Tag Archives: Safari
Safari 5 extensions
Safari 5 introduces extensions in a simple way. I’ve already found more useful extensions than I found for Firefox: Tynt-Blocker: Stops copy-paste tracking shenanigans. Autocomplete: Stops banks, etc from disabling autocomplete. No More iTunes: Prevents iTunes from being launched automatically when … Continue reading
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Safari 3 vs. Firefox 3
A few things I’ve noticed: Safari 3: Beautiful new Find command. SVG support. Send to Dashboard capability. Drag and drop tabs, including to new windows. Better standards support. Firefox 3: Better appearance which (unfortunately) highlights that Firefox doesn’t act like … Continue reading
Firefox vs. Safari comparison: revised
I saw an episode of Yes, Prime Minister today. I haven’t seen this series in years, but it’s quite possibly both the most talky-talky and brilliant British sitcom. Whenever I see YPM, I’m reminded of Sir Humphrey demonstrating to Bernard … Continue reading
Restore deleted Safari cookies
Safari 3.1 still eats cookies, although it seems to do so much less often than 3.0. I just hit it for the first time since updating. So what do you do when your cookies all disappear? Well, you can actually … Continue reading
HTML search fields
A few days ago I re-added a search field to this site. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was; the CSS was a little fussy, but that’s more of a fun puzzle than a hard problem. However, it … Continue reading
A Safari-on-the-desktop wish
This will surprise no one, but Mobile Safari is not exactly like desktop Safari. Most of these differences are limitations, but one stands out in my mind as a feature. Namely, that’s the ability to zoom out to get the … Continue reading
Safari for Leopard's Find takes a step back from the Safari 3 beta
I’ve written before about how much I dislike Safari 2′s find. The Safari 3 beta really improved things by doing a much better job of highlighting matches. Actually, it was really good: Safari 3 in Leopard still does a better … Continue reading
Turning off Safari 3 warnings
Rob Griffiths posts some tips for turning off Safari 3′s more annoying warnings over at Macworld.com. My favorite? defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugConfirmTossingUnsubmittedFormText 0. When I quit out of a form, it’s because I want to quit. Warning me there’s unsubmitted … Continue reading
↩ in URLs
Background information: Daring Fireball linked to my previous article about the missing ↩ glyph in the iPhone and iPod touch. Thankfully, mx gave me a heads up1, and I switched a few settings on my site to better deal with … Continue reading
I want my ↩!
Curiously, the iPhone and iPod touch are missing the ↩ glyph1. I’m sure it’s missing because Apple never thought anyone would use it, but it’s being used as a footnote return character by John Gruber, Allen Pike and mx, among … Continue reading