
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** The History menu now contains a sub-menu listing the last 20 closed web pages.
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* '''Improved support for Full Keyboard Access'''
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** Camino now has better support for Full Keyboard Access in the the browser window. XXX When Full Keyboard Access is enabled, tabbing now moves correctly through the entire browser window.
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* '''Enhanced annoyance blocking'''
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** Camino 2.0 includes a new exceptions list to allow disabling “Block Flash animations” on a per-site basis and an “Allow Flash From This Site” context menu item to ease adding sites to the exceptions list.
  
 
* '''Enhanced AppleScript capabilities'''
 
* '''Enhanced AppleScript capabilities'''
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** AppleScripts can now refer to individual tabs and windows.
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** AppleScripts can now obtain the HTML source or text of an entire web page or of a selection.
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** It is now possible to add, open, and delete bookmarks via AppleScript.
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** Added AppleScript support for setting the active tab in each browser window.
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** Camino now supports [http://wiki.caminobrowser.org/Development:Camino_AppleScript_Guide custom toolbar items] written in AppleScript.
 
  
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* '''Additional feed reader options'''
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* '''New crash reporter'''
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** Camino can now pass feeds to certain web-based feed readers.
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** Camino includes a new crash reporting system based on [http://code.google.com/p/google-breakpad/ Google Breakpad] which works on both PowerPC and Intel Macintoshes.  
  
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* '''User interface polish'''
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* '''Improved support for web standards & plug-ins'''
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** Camino 1.6 includes a number of new toolbar icons and interface enhancements to fit more closely with the visual style of Mac OS X 10.5.
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** '''XXX''' Gecko 1.9
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** Better web plug-in compatibility and performance
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** Enhanced support for web standards
  
 
=Known Issues=
 
=Known Issues=
 
For information about other issues or problems, please visit our [http://caminobrowser.org/help/ Help page].
 
For information about other issues or problems, please visit our [http://caminobrowser.org/help/ Help page].
  
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* Version 2.2 of the Flip4Mac (F4M) plug-in for displaying Windows Media content causes major rendering issues in Camino. The Flip4Mac team will fix this problem in a future release of the plug-in.
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* Scroll bars will appear active at all times.
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* If “Ask me before accepting each cookie” is checked, Camino will display a cookie dialog for each cookie request from a web page.
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* After visiting enough pages with Flash content while browsing, Camino may stop functioning correctly.  Quitting and re-launching Camino will resolve the problem. This behavior is caused by a bug in the Flash plug-in, which will be fixed in a future Flash plug-in release.
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* Incompatible third-party software:
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** Shockwave Player 10 and older will not display Shockwave content in Camino 2; to display Shockwave content, install Shockwave Player 11 or newer.
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** Versions of the Flip4Mac (F4M) plug-in older than version 2.2.1.11 contained a bug that caused major rendering issues in Camino. To display Windows Media content without experiencing this bug, upgrade to Flip4Mac version 2.2.3.7 or later.
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** Older versions of the Adobe Flash plug-in had a bug that could cause Camino to stop functioning correctly after visiting enough pages with Flash content while browsing. This behavior is fixed in version 10.0 of the Flash plug-in.
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** Some versions of the third-party add-on 1Password are not compatible with Camino. These versions can cause Camino to crash on launch, hang when importing bookmarks, and hang when pasting into the location bar. Make sure that you are running the latest version of 1Password, and if you continue to experience issues, disable 1Password’s integration with Camino and contact 1Password support.

Revision as of 18:03, 10 October 2009

About Camino® 2

After nearly a year of hard work by devoted volunteers, the Camino Project is proud to give you Camino 2.0. This latest version includes many bug fixes and new features, providing all users with an improved browsing experience. This release displays web pages with Gecko 1.9, the same rendering engine used by the popular Firefox 3 web browser, and thus shares many of the security fixes and Gecko improvements that are in that version of Firefox.

The features listed below are just some of the many changes in Camino 2.0.

Due to changes in the feature set, Camino 2.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. XXX We advise users still running Mac OS X 10.3.0-10.3.8 to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.3.9.

Features in Camino 2

The following are the major changes and improvements made since the Camino 1.6 release. A full list is available on our website.

  • Improved tabbed browsing
    • The Tab Overview feature displays a grid of thumbnails of the tabs in the current window.
    • Tabs can be rearranged by dragging and dropping.
  • New security features
    • Camino now supports the Google Safe Browsing service to provide warnings about potentially malicious websites.
    • Camino now displays error pages for secure web pages using invalid or untrusted certificates.
  • Full content zoom
    • Camino now has support for making the entire content of a web page bigger or smaller.
  • Download notifications
    • If Growl is installed, Camino will generate notifications when downloads begin and finish.
    • On Mac OS X 10.5 and higher, Camino will bounce the downloads folder in the Dock when a download finishes.
  • Recently closed pages
    • The History menu now contains a sub-menu listing the last 20 closed web pages.
  • Improved support for Full Keyboard Access
    • Camino now has better support for Full Keyboard Access in the the browser window. XXX When Full Keyboard Access is enabled, tabbing now moves correctly through the entire browser window.
  • Enhanced annoyance blocking
    • Camino 2.0 includes a new exceptions list to allow disabling “Block Flash animations” on a per-site basis and an “Allow Flash From This Site” context menu item to ease adding sites to the exceptions list.
  • Enhanced AppleScript capabilities
    • AppleScripts can now obtain the HTML source or text of an entire web page or of a selection.
    • Added AppleScript support for setting the active tab in each browser window.
  • New crash reporter
    • Camino includes a new crash reporting system based on Google Breakpad which works on both PowerPC and Intel Macintoshes.
  • Improved support for web standards & plug-ins
    • XXX Gecko 1.9
    • Better web plug-in compatibility and performance
    • Enhanced support for web standards

Known Issues

For information about other issues or problems, please visit our Help page.

  • Scroll bars will appear active at all times.
  • If “Ask me before accepting each cookie” is checked, Camino will display a cookie dialog for each cookie request from a web page.
  • Incompatible third-party software:
    • Shockwave Player 10 and older will not display Shockwave content in Camino 2; to display Shockwave content, install Shockwave Player 11 or newer.
    • Versions of the Flip4Mac (F4M) plug-in older than version 2.2.1.11 contained a bug that caused major rendering issues in Camino. To display Windows Media content without experiencing this bug, upgrade to Flip4Mac version 2.2.3.7 or later.
    • Older versions of the Adobe Flash plug-in had a bug that could cause Camino to stop functioning correctly after visiting enough pages with Flash content while browsing. This behavior is fixed in version 10.0 of the Flash plug-in.
    • Some versions of the third-party add-on 1Password are not compatible with Camino. These versions can cause Camino to crash on launch, hang when importing bookmarks, and hang when pasting into the location bar. Make sure that you are running the latest version of 1Password, and if you continue to experience issues, disable 1Password’s integration with Camino and contact 1Password support.
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