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== About Camino 1.0 ==
 
== About Camino 1.0 ==
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One year of hard work by a dozen devoted volunteers who fixed hundreds of bugs in just the Camino project. Meanwhile thousands of bugs have been fixed in the mozilla core.
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After over a year of hard work by devoted volunteers, the Camino Project is proud to give you Camino 1.0. This latest version fixes hundreds of bugs and implements many new features, providing all users with an improved browsing experience.
  
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Camino 1.0 brings you a heavily updated version of the only native Mac OS X browser using Mozilla.org's Gecko HTML rendering engine. We made big improvements, adding new features, improving existing features, and fixing many bugs and performance issues.
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Camino 1.0 brings you a heavily-updated version of the only native Mac OS X browser using Mozilla’s Gecko rendering engine. Thousands of bugs were fixed in Gecko 1.8, providing users with improved web page compatibility.
  
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Camino 1.0 shares the same code base with Firefox 1.5 (it's based on the Mozilla 1.8 CVS branch), so 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 in Camino 1.0.
  
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Due to changes in the feature set, Camino no longer supports Mac OS X 10.1. We advise people still using OS X 10.1 to stay with Camino 0.8.4.
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Note: Due to major changes in Camino, Mac OS X 10.1 is no longer supported. Users still running Mac OS X 10.1 should continue to use Camino 0.8.4.
  
 
== Features in Camino 1.0 ==
 
== Features in Camino 1.0 ==
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The list shown below lists only a fraction of all the changes in this major release. The full list of changes can be viewed here.
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Below is a list of the major changes in Camino 1.0. A full list is available on our website.
  
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* Camino is now build as a universal binary, allowing it to run natively on both the PPC and the Intel Macs.
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* General
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* Back/Forward performance has been greatly improved by keeping the full page in memory.
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** Camino is now a universal binary, allowing it to run natively on both PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs.
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* Added a Fill Form menu and toolbar item which uses your personal Address Book card to automatically fill forms on the current webpage.
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** Moving backward and forward through history is now “blazingly fast”.
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* Ad-blocking is now included.
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** The “Fill Form” menu item and toolbar button use your personal Address Book card to automatically fill out forms on the current web page.
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* The Camino menu now has a "Reset Camino..." menu item, which will erase your browsing history, empty the cache, clear downloads, clear all cookies, clear all site permissions, and remove all remembered user names and passwords.
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** Ad-blocking is now built-in, but turned off by default.
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* The Camino menu now has an "Empty Cache..." menu item.
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** The “Camino” menu now has a “Reset Camino…” menu item, which will erase your browsing history, empty the cache, clear downloads, clear all cookies, and clear all site permissions.
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* Security status is now displayed in the location bar.
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** The “Camino” menu now has an “Empty Cache…” menu item.
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* The context menu for mailto: links has some new items for interacting with the Address Book.
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** An optional warning is shown when closing windows with multiple tabs or when quitting with multiple windows open.
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* Now show an optional warning when closing windows or quitting with multiple tabs open.
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** Camino now has certificate-management capabilities.
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* The Help menu now contains an Installed Plugins item which opens about:plugins.
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*** It is now possible to trust a new Certificate Authority.
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* The about:config preference editor is now included.
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*** The Certificates window, accessible from the Security preference pane, shows the set of certificates included with Camino and any newly-downloaded certificates.
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* Favicons linked using a LINK element are now correctly displayed, instead of always looking for the root favicon.
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** The about:config preference editor is now mostly functional.
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* For network and site-related errors, Camino now shows error pages instead of dialogs.
 
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* Camino now has certificate management capabilities.
 
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** It is now possible to trust a new Certificate Authority, and create certificates.
 
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** You can view the set of certificates that Camino ships with, and any that you have downloaded, in the Certificates window accessible from the Security preferences panel.
 
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* On first launch Camino will ask if you wish to set it as the default browser (which can be turned off).
 
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* Camino now has support for "document.designMode" (inline HTML editing), Midas, SVG and <canvas>.
 
  
 
* Bookmarks and History
 
* Bookmarks and History
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** Every bookmark menu folder now has an "Open in Tabs" item.
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** Camino now includes live searching of bookmarks and history.
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** We greatly improved History and Bookmark management.
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** It is now possible to sort bookmarks alphabetically.
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*** Life type searching
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** The “Go” menu now displays global history, showing sites you visited in any window, ordered by date.
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*** Sorting of bookmarks and history items
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** Spotlight will now index Camino bookmarks.
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** The bookmarks manager now behaves like a webpage, no longer taking over the window and hiding opened tabs. This will allow you to:
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** Camino now displays custom icons for Bookmarks, History, and local files.
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*** Open the bookmarks manager in a new tab or a window.
 
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*** Open the bookmarks manager in the current active tab or window.
 
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*** Create a bookmark of the bookmarks manager and add that to your bookmarks bar for quick access.
 
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*** Set the bookmarks manager as your homepage by using "about:bookmarks" as the url.
 
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** The Go menu now displays sites you visited in any window, grouped by date, and allows you to clear the history.
 
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** Spotlight will now index and open Camino bookmarks.
 
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** Custom favorite icons are now shown for Bookmarks, History, and local files.
 
  
 
* Tabbed browsing
 
* Tabbed browsing
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** The Tab Bar was rewritten from scratch, allowing more tabs in a window (with an overflow menu), a close button on each tab, and the ability to show the tab bar when a single tab is open.
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** The tab bar has been rewritten from scratch.
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** Double-clicking on tab bar background now creates a new foreground tab.
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*** Tabs now appear on the left of the window, instead of in the center.
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** Command-enter in the URL bar or search field will now open a new tab or new window depending on preferences.
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*** Windows can now contain more than 16 tabs, and tabs which do not fit on the tab bar appear in an overflow menu.
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** Added a "Reload all Tabs" contextual menu item.
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*** The tab bar can remain visible when a single tab is open.
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** Double-clicking on empty space in the tab bar creates a new tab.
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** Command-enter in the location bar or search field will now open the page or search results in a new tab or new window (instead of the current tab or window).  
  
 
* Downloading
 
* Downloading
 
** Camino now saves the list of downloads between sessions.  
 
** Camino now saves the list of downloads between sessions.  
 
** Downloads can be paused and resumed.
 
** Downloads can be paused and resumed.
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** Double clicking an item in the download manager now opens the file.
 
  
 
* Web Content
 
* Web Content
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** Web page access keys now work correctly.
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** Camino now has support for “document.designMode” (inline HTML editing, also known as Midas), SVG, the <canvas> tag, and MathML.
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** Images are drawn and tiled using Core Graphics now, for performance and bug fixes.
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** Web page access keys now work in Camino.
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** XML files are now pretty-printed when viewed in Camino.
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** Camino now uses version 1.8 of Mozilla’s Gecko rendering engine, which contains thousands of bug fixes.
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** CSS3 cursors are supported now.
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** Images are drawn and tiled using Core Graphics for improved performance.
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** Camino now uses the Mozilla 1.8 engine, which in itself contains thousands of bug fixes that also benefit Camino. Some of the bigger and more important are:
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** The pop-up blocker can now stop pop-ups generated by plugins (like Flash).
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*** Gecko's DHTML performance has had some major improvements.
 
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*** Mozilla now supports the overflow-y and overflow-x properties.
 
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*** Mozilla's pop-up blocker has been greatly improved.
 
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*** Resizing of large images to fit the browser window has been improved, now restoring larger-sized image centered on the click location.
 
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*** Mozilla now supports unprompted NTLM authentication (NTLM is an authentication protocol used in Microsoft networks).
 
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*** The XML parser has been updated.
 
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*** Command + Up & Down now works the same as Page Home & End.
 
  
 
* Plugins
 
* Plugins
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** Camino now ships with the Java Embedding Plugin (http://javaplugin.sourceforge.net/), which provides support for Java 1.4 (Java 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.4). This fixes many Java issues.
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** Camino now ships with the Java Embedding Plugin (http://javaplugin.sourceforge.net/), which provides support for Java 1.4. On Mac OS X 10.4, Java 5.0 is also supported.
  
 
* Preferences
 
* Preferences
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** Now support for 3d party preference panels, written in Cocoa, Applescript or Python. These can be installed by placing them into the (~)/Library/Application Support/Camino/PreferencePanels folders.
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** Camino now supports third-party preference panes. These can be installed by placing them into the <tt>~/Library/Application Support/Camino/PreferencePanes</tt> folder.
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** Camino now has a preference to limit image animations.
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** There is a new preference to make animated images play only once.
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** Can now search in the cookie and cookie exceptions site lists.
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** The cookie and cookie exception lists are now searchable.
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** Now use the language information in the System Preferences | International panel to send data on what languages you understand to websites (HTTP accept-language header). This can be overridden by the "camino.accept_languages" hidden preference.
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** Camino now uses the language information in the International pane of the System Preferences to send data on what languages you understand to websites. This can be overridden by the "camino.accept_languages" hidden preference.
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** We now read Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) settings from the System Preferences .
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** Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) settings are now read from the entries in the Network pane of the System Preferences.
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== Known Issues ==
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* Microsoft's Windows Media Player (WMP) plugin causes major rendering issues in Camino. Since Microsoft has discontinued WMP on Mac OS X, Camino no longer supports the use of the WMP plugin; instead, all users should download the free Flip4Mac (F4M) plugin, version 2.0.1 or higher, from http://www.flip4mac.com/.  Version 2.0.1 displays some WMP content off-center in Camino; this will be fixed in the next maintenance release of the F4M plugin.
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* Although typing performance has improved in Camino 1.0, typing in form fields can be slow when Flash or animated images are present. Turning off animations can improve performance in some cases.
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* Shockwave Director content displays at the wrong location in the browser window when hardware rendering is enabled. Switch the plugin to software rendering to solve this.
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* Java applets on some web pages may crash on Mac OS X 10.4 in certain configurations. This can happen after a system update fails to fully upgrade all components of the system. If you experience crashes on pages that use Java applets, apply or reapply the latest “combo update” from Apple to ensure that your system is up to date.
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* Due to a bug in Mac OS X 10.2.x and 10.3.x, Norwegian users of the Camino Multilingual edition will need to manually select their desired user interface language and manually set their 'accept-language' string. To make Camino Multilingual run in Nynorsk or Bokmål, select Camino Multilingual in the Finder and choose "Get Info" from the File menu. In the resulting window, click the triangle next to "Languages:" and uncheck every language except the one desired as Camino's UI language.<br><br>
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*: To set the accept-language string, add the string user_pref("camino.accept_languages", "nb,nn,no,en"); to your [http://www-stage.caminobrowser.org/support/hiddenprefs/ user.js file], where the languages are listed in the order in which you'd prefer them if a server can send content in multiple languages. (In this example, you want Bokmål first, then Nynorsk, then generic Norwegian, then English if none of the other three languages are available.) You may now launch Camino.<br><br>
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*:Apple fixed this bug in Mac OS X 10.4, so no work-arounds are necessary.

Latest revision as of 23:43, 18 April 2006

About Camino 1.0

After over a year of hard work by devoted volunteers, the Camino Project is proud to give you Camino 1.0. This latest version fixes hundreds of bugs and implements many new features, providing all users with an improved browsing experience.

Camino 1.0 brings you a heavily-updated version of the only native Mac OS X browser using Mozilla’s Gecko rendering engine. Thousands of bugs were fixed in Gecko 1.8, providing users with improved web page compatibility.

The features listed below are just some of the many in Camino 1.0.

Note: Due to major changes in Camino, Mac OS X 10.1 is no longer supported. Users still running Mac OS X 10.1 should continue to use Camino 0.8.4.

Features in Camino 1.0

Below is a list of the major changes in Camino 1.0. A full list is available on our website.

  • General
    • Camino is now a universal binary, allowing it to run natively on both PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs.
    • Moving backward and forward through history is now “blazingly fast”.
    • The “Fill Form” menu item and toolbar button use your personal Address Book card to automatically fill out forms on the current web page.
    • Ad-blocking is now built-in, but turned off by default.
    • The “Camino” menu now has a “Reset Camino…” menu item, which will erase your browsing history, empty the cache, clear downloads, clear all cookies, and clear all site permissions.
    • The “Camino” menu now has an “Empty Cache…” menu item.
    • An optional warning is shown when closing windows with multiple tabs or when quitting with multiple windows open.
    • Camino now has certificate-management capabilities.
      • It is now possible to trust a new Certificate Authority.
      • The Certificates window, accessible from the Security preference pane, shows the set of certificates included with Camino and any newly-downloaded certificates.
    • The about:config preference editor is now mostly functional.
  • Bookmarks and History
    • Camino now includes live searching of bookmarks and history.
    • It is now possible to sort bookmarks alphabetically.
    • The “Go” menu now displays global history, showing sites you visited in any window, ordered by date.
    • Spotlight will now index Camino bookmarks.
    • Camino now displays custom icons for Bookmarks, History, and local files.
  • Tabbed browsing
    • The tab bar has been rewritten from scratch.
      • Tabs now appear on the left of the window, instead of in the center.
      • Windows can now contain more than 16 tabs, and tabs which do not fit on the tab bar appear in an overflow menu.
      • The tab bar can remain visible when a single tab is open.
    • Double-clicking on empty space in the tab bar creates a new tab.
    • Command-enter in the location bar or search field will now open the page or search results in a new tab or new window (instead of the current tab or window).
  • Downloading
    • Camino now saves the list of downloads between sessions.
    • Downloads can be paused and resumed.
  • Web Content
    • Camino now has support for “document.designMode” (inline HTML editing, also known as Midas), SVG, the <canvas> tag, and MathML.
    • Web page access keys now work in Camino.
    • Camino now uses version 1.8 of Mozilla’s Gecko rendering engine, which contains thousands of bug fixes.
    • Images are drawn and tiled using Core Graphics for improved performance.
    • The pop-up blocker can now stop pop-ups generated by plugins (like Flash).
  • Plugins
  • Preferences
    • Camino now supports third-party preference panes. These can be installed by placing them into the ~/Library/Application Support/Camino/PreferencePanes folder.
    • There is a new preference to make animated images play only once.
    • The cookie and cookie exception lists are now searchable.
    • Camino now uses the language information in the International pane of the System Preferences to send data on what languages you understand to websites. This can be overridden by the "camino.accept_languages" hidden preference.
    • Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) settings are now read from the entries in the Network pane of the System Preferences.

Known Issues

  • Microsoft's Windows Media Player (WMP) plugin causes major rendering issues in Camino. Since Microsoft has discontinued WMP on Mac OS X, Camino no longer supports the use of the WMP plugin; instead, all users should download the free Flip4Mac (F4M) plugin, version 2.0.1 or higher, from http://www.flip4mac.com/. Version 2.0.1 displays some WMP content off-center in Camino; this will be fixed in the next maintenance release of the F4M plugin.
  • Although typing performance has improved in Camino 1.0, typing in form fields can be slow when Flash or animated images are present. Turning off animations can improve performance in some cases.
  • Shockwave Director content displays at the wrong location in the browser window when hardware rendering is enabled. Switch the plugin to software rendering to solve this.
  • Java applets on some web pages may crash on Mac OS X 10.4 in certain configurations. This can happen after a system update fails to fully upgrade all components of the system. If you experience crashes on pages that use Java applets, apply or reapply the latest “combo update” from Apple to ensure that your system is up to date.
  • Due to a bug in Mac OS X 10.2.x and 10.3.x, Norwegian users of the Camino Multilingual edition will need to manually select their desired user interface language and manually set their 'accept-language' string. To make Camino Multilingual run in Nynorsk or Bokmål, select Camino Multilingual in the Finder and choose "Get Info" from the File menu. In the resulting window, click the triangle next to "Languages:" and uncheck every language except the one desired as Camino's UI language.

    To set the accept-language string, add the string user_pref("camino.accept_languages", "nb,nn,no,en"); to your user.js file, where the languages are listed in the order in which you'd prefer them if a server can send content in multiple languages. (In this example, you want Bokmål first, then Nynorsk, then generic Norwegian, then English if none of the other three languages are available.) You may now launch Camino.

    Apple fixed this bug in Mac OS X 10.4, so no work-arounds are necessary.
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