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  • Adrian Bool · 1 year ago

    No need for the CLI to enable the Developer menu - just go to the Advanced tab in Safari 3.1's Preferences where the 'Show Develop menu in menu bar' option is ready to satisfy your desires...

  • Jon Robinson · 1 year ago

    nice list. I would add the activity window to that list too.

  • Dan · 1 year ago

    Nice list. I recently talked about 10 ways to get more out of your Safari browser experience.


    The additions to Safari in v3.1 are wonderful!

  • Daniel Miessler · 1 year ago

    @Adrian


    Thanks for the tip -- updated.

  • Rusty Myers · 1 year ago

    I would also add GreaseKit to the list of very under used, but super sweet Safari additions.


    http://8-p.info/greasekit/

  • PA · 1 year ago

    The handy URL path tip also works with command-click in the same way than in most other programs, like Finder, Preview etc.

  • Zack K · 1 year ago

    I've been using the web inspector for years, It's been there since 2.5

  • Zen Stevens · 1 year ago

    I recently found the web inspector, But I still use firefox's firebug for web debugging. Much easier to use, and more features.

  • F1R3F0X · 1 year ago

    Safari is lame, Firefox FTW!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Jasper · 1 year ago

    The only thing i'm missing is xmlhttprequest response .. so i can see what ajax processes


    ps, nice tip

  • stelt · 1 year ago

    Gladly Safari now also supports SVG

  • Kelmon · 1 year ago

    Kudos on the URL path navigation - I've not come across that one before and suspect that it'll come in useful in the future.

  • David · 1 year ago

    right-clicking on the page title to see where you are on a nested site doesn't work when the site is using masked forwarding, FYI

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  • nigger · 1 year ago

    Safari SUX, just like every shit from Apple Cocksuckers.

  • silkyd · 1 year ago

    I like Safari, and the new version is Really Fast. That said, the web inspector can't hold a candle to Firebug. (Which, for developers--especially if you're writing AJAX-- is the greatest tool ever made.) If Safari had Firebug, I'd always use it. Otherwise, Safari looks like an also-ran.

  • ObeyTheFist · 1 year ago

    Awesome. Thanks for these tips. And your commenters are great!

  • Darel · 1 year ago

    Hey thanks for the amzing tip.. I had no idea. This will help my staff save time.


    Great job and great post..... Your now bookmarked

  • macgasm · 1 year ago

    I'm a huge fan of the web inspector.

  • R.J. · 1 year ago

    Great post -- It took me a long time to find these features and they are really useful. I love web inspector too.

  • applesince1985 · 1 year ago

    Safari has been consuming CPU way too often and no fix so far...after idle use for a while with some windows open...I have always been disappointed with the somewhat inflexible bookmarks system...clean interface otherwise with some expected refinements in a current browser. They ALL need more work to bring to 2008 standards possible.

  • JAmes · 1 year ago

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    No body knows about it

  • 24tracks · 1 year ago

    command + shift + y adds any selected text to a sticky, I use this all the time when citing research.


    Thanks for the cool post

  • Ignatius · 1 year ago

    Thanks for the last post about the sticky.

  • xt · 1 year ago

    rather unexciting "features"


    i use primarily a macbook for browsing and opera instead of pre-installed safari.
    opera got more of those little nice details imo.

  • Brian Hammond · 1 year ago

    inline dictionary is not a Safari feature -- it works in any Cocoa app. Highlight any word and press cmd-ctrl-d to get the definition of the selected word.

  • zander · 1 year ago

    Another awesome feature is the bookmark/history search: Do "Show All Bookmarks" (option-command-b). There's a search field in the top-right corner in the window. And it's not just looking in the URL, it searches cached page contents!


    I also use "Mail Link to This Page" (shift-command-i) quite a bit. And, the "Activity" window rocks...

  • subcorpus · 1 year ago

    i seriously tried to use safari a lot ...
    but i always end up going back to opera ...
    i think safari needs more customization options ...
    like ... i like keep my tabs on the right side ...
    there is no way (that i know of) to do that in safari ...

  • Goran · 1 year ago

    yes... anyone knows if there is SEOQuake for Safari? or any kind of SEO plugin for safari?

  • Web Browser · 1 year ago

    Hi,


    Your updated post link doesn't work.

  • Olligarski · 1 year ago

    Subcorpus: Try Saft plugin!


    I will do tabs right or left and with an option to put tabs right or left of the current tab.

  • theurge14 · 1 year ago

    Thanks for the Web Inspector tip. I had no idea it was there. Very nice feature!

  • Zack Katz @ Katz Web Design · 1 year ago

    @Goran - I've created a great SEO user stylesheet for Safari that is a good start. Not a plugin, but better than nothing!

  • Bony Yousuf · 6 months ago

    u r right... i didnt really used those....
    but thanks for letting me know...


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