I started using Safari again when Leopard was released. Before that, I was using Camino, but before that, I was rocking Omni’s OmniWeb. Those that moved to OS X early, remember the breath of fresh air that OmniWeb was. Sure, its Javascript support was lacking, but everything was so pretty. It was the first browser to really present pages as they should look in OS X.
The price kept me away for a long time, but when I had a chance to buy for $10, I jumped on it. Once they made the transition to WebKit (same engine used by Safari), it became a very reliable browser. I like it, despite a lack of traditional tab options. It’s been updated to 5.7, which I’ll take as a cue to give it another shot. This latest version updates WebKit to a version equivalent to Safari 3.0. It’s also signed, which means that you won’t have to explicitly allow keychain access with each new version.
That said, allow me to air a pet peeve. They still haven’t fixed their Netflix compatibility. More specifically, trying to use the rental service’s star rating service will cause you to go to a blank web page. Safari doesn’t have this issue (I would note that Camino and Firefox also operate correctly, but they’re not using WebKit). I want to love OmniWeb. I do. Seriously though, how long is this going to be a bug? Until 6.0?
I bought Omniweb back during the Mac OSX Public Beta. My favorite browser all around, but I have also been using Safari lately. Just because of my iPhone.
I noticed Safari on iPhone has the same Netflix ratings bug. The good news is even though you go to a white page if you hit the back button (in either browser) you'll find your rating has saved.
I really like OmniWeb too, especially the ability to do per-site preferences. I use that a lot to control how popup windows and fonts should be on different sites. But I can't understand (unless I just miss the function) there is no discovery of RSS feeds function. Seems like something basic.