Camino 2.0.1 arrives

Stephen Withers
Monday, 07 December 2009 05:00

Business IT - Open Source

Camino - the 'other' open-source Mozilla-based browser for Mac OS X - has been updated to use a more recent version of the Gecko engine.

The first update for Camino 2.0 incorporates Gecko 1.9.0.16, providing multiple security and stability fixes.

All users are urged by the developers to upgrade.

Other changes in Camino 2.0.1 restore the search field to the Help menu in non-English localisations (affects Mac OS X 10.6 only), allow the inclusion of an email address when reporting crashes, a cosmetic change to the way certificate text is displayed, and improved ad blocking.

Camino 2.0.x requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

The browser combines the broad compatibility of the Gecko engine used in Firefox with a Mac-native look and feel, and support for Apple technologies such as Keychain, AppleScript and the system-wide spelling checker.

It also provides optional Growl support for download notifications.

Version 2.0 was a major upgrade, delivering improvements to tabbed browsing, support for the Google Safe Browsing service, zoom, support for full keyboard access, and extended AppleScript support.