Tabini reports, “While the framework itself is primary of interest to developers, the extensions that have already started to surface will let users add to Safari all sorts of capabilities that had previously been the domain of hacks and workarounds.”
“Even though extensions have barely been available for a day, several developers have jumped into the fray and either demoed or published some initial add-ons,” Tabini reports.
“Even though extensions have barely been available for a day, several developers have jumped into the fray and either demoed or published some initial add-ons,” Tabini reports. “For example, yesterday at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Mac developer Panic showed Coda Notes, an extension that can be used to add annotations to a Website.”
Tabini reports, “Although Panic has, so far, elected not to publish its extension, claiming that it’s still too rough around the edges, others have been more adventurous. An enterprising user has even started a Website that collects and links to extensions as they become available—at the time of this writing, the ten or so downloads available covered functionality from making it easier to watch YouTube videos in fullscreen mode to managing tasks and projects.”
Read more in the full article, how to enable extensions, here.
http://safariextensions.tumblr.com/
Glad the Safari Team has finally relented. This can only enhance Safari’s appeal to those who use Firefox, Opera etc.
One good place to start is improving Safari’s Icons and Tabs appearance – last done in Safari 2 and prior via Safaricon.
I’m curious too whether existing add-ons such as ClickToFlash, Safari Cookies, Safari Ad Blocker, CosmoPod etc. will change the way they access Safari’s code.
Finally, I won’t need to resort to Terminal hacks to open every single link in a new tab.
I just hope they don’t make Safari as slow as Firefox… because that would make them useless.
thank you better touch tool. 3 finger click brings up safari reader, it’s nice.
i know this has nothing to do with extensions. but click to flash is nice.
@Cubert: I’ve been using Saft to open links in new tabs since 2003.
cosmopod no longer works
Safari AdBlocker 1.9.8.3 works.
The latest ClickToFlash works.
The latest Glims seems to work.
Command-Clicking links has opened links in new tabs since there were tabs.
The Reader thing is cool. If only I could change the font.
Now if only someone would resurrect Concierge for bookmark management, access and use.
Oh, 1Password works, too!
Funny, but there’s no Extensions tab in my Safari 5 prefs!
I wonder if my SIMBL extensions are doing something strange?
I checked those extensions site links listed above and saw nothing of interest. Maybe after a few days something will appear.
I love Safari Reader. That plus ClickToFlash are so nice! Could not live without them.
Found it!
Enable “Show Develop menu in menu bar.
Select “Enable Extensions” from the Develop menu.
Et voilá!
You can then disable the Develop menu and keep the Extensions.
I recently downloaded Apple’s Safari on my Windows Vista. However, whenever i try to go to a webpage other than google or cnn.com, i get this message:
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/cho-yung-tea-review-where-to-buy-cho-yung-tea-2203061.html
One of the first extensions just stamps out Facebook ads. Very cool.
With Click-to-flash, my Safari web experience is speedy and slick. Awesome.
oh gee the world’s most advanced browser finally doing something that has been available in firefox for about 5 years…now that’s advanced!
@Tommy Boy,
I did try that a few years ago, but it was causing Safari to crash. It might have been a PPC vs. Intel issue, I don’t know. Moot point now.
Glims can open new windows in new tabs. Pith Helmet does it, too. I tried a couple of other SIMBL things that did the same thing.
I can’t wait to see the Reader feature in the iOS version of Safari. The iPad cries out for it!
@Brulek
The difference is that Safari uses HTML5 and Java for writing Extensions. Firefox required some other fairly obscure programming language to write them.
Mea culpable for not explaining it very well, but do a bit more reading about it. It’s pretty interesting.
Apple has this tendency to rethink concepts from the bottom up and doing them RIGHT, rather than just tossing in a pile of marginally useful features just to pad the inevitable feature check list. Ever hear of featureitis?
2 examples in the iOS:
Copy and Paste
Multi-tasking.
I always liked Firefox, open-source etc. Just yesterday I set up a home network with Ubuntu for my sister’s family, and it works nicely. But if I compare OpenOffice with iWork, Ubuntu with SnowLeopard, etc. then well, I know why I like paying for software from Apple. I am happy Safari comes to the point of replacing firefox on my Mac.
I like Safari 5’s speed; very nice. Does allowing extensions increase security problems?
Where “DontCrashWithFlash” plugin?
MDN: lucydoolan = spammer.
Also posted under : axinamolie in the Face Time thread.
Do you mean open all links automatically in a new tab?
As TommyBoy mentioned, you can set up the preference to use (openApple)-click to do that, but maybe you are trying to avoid that extra keystroke. Or if you are opening the same links all the time, make a folder of those bookmarks and open them all at once (in tabs).
Vacuum99,
CosmoPod 4.5 works just fine. The old V3.2 is not working, true, but the update is only 4.99 via PayPal. Tried it out this morning, and it works like a charm.
Dear Developers,
Glad there’s now a Safari 5 extension that mirrors AdBlock Plus on Firefox. Please also consider developing extensions that do the same things as Tab Mix Plus, Morning Coffee, MR Tech Toolkit and Yahoo Mail Notifier.
Thanks.