My favorite japanese freeware browser based on the WebKit engine recently released a version 2.0 beta! OMGs! (Oh My Gods) Its gnarly! I just got it running so there isn't much to say, but taking one look at it, I'm stoked! OMGs... OMGs... Ok, gotta look at this objectively for my readers...

I see... I see...

well, the buttons are sexier... the tab browsing now has little thumbnails... ala OmniWeb if you ask me, 'cept they're down the bottom edge instead of the left.

ZOMGs! and the history and bookmarks buttons bring up ultra-sexy overlays! OMGs! There's a "shelf" button that brings up a more traditional bookmark manager too. (drool) And so like theres this other button next to they're "page dock" where they've got all those thumbnails, and it brings up all the pages at once and lets you select one in a fancy-pants overlay thing, ala exposé!

And... And....

it crashed!? Nooooo! Shiira Build 060803!!!! .... you were too good for this world... may you rest in peace...

Huh... thats not the only thing... looks like the google search bar doesn't wanna work either... and it won't accept incoming URLs from other apps... Ok, so..

In conclusion, you should avoid downloading the ulra-unstable build of shiira 2.0. You may ponder it's new features, behold it's screenshots, but don't bother using it... quite yet... Thats all I can say. The current nightly build is a little... well, off... but go ahead and try the last stable build if you haven't shiira 1.2.2!!!