Posted on 30 November 2011.
At one time, web browsers simply got you to the Internet. But from the day it was released, Safari set the bar higher for web browsers. It introduced sophisticated design elements that made browsing a joy. Easy to use, Safari stayed out of your way and let you effortlessly navigate from site to site.
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Posted on 13 October 2011.
At one time, web browsers simply got you to the Internet. But from the day it was released, Safari set the bar higher for web browsers. It introduced sophisticated design elements that made browsing a joy. Easy to use, Safari stayed out of your way and let you effortlessly navigate from site to site.
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Posted on 28 July 2011.
One of the popular names in the browser world is
Please note that the following screenshots are taken from Safari for Mac, but they are applicable to the Windows version as well.
It’s obvious that the ability to resume browsing sessions should be built into modern browsers, so it’s unclear why some major browsers still haven’t implemented this feature yet. Safari has a similar feature, and you can access it by going through the “History – Reopen All Windows from Last Session” menu.
Unfortunately, you have to do it manually every time you restart Safari. To enable this feature automatically, you’ll need help from
If you accidentally close one of Safari’s open windows, you can quickly reopen it – along with all the tabs – using the “History – Reopen Last Closed Window” menu.
One nice feature of Safari that I haven’t found in other browsers is the ability to really customize the way you want Safari to start. You can find the settings inside the Preferences window (Command + Comma on Mac or Ctrl + Comma on Windows).
One common thing between Safari and other major browsers is the ability to set a webpage as the homepage. To do this, type the URL of the page in the “Home page” field, or open the page that you want inside Safari and click the “Set to Current Page” button.
You can set the home page to be opened every time you open a new window by choosing “Home Page” from the drop down list next to “New windows open with“.
Other options you can pick are: Top Sites, Empty Page, Same Page and Bookmarks. But the main course of this option is the ability to open many pages at once. Choose the “Choose tabs folder“, then pick one of the tab folders from the list. Everything inside the folder will be opened whenever you open a new window.
You have a more or less similar option for new tabs, but you can’t choose a tab folder here.
But how can you add and customize tab folders? You can use the “Bookmarks – Add Bookmark Folder” menu to add the folder, and then drag and drop the saved bookmarks into the folder.
Or you could also open all the pages you want to include in the folder and go to “Bookmarks – Add Bookmark for These XX Tabs” menu, where XX is the number of the open tabs.
Then give a name for the bookmark folder, and choose the location where you want to save this folder.
Congratulations, you have just created your own tab folder.
One of the options you can choose to start a new window or tab is “Top Sites“. This choice lets you quickly pick and open pages, either from Safari’s History or from the list of frequently opened sites.
The History tab will display the page list in a cover flow-like arrangement, and let you scroll to the items from side to side.
The Top Sites tab arranges the frequently opened sites in a matrix. You can choose the small, medium, or large boxes by clicking on the tab on the lower right corner of the screen.
You can customize the Top Sites view even more by clicking the “Edit” button on the lower left part of the screen. Two buttons will appear on the top left corner of each page, giving you options to remove individual item from the list, or pin it to the matrix so the particular item will always be present.
If you are a Safari user, you’ll find these startup tricks to be useful. They will help you work faster and more efficiently. If you are not a Safari user, maybe these tricks could give you a good reason to try Safari?
Are you a Safari user? Do you have any more Safari startup tricks? If so, please share using the comments below.
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Posted on 21 July 2011.
At one time, web browsers simply got you to the Internet. But from the day it was released, Safari set the bar higher for web browsers. It introduced sophisticated design elements that made browsing a joy. Easy to use, Safari stayed out of your way and let you effortlessly navigate from site to site.
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Posted on 14 May 2011.
Apple has also made it easy to install extensions. You simply click on the install button for an extension and it will automatically get embedded into your Safari browser. In most cases you don’t even have to restart Safari in order to begin using the installed programs. However, if for some reason an extension doesn’t show up or work, just restart Safari and you should be good to go.
You can turn off and on extensions by clicking on Safari > Preferences > Extensions. It’s a good idea to completely uninstall any extensions you’re not using.
All of the extensions described below can be found in the
One of my most used Safari extensions is Thiemo’s Duplicate Tab Button. The name says it all. It simply duplicates the currently active tab and opens it in a new tab or browser window. Before using this extension I can’t count how many times I would be on a webpage and wanted to, for example, leave a comment, but at the same time refer to or check a piece of the article as I’m writing.
With Duplicate Tab Button I can simply duplicate the page, move it over to my second monitor attached to my computer, and blast away with my comment. Duplicate Tab Button is a simple but powerful little tool.
If you’re a heavy Google Tools user, BBShare Networking has developed a Google toolbar, similar to the toolbar available for Firefox, that you should probably check out.
Though it grows your Safari browser by half an inch, it provides you with icons for most all of Google’s popular tools and sites, including Google Search, YouTube, Gmail. Google Reader, Voice and a lot more. The toolbar does clutter up Safari a little, but it’s a faster way of accessing specific Google sites.
Another search tool extension is KeySearch. You use it by typing in a keyword for a designated website, such as “youtube,” followed by a topic, and then hit the Return key. KeySearch will navigate to the website and perform the topic search for you. This saves you the trouble of always using Google for searches.
What’s even more powerful about this extension is that you can create keywords for your favorite sites. So for example, to create a keyword for MakeUseOf, simply navigate to the search field of a MUO page, right- or Control-click in the search box and choose “Create keyword for this search” in the drop-down box. You will be asked to give your keyword a name, such as “muo.”
Now instead of first navigating to MakeUseOf.com to do a search, you simply type “muo [followed by the topic you're searching for] and hit the Return key. KeySearch will take you to MakeUseOf and do the search for you. Click on the “Edit Keywords” in the KeySearch toolbar to manage your settings.
One of the downsides of web browsing is that you have to keep re-sizing browser windows to view the content on the page. This is especially a problem for laptops and other smaller screens.
Well, the extension ResizeMe may be of some use for this problem. When you click the ResizeMe icon in your Safari toolbar, (after it’s installed of course) it will re-size the frontmost Safari window to the size you set in the preference settings for ResizeMe. These settings are located in Safari > Preferences > Extensions > ResizeMe.
The Internet is a gigantic encyclopedia of information and an amusement park of entertainment, which means that sometimes it can be a huge distraction when you’re constantly visiting Facebook, Twitter, and other sites you can’t seem to tear your eyeballs from.
The extension, Mindful Browsing may well help you with your addiction to visiting specific sites. With Mindful Browsing you will get a warning that you blocked a designated site for certain period of time and/or days. You can ignore the warning if you want, but at least you’ll be reminded that you’re about to feed your addiction yet again. Thus the first step to tearing yourself away from Facebook for three days straight may be downloading and installing Mindful Browsing.
So these are the top five Safari extensions I’ve recently added to my Safari browser. There are others, including the weather extension tool, Cloudy, Facebook Ads Blocker, and the social network sharing extension, YourVersion, that might also be of interest to you.
Let us know about your favorite Safari extensions and how you use them. If you’re looking for reviews of other Safari extensions, check out these MUO articles,
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Posted on 15 April 2011.
At one time, web browsers simply got you to the Internet. But from the day it was released, Safari set the bar higher for web browsers. It introduced sophisticated design elements that made browsing a joy. Easy to use, Safari stayed out of your way and let you effortlessly navigate from site to site.
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Posted on 10 March 2011.
At one time, web browsers simply got you to the Internet. But from the day it was released, Safari set the bar higher for web browsers. It introduced sophisticated design elements that made browsing a joy. Easy to use, Safari stayed out of your way and let you effortlessly navigate from site to site.
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Posted on 08 September 2010.
At one time, web browsers simply got you to the Internet. But from the day it was released, Safari set the bar higher for web browsers. It introduced sophisticated design elements that made browsing a joy. Easy to use, Safari stayed out of your way and let you effortlessly navigate from site to site.
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Posted on 05 September 2010.
The Ookong team has made new developments with their service, including a brand-new extension for
Now that Safari
Once you’ve installed Ookong, you’ll have a new icon in your toolbar (a big K). Clicking this button will instantly pull up a search box where you can look for anything on Amazon.com. You can also enter a friend’s email address to view their Amazon Wish List, which is great for finding deals on gifts.
When you find something you’re interested in, simply click the Follow it button and Ookong will automatically track that product’s price history and provide you with alerts when the price drops!
To see a product’s price history, click the Graph button. This allows you to observe any trends the item might currently be experiencing and make better decisions about when to purchase. If it’s at an all-time high, you might want to Follow the item and come back later.
All of the features I just mentioned are also available when using Amazon normally. The Ookong browser button will change to a graph, where you will once again see historical price information and have the option to follow the item.
When I
To install Ookong for Chrome, head over to its
After installation, a new icon will be in your toolbar (bearing the familiar Ookong logo). Clicking this icon brings up Ookong’s Amazon search just like in the aforementioned Safari extension.
When browsing a product listing on Amazon, the Ookong for Chrome icon will show a red badge when price history is available. From here, you can follow items to receive price drop notifications and also view historical data.
We’re all looking to save a little money nowadays, and shopping online is often much cheaper than shopping in brick-and-mortar stores. With Ookong, you can get the upper hand on the ebb and flow of prices on your favorite products, letting you know exactly when you should make your next purchase. And with historical data, you’ll be much less inclined to make an impulse purchase!
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Posted on 13 August 2010.
While the list might be short, there are already many good and useful extensions that you can install. All you need to do is just point your browser to the gallery and install them.
But first things first. Before you can use any of these extensions, you should upgrade your Safari to
The pane is also the place for you to enable or disable individual extensions. Select one of the extensions and check/uncheck the “Enable name_of_extension” box.
If you are one of the
Click “Install All Updates” button to get all the necessary updates, and check the “Install Updates Automatically” box if you don’t want to be bothered with manual updates in the future.
Finally, clicking the “Get Extensions” button will bring you to the official Safari Extensions Page.
After browsing through the list, I decided to list some extensions which I personally think falls into the “fun” category.
Despite some recent issues with its policy, Facebook has proven time and again that interacting with friends and family will never be boring. If Facebook is one of your ideas of having fun, you might want to try several extensions dedicated to Facebook, such as:
But if tweeting is your thing, you’ll be glad to know that there are many tweeter-related extensions for Safari, namely:
Aside from the official Tweeter extension, my personal favorite is Tweetbeat Firsthand as it will show you the recent tweets from people and groups mentioned on the web page you’re viewing.
This extension will help you to know the email sender better. In the sidebar, you will be able to see more information about the sender like photo, occupation and his/her location on the map.The extension is working automatically with GMail occupying the usual ads spot. It’s also available for Firefox and Chrome.
Photography is an art that I’ve yet to master. That’s why beautiful photos always amaze me as I know they are not always easy to acquire. Flickr is a place where you can learn so much about taking good photos. But the area is not limited to photographers and the wannabes. Anybody can stroll around the site and enjoy the scenery. The
Care for a little game to spend your spare time? Why not try some word play? You can compete against the computer or versus other players. The number of online players will be shown automatically on the extension button next to the URL bar. Just press the button anytime you want to play.
If you are the kind of person who loves to know more about foreign languages, Franker is the perfect tool for you. This extension is inspired by Ilya Frank’s method of language learning and works a little differently from the usual Google Translate. Instead of translating the whole page, Franker allows you to select only a phrase or sentence and places the translation right after the selected item. Just right click on the selected text and choose “Frankate Selection“.
I tried the tool on Amazon Japan’s site, and here’s the result.
As an additional note at the end, I just want to add that the process of installing these extensions is far easier if you do it from the Safari Extensions Gallery page as everything will be done automatically.
And as I’ve mentioned above, the list is based on my personal subjective opinion. Since the term “fun” is different from one person to another; feel free to browse around, pick your own fun extensions, and share them with us using the comments below.
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Posted on 07 August 2010.
There was time when net browsers simply let you go to internet only. But now when Safari 4 is in, it has set the bar higher for web browsers. It has made browsing a joyful experience by its classy design. It is very easy to use. Also it lets to navigate from one site to another very easily. Its basically developed to accentuate browsing and not the browser.
It has the browser frame which is single pixel wide. It is actually the first browser for bringing the “real” Internet to a mobile device. It delivers pages on iPhone and iPod touch in the similar way as on your computer. Safari is the first browser to mark a built-in RSS reader.
Apple has long been a strong advocate of web standards.They allow developers in the integration of media directly into standard web pages. Also helps in reducing the development time and hence resulting in quicker response for you.
Safari 4 permits web-applications for storing data on your hard drive and hence you can use them without an Internet connection. Also Safari 4 is the first browser to support CSS 3 animations. This adds new interactivity to the web, and CSS effects. It allows developers in putting in buff to the websites by stylizing images and photos with noticeable incline, exact masks, and stunning reflections.
It has built-in spelling and grammar checker which make the look of blogs and emails better. Also it provides the feature of Private Browsing which helps in maintaining privacy all the time. With the help of Safari you can check your bank account, sending confidential email, or just browse the web and that too very safely.
Apple has proficiency in Mac OS X and iPhone development tools to the web. Safari 4 consists of influential set of tools which helps in easy debugging, tweaking, and optimizing a website for an excellent performance and compatibility. For accessing them just turn on the Develop menu in Safari preferences.
Safari 4 is the one and only one browser which comprises of tools for managing the offline databases and which will be the part of next generation of websites. Databases panel in Safari 4 permits you to analyze tables and databases and even execute SQL queries.
The Scripts pane features the powerful JavaScript Debugger in Safari 4. For using it select the Scripts pane in the Web Inspector. Then click Enable Debugging. The debugger rotates throughout your page’s JavaScript, stopping when it meets exceptions and erroneous syntax. The Scripts panel also allows you to pause the JavaScript, set breakpoints, and evaluate local variables.
JavaScript code can be optimized using the state-of-the-art JavaScript Profiler in Safari 4. The Profiler records the performance characteristics of each of your script’s functions. It makes very convenient to identify the problem areas and drill down the offending lines of code. Just by turning on the Develop menu in the Advanced pane of Safari preferences you can access all of the developer tools in Safari 4 from your menu bar. By this you can have just a one-click access to the Web Inspector, Error Console, disabling functions, and other developer features.
Safari has International localization as it is available in 16 languages and can spell-check in 14 languages. Safari also supports multidirectional text rendering.
Also it permits websites to be drafted in other languages so as to present characters from right to left. Even Safari 4 Beta trails the sites you browse and ranks your favorites. It also presents up to 24 thumbnails just on a single page. Customization is also possible of the display by pinning a favorite site to a specific location in the grid.
While using Safari 4 if you start typing the Smart Address field instantly offers suggestions. You’ll see the Top Hit and the best matches from your browsing history and bookmark collections, each in their own easy-to-read section.
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Posted on 29 July 2010.
At one time, web browsers simply got you to the Internet. But from the day it was released, Safari set the bar higher for web browsers. It introduced sophisticated design elements that made browsing a joy. Easy to use, Safari stayed out of your way and let you effortlessly navigate from site to site.
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Posted on 26 July 2010.
An iPhone uses a modified version of the Safari browser which is normally used in Mac or Windows-based systems. While the multiple menus are replaced with a fewer number of buttons, the version provides with excellent touch-based utilities. For any iPhone application developer, the Safari browser version is a sheer joy as it gives plug-in options for iPhone based utilities.
A boon of iPhone website development, it is easy to use the Safari browser on an iPhone. The browser is automatically launched whenever any URL is tapped. Alternatively, the browser can be launched using the Safari button on the Home screen.
The Safari browser comes with various buttons to facilitate various browsing modes. The Search button (magnifying glass) is used for searching, the Refresh button (Circular arrow) for refreshing a page, left and right arrows for back and forward navigation, the bookmark button, ‘+’ button to add a page in the bookmark and a Page button for new pages. In any outsource iPhone application development process, the browser settings can be integrated with any custom-made iPhone Apps.
By tapping on the URL address field, any web address can be entered. A second field here gives the option to search using Google. The search option can also be changed from Google to Yahoo! Search using iPhone settings for Safari.
The pages button set the safari browser in the Pages mode where multiple windows can be viewed by flipping from right or left. The New button given the option to create a new page and the Red ‘X’ button at top left is tapped to close the current window.
The browser provides with multi-touch option where a user can stretch two fingers on the screen to zoom and out a page. To browse through the website, links are tapped and finger movement is used to navigate around a page.
The Bookmark gives a list of the recently visited pages through a History listing. The bookmarks can be edited, renamed and moved to another bookmark folder. The bookmark can be deleted by tapping the red circle on left.
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Posted on 20 July 2010.
Safari is the default browser on OS X. The new version Apple Safari 4.0 is presented by Apple as the web browser faster and faster than Firefox, Opera or Camino. Safari is light and reliable and fully developed.Safari is also described as a navigation tool for aesthetic and intelligent.
The new engine Nitro internal Safari allows the browser to display even more enhanced performance. This is true not only for displaying web pages but also for the execution of JavaScript code (8 times faster than Internet Explorer 8 and 3 times faster than Firefox, according to the main performance tests).
Key features of Safari:
* The ability to archive a web page. Simply go to the menu File / Save As and save your web page to Web Archive. The entire page content (text, images, photos etc. ..) will be listed here in this archive!
* Safari can read RSS.Many Web sites and personal blogs offer headlines and article summaries in the form of news feed, using a technology called RSS. Safari allows you to use these feeds and view them grouped, so you can quickly find all the articles that interest you from across the Web. Safari is compatible with all Internet RSS .
* If you go to a website with an RSS feed, Safari will notify you by displaying an icon RSS in the address bar. Click it and Safari automatically displays the feed in the browser window.When Safari encounters a RSS feed, it displays the title and a summary of the article directly in the browser window. To read an article in, simply click on the title or the summary to go to the web page source.
* Safari has a slider that allows you to customize the length of summaries displayed. It also provides commands for sorting and filtering items by date, title and source.
* You can also save the RSS feed bookmark in order to be able to come back. Safari notifies you when your feeds added bookmarks are updated with new items, so you can receive updates without having constantly updating the sites. If you like the new travel simultaneously to all your favorite sites, Safari allows you to easily combine the flows. You can create a folder collecting RSS feeds most viewed from a specific window, then go through all the sites in a page layout very clear.
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Under Leopard Mail manages RSS feeds and sharing the calculation of unread feeds with Safari.Your reading list is always synchronized.
* Ability to search through its collection of bookmarks (if you practice a lot of bookmarks!)
* Ability to send email directly from a URL or web page! (Menu File / Send )
* Viewing PDF pages directly in Safari, without resorting to a plug-in PDF.
Indeed, the new PDF controls in Safari allows you to zoom in a PDF file, save it or open a thumbnail directly from the browser
* Possibility to surf with security ( Safari menu / Browsing Privacy). You can set no prof to trace your work on the Mac with (history, cookies, caches). Useful if you surf from a Mac that is not yours!
* Ability to activate the function of Parental Control, you define the sites where your children can go with the Parental Control .
* Ability to save a picture from the web directly in iPhoto.
* A search function is very interesting. When you are on a web page,use Apple + F ( cmd + F if you have an aluminum keyboard) or go to the Edit / Search / Search.A bar will display just below the bookmarks bar.Type a word into the search box, safari then display the number of times the word has been found on this web page,highlight while darkening the rest of the page. Very useful to identify an item in a web page.
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Posted on 28 June 2010.
Chrome beta recently launched for Mac OSX which made today a fitting time for a browser smack-down. In this round I compare speed, stability, and compatibility between three of the top web browsers: chrome, firefox, and safari. Overall, there was no clear cut winner from these tests but firefox’s inability to keep my faith is pushing me down the chrome pathway. It’s only been one day but I’m fed up with firefox crashing, lagging, and freezing. Which browser do you think is the best? Which are you using? Leave your feedback in the comments bellow. For exclusive content follow me on twitter at twitter.com and check out my blog at michaelsherlock.com (Note Browser speeds measured here: webwait.com
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Posted on 23 June 2010.
Its on! Mac OSX browser wars? Apple Safari? Firefox? Google Chrome? Opera? Microsoft Internet Explorer?
Ok. Let me explain what my thoughts on these various browsers for Mac OSX. Here are some thoughts:
1. Firefox-it is so slow on my old Mac Mini G4. It is feature rich but what is the point of using if it feels like a half an hour to load up. They even promised a faster version. Also, Firefox has been so wonky lately I cannot get it working my Windows system for some reason. Also, it seems my OSX version has missing important icons with no explanation
2. Safari-quite good and tight and light browser. No complaints on this one but it is my usual default browser.
3. Chrome-I love this browser so much I use it for my Windows system. It is compact, compatible with Mozilla that all the major browsers are built on, and easy to use. The best part is how you tear apart each browsing session and it has it’s own system process. That is quite innovative but you can always expect that from the PHDs at Google.
4. Opera-a fast and rather up to date browser for the Mac OSX operating system. It is not small but as good as Firefox for Mac. Unless you have an Intel processor in your Mac, I would go with Firefox. If not, I would go with Opera.
5. Microsoft Internet Explorer- I do remember that Microsoft developed a really old version of it. It has now been discontinued for Mac OSX. As for Windows, I try to avoid this browser at all costs. From my understanding, hackers love to target this browser due to it is not so secure features. That might have changed in their latest version but I don’t use it enough. I only use thing when large sites are only compatible with Micrsoft Internet Explorer. Don’t ask me why site designers do this.
My recommendation for OSX, go with Opera if your Mac is not Intel based. Wait for Chrome as well once it comes out for Mac. Also, Firefox might be fine for those on Intel based Macs. Just my thought
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