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$15 for an exceptional browser works for me. Better and more advanced features than ForgetMeNot built in, PithHelmet features built in with complete controls, the tab control you are looking for, all built right in. Funny how people always get in a huff about someone paying for a browser but when the tons of people mention Saft as their favorite plugin, no one seems to mind the price tag on a plugin which is almost the same price as a full app (and yes I realize that no one has mentioned it on this thread yet). There are open-source alternatives for almost everything, but that doesn't make them better, nor does it make buying an alternative a mistake. OmniWeb is an exceptional browser, most plugins that are discussed for Safari are features in OW, usually more capable and controllable features as well. Personally, OW is perfectly suited for the way I view and interact with the web and so dropping $10 (purchased it on sale) is nothing. Hell, I paid $40 for Delicious Library and all it does is make my movie and book collections searchable and easy to manage. The free browsers lack what I am after. Why do you pay for cable or satellite when their is free broadcast television? Because you get what you pay for. It is not as if we are talking about a $100 app. I realize that OmniWeb, like any app, is not for all, but for those for whom it works, why not spend $15 to get a browser that is well suited to your workflow? I don't pay for my FTP client, nor my chat clients, nor my IRC client, nor my office software. But NewsFire suits me so I paid for it, paid for MacJournal as well, should I have stuck with Vienna and Journlr?
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