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=About Camino® 2.0 Alpha 1=
 
=About Camino® 2.0 Alpha 1=
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Camino 2.0 Alpha 1 is the first preview release of a significant upgrade to the venerable Mac OS X browser using Mozilla.org’s Gecko HTML rendering engine. Notable improvements include tab overview, full content zoom, a complete keyboard loop in the browser window, and a “Recently Closed Pages” menu.
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Camino 2.0 Alpha 1 is the first preview release of a significant upgrade to the popular Mac OS X browser using Mozilla.org’s Gecko HTML rendering engine. Notable improvements include tab overview, full content zoom, better support for Full Keyboard Access in the browser window, and a “Recently Closed Pages” menu.
  
 
Note that Camino 2.0 Alpha 1 is in the “alpha” stage, which means it is still under active development. We feel that it is usable on a day-to-day basis and a large improvement over Camino 1.6, but you may still experience issues and some functionality may not work entirely as intended. The goal of this early release is to demonstrate the team’s progress and to allow users to report problems early in the development cycle.
 
Note that Camino 2.0 Alpha 1 is in the “alpha” stage, which means it is still under active development. We feel that it is usable on a day-to-day basis and a large improvement over Camino 1.6, but you may still experience issues and some functionality may not work entirely as intended. The goal of this early release is to demonstrate the team’s progress and to allow users to report problems early in the development cycle.
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== General ==
 
== General ==
 
* Camino 2.0 Alpha 1 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
 
* Camino 2.0 Alpha 1 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
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* Uses version 1.9 of the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine, which includes a new graphics architecture based on Quartz and delivers improved compatibility with popular plug-ins and improved support for fonts and languages.<!--the fonts bit maybe could go-->
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* Uses version 1.9 of the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.
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** Includes a new graphics architecture based on Quartz.
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** Better compatibility with popular plug-ins.
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** Significant improvements in Flash performance.
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** Enhanced support for web standards.
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** Supports JavaScript 1.8.
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** Scroll bars in hidden portions of web pages no longer display.
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** Better handling of pages with large tables.
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** Web page form controls now respect author styling in more cases.
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** Improved support for fonts and languages.
 
* Upgraded to version 1.5b6 of the Sparkle software update framework.
 
* Upgraded to version 1.5b6 of the Sparkle software update framework.
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==Bookmarks & History==
 
* The History menu now contains a sub-menu listing the last 20 closed web pages.
 
* The History menu now contains a sub-menu listing the last 20 closed web pages.
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* The importer for HTML bookmark files is now more stable and includes better support for bookmark attributes and for exported Firefox 3 bookmarks.
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==Bookmarks==
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* Dropping a bookmark on a collection no longer switches the active collection.
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* It is now possible to drag plain-text <code>javascript:</code> URLs, such as bookmarklets, to the Bookmark Bar.
 
* Added a page translation bookmarklet to default bookmarks.
 
* Added a page translation bookmarklet to default bookmarks.
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* Dropping a bookmark on a collection no longer switches the active collection.
 
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* The Bookmark Bar now accepts more drags as valid URLs by stripping control characters where necessary.<!--eh-->
 
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* It is now possible to drag plain-text <code>javascript://</code> URLs, such as bookmarklets, to the Bookmark Bar.
 
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* The importer for HTML bookmark files has been completely rewritten and supports more HTML bookmark formats.
 
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* The new HTML bookmark importer includes better support for bookmark attributes and for exported Firefox 3 bookmarks.
 
  
 
==Preferences==
 
==Preferences==
 
* Changes to the font preferences now apply automatically.<!--eh-->
 
* Changes to the font preferences now apply automatically.<!--eh-->
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* Changes to the Home Page field in the General preference pane now apply without switching panes or closing the Preferences window.<!--bleh-->
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* Changes to the “Home Page” field in the General preference pane now apply without switching panes or closing the Preferences window.<!--bleh-->
  
 
==Privacy & Security==
 
==Privacy & Security==
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==Tabs==
 
==Tabs==
 
* The Tab Overview feature displays a grid of thumbnails of the tabs in the current window.<!--bleh-->
 
* The Tab Overview feature displays a grid of thumbnails of the tabs in the current window.<!--bleh-->
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* Tab titles are now accessible to VoiceOver.
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* The Command-T keyboard shortcut is now always enabled and will create a new tab in the frontmost browser window.
 
* The tab bar is now keyboard accessible.
 
* The tab bar is now keyboard accessible.
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* The Command-T keyboard shortcut is now always enabled and will create a new tab in the frontmost browser window.
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* VoiceOver can now speak tab titles.
  
 
==User Interface==
 
==User Interface==
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* Control characters are now converted to spaces when pasting into the toolbar search field.
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* When Full Keyboard Access is enabled, tabbing now moves correctly through the entire browser window.
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* Camino now intelligently strips control characters or converts them to spaces when pasting text into the location bar.
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* The notification bar for blocked pop-ups is now keyboard accessible.
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* Items in autocomplete lists no longer become editable on Mac OS X 10.5.
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* Directory listings on local disks and FTP sites have a more pleasing appearance.
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* Icons in the location bar no longer show the text cursor when mousing over them.<!--eh-->
 
 
* The location bar autocomplete list now displays the site icon for each web page.
 
* The location bar autocomplete list now displays the site icon for each web page.
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* Directory listings on local disks and FTP sites have a more pleasing appearance.
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* Site icons and URLs in the location bar are updated correctly in more cases.
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* Clicking on a bookmarklet no longer changes the URL in the location bar.<!--this needs love-->
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* Camino now better handles invalid characters in the location bar, the search field, and in bookmarks.
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* Site icons in the location bar are now updated in more cases when changing tabs.<!--ugh-->
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* The “Last Visited” column in History and items in autocomplete lists no longer become editable on Mac OS X 10.5.
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* The blocked pop-up notification bar is now keyboard accessible.
 
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* It is now possible to tab into and out of the Find bar.
 
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* The browser window now has a complete keyboard loop.
 
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* The “Last Visited” column in the History is no longer editable.
 
  
 
==Web Page Interaction==
 
==Web Page Interaction==
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* Web page form controls now better respect author styling.
 
 
* Camino now has support for making the entire content of a web page bigger or smaller.
 
* Camino now has support for making the entire content of a web page bigger or smaller.
 
* Improved ad-blocking.
 
* Improved ad-blocking.
  
 
=Known Issues=
 
=Known Issues=
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* Camino now requires Shockwave Player 11 or newer. <!-- not sure where to put this -->
 
 
* Delete no longer functions as a keyboard shortcut for Back.
 
* Delete no longer functions as a keyboard shortcut for Back.
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* Scrollbars appear active at all times.
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* 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.
 
* 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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* Camino no longer supports Shockwave Player 10 and older; to display Shockwave content, install Shockwave Player 11 or newer.
 
* Version 2.2 of the Flip4Mac (F4M) plug-in for displaying Windows Media content causes major rendering issues in Camino. The Flip4Mac team has fixed this problem in version 2.2.1.11 of the plug-in.
 
* Version 2.2 of the Flip4Mac (F4M) plug-in for displaying Windows Media content causes major rendering issues in Camino. The Flip4Mac team has fixed this problem in version 2.2.1.11 of the plug-in.
 
* 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 and is fixed in version 10.0 of the plug-in.
 
* 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 and is fixed in version 10.0 of the 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. Disabling 1Password’s integration with Camino will stop these problems; users should contact 1Password support for more information.
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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.
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Latest revision as of 21:48, 5 October 2008

About Camino® 2.0 Alpha 1

Camino 2.0 Alpha 1 is the first preview release of a significant upgrade to the popular Mac OS X browser using Mozilla.org’s Gecko HTML rendering engine. Notable improvements include tab overview, full content zoom, better support for Full Keyboard Access in the browser window, and a “Recently Closed Pages” menu.

Note that Camino 2.0 Alpha 1 is in the “alpha” stage, which means it is still under active development. We feel that it is usable on a day-to-day basis and a large improvement over Camino 1.6, but you may still experience issues and some functionality may not work entirely as intended. The goal of this early release is to demonstrate the team’s progress and to allow users to report problems early in the development cycle.

Camino 2.0 Alpha 1 shares the same code base as Firefox 3.0, both being based on version 1.9.0 of Gecko, and thus shares many of the security fixes and Gecko improvements that are in that version of Firefox.

Camino 2.0 Alpha 1 is available for Mac OS X 10.4 and later.

Features in Camino 2.0 Alpha 1

The following changes and improvements have been made since the Camino 1.6 release.

General

  • Camino 2.0 Alpha 1 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
  • Uses version 1.9 of the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.
    • Includes a new graphics architecture based on Quartz.
    • Better compatibility with popular plug-ins.
    • Significant improvements in Flash performance.
    • Enhanced support for web standards.
    • Supports JavaScript 1.8.
    • Scroll bars in hidden portions of web pages no longer display.
    • Better handling of pages with large tables.
    • Web page form controls now respect author styling in more cases.
    • Improved support for fonts and languages.
  • Upgraded to version 1.5b6 of the Sparkle software update framework.

Bookmarks & History

  • The History menu now contains a sub-menu listing the last 20 closed web pages.
  • The importer for HTML bookmark files is now more stable and includes better support for bookmark attributes and for exported Firefox 3 bookmarks.
  • Dropping a bookmark on a collection no longer switches the active collection.
  • It is now possible to drag plain-text javascript: URLs, such as bookmarklets, to the Bookmark Bar.
  • Added a page translation bookmarklet to default bookmarks.

Preferences

  • Changes to the font preferences now apply automatically.
  • Changes to the “Home Page” field in the General preference pane now apply without switching panes or closing the Preferences window.

Privacy & Security

  • Camino now displays error pages for secure web pages using invalid or untrusted certificates.
  • Camino now supports adding exceptions to allow access to secure web pages whose certificates are invalid or untrusted.

Tabs

  • The Tab Overview feature displays a grid of thumbnails of the tabs in the current window.
  • The Command-T keyboard shortcut is now always enabled and will create a new tab in the frontmost browser window.
  • The tab bar is now keyboard accessible.
  • VoiceOver can now speak tab titles.

User Interface

  • When Full Keyboard Access is enabled, tabbing now moves correctly through the entire browser window.
  • The notification bar for blocked pop-ups is now keyboard accessible.
  • Directory listings on local disks and FTP sites have a more pleasing appearance.
  • The location bar autocomplete list now displays the site icon for each web page.
  • Site icons and URLs in the location bar are updated correctly in more cases.
  • Camino now better handles invalid characters in the location bar, the search field, and in bookmarks.
  • The “Last Visited” column in History and items in autocomplete lists no longer become editable on Mac OS X 10.5.

Web Page Interaction

  • Camino now has support for making the entire content of a web page bigger or smaller.
  • Improved ad-blocking.

Known Issues

  • Delete no longer functions as a keyboard shortcut for Back.
  • 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.
  • Camino no longer supports Shockwave Player 10 and older; to display Shockwave content, install Shockwave Player 11 or newer.
  • Version 2.2 of the Flip4Mac (F4M) plug-in for displaying Windows Media content causes major rendering issues in Camino. The Flip4Mac team has fixed this problem in version 2.2.1.11 of the plug-in.
  • 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 and is fixed in version 10.0 of the 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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