Re: tap, tap, this thing on?

Speaking of the next big browser...

>From 
<http://macapper.com/2007/09/08/interview-ken-case-ceo-the-omni-group/>:

> Ken: Did I mention it's difficult to decide whether to put energy into 
> writing new apps or into adding major new features to our existing apps? 
> With OmniFocus we'll have written three new apps in a row, so I think 
> it's time to add some major new features to our existing apps.

Can I be the first to recommend that you focus some of that energy on
our beloved OmniWeb? The stability and speed have been great, but there
are features I'd sorely love to see again:

* Zoomed input boxes
* Reliable opening of new tabs in response to a paste while an input 
  widget does not have focus (Right now there are certain situations
  where this does not happen)

There are more that I just can't think of off the top of my head, since
it's been a couple years since I've had use of the features. Look at
features that got lost during the WebKit/WebCore change for 
possibilities.

Additionally, there are new features other browsers have that would
be great to have in OmniWeb:

* Click to start any embedded media
* Incremental search
* Page zooming, where all content is scaled up (text, images, video) not
  just text. Vital to this feature is reflowing the content while resizing
  (much in the same way cmd-+ works now.)

And there are minor things that are not neccesarily trivial to implement,
but add those really nice touches that distinguish the good software from
the great software:

* Full editing of favorites without opening the bookmarks window
* Ability to right click and interact with items inside of folders on
  the favorites bar
* Having New Folders that are created by right clicking on the favorites
  bar show up where you're right clicking at, not on the extreme right end
  of the list.

Finally, there are new features that other browsers don't have yet. I 
don't neccesarily know what they are yet, but I know they're out there,
waiting to be the next big thing.

I realize that OmniWeb isn't the sexiest product in your lineup anymore,
but it's brought a lot of people (including me) into the Omni fold, and
continues to do so. 

-Zach

On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 12:36:33AM -0400, Joe Edgell wrote:
> Just waiting for the Next Big Thing or at least Next Big Browser from  
> the Omni Gurus.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> On Sep 9, 2007, at 3:00 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> >Yup. It's on... but probably a lot of us are just lurking, not much
> >to say right now.
> >
> >
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