Sorry for this terribly short review, I am trying to keep it to the point because I have much studying to do for my history class for tomorrow. I didn't want to wait to write this up tomorrow because I am trying to put a new post up at least everyday. Enjoy this and from now on you will know why my blog's title is labeled "From My Peek", because this is all typed on my Peek Pronto and emailed to blogger!! Thanks again and enjoy.
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On September 29th, Camino 1.6.10 was released. The Camino web browser is a Mozilla product running on a similar engine as Mozilla's firefox browser, using some of the open source encoding from Apples safari. The result from such a merger gives as much power and speed as firefox with the stability and security as well as a similar interface to safari. Unfortunately the browser uses older versions of both browsers limiting it in its capabilities of rendering advanced java engine applications and fancy html encoding. On a test run, just running on a webpage such as Facebook, the lagg of the browser showed. It was unable to load the chat application within facebook, periodically opening and closing and even opening in a separate window because it could not be contained on the same webpage. Farmville, however, ran pretty smoothly with minor control lag. On other websites such as twitter, I was hindered from accessing full portions of the site; often being told that I needed to upgrade to a newer version of firefox (what?).
Adobe flash was was a plus, streaming youtube and hulu videos much faster than on safari (still slower than chrome/firefox though). The interface of Camino is still pretty good. Interchangeable and customizable toolbar set it apart from other browsers, and its ease of use of navigation is pretty cool. It was definitely much more stable than safari 4.0 on my macbook pro. It was also less intensive on my processor than using firefox, being able to load videos on youtube while exporting a video in imovie 09 (something which usually forces my computer to lock up). Do I recommend camino as a stand alone browser? I prefer personally using google chrome simply because its engine is faster and smoother than anything on the market at the moment. Then again, I am biased and a google fan boy (insert pun here).
Sent on the go from my Peek
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