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Some people (me included) need to use a Mozilla-based browser for compatibility with certain server-based software, but find Firefox's lack of support for Mac-specific technologies is a trial.
And that's where Camino comes in. Based on Mozilla's Gecko HTML engine, it also incorporates support for AppleScript, the system-wide spell-checker, and Keychain, as well as providing a more generally Mac-like look and feel.
Version 2.0 has some useful improvements.
If (like me) you work with many tabs open at once, you may want to memorise the command-control-T shortcut. This replaces the current window with Tab Overview - a set of thumbnails of the contents of the tabs, allowing easy selection. This can be quicker and easier than scrolling the tab bar.
I'm not a fan of the Growl notification system, but I know some people love it. They'll be glad to hear that Camino can now indicate completed downloads via Growl.
While malware is relatively rare for Mac OS X, phishing attacks are platform independent. Camino 2.0 uses Google's list of phishing sites and stopbadware.org's list of malware sites to warn users before they see a dodgy web page.
A useful touch is the ability to magnify entire pages or just the text. If your eyesight isn't 100%, some web pages use text that can be a little small for easy reading. Enlarging just the text avoids scaling artefacts in photos and other images, but whole-page zoom avoids the layout issues that can occur when the text size is increased.
