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December 30, 2005

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Camino 1.0b2 out

Posted Dec. 30, ’05, 12:01 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Software

Camino Icon The fine Camino folks have released beta 2 of the cocoa Gecko browser. The full 1.0 release is anticipated in the next month.

I’ve been a huge fan of Camino since the Chimera days. Yeah, that far back. That was back when the browser selection for Mac OS X was sparse to say the least. By the time Jaguar had rolled around, it was my browser of choice. It only got unseated because of some extras that Safari provides (bookmark syncing, built-in spell checking).

On the other hand, Camino still subscribes to the school of thought that a web browser should be a web browser and not a swiss army knife (RSS, extensions, etc.), which is still refreshing at times. It’s also fast. It’s good to see it’ll be at 1.0 soon, but with the stability it’s maintained for several milestones now, it’s more deserving of that version number than some other products.


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