Hi everyone,
Well, I was also really disappointed to see Mission Control didn't deal with those Safari tabs. I did not find an extension the way I think it should be. Both Exposer and TabExpose are kind of slow, didn't work for multiple windows, no close button (like Chrome), etc.
So, although I know some of you think extensions are all crap, I made my own, trying to be as "crapless" as I could. I've written the code from scratch paying attention from performance to visual effects. Of course, if Apple can't satisfy everyone, let alone myself.
Since I'm in a Lion thread, I must say I have tested it with SL Safari (5.0) and Lion's (5.1). It works on both, but to me 5.1 is so buggy that I decided to stick with 5.0 (made a copy from SL and now I have both 5.0 and 5.1 on Lion).
As per my submission to Apple:
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Name:
Tab Switchery
Download:
Use the
attached file or
http://www.anysoft.com.br/mrmilk/safariext/tabswitchery.safariextz
Short Description:
Navigate through Safari tabs and windows with mission control/exposé-like views. Shortcut key and toolbar icon let you instantly access all tabs for the current window (1st click) and grouped tabs for all open windows (2nd click). From there you can switch to or close any tab.
Long Description:
Navigate through Safari tabs and windows with mission control/exposé-like views. Shortcut key and toolbar icon let you instantly access: all tabs for the current window (1st click) and grouped tabs for all open windows (2nd click). From there you can switch to or close any tab.
- Exposé for all windows (exclusive!)
- Switch to or close any tab
- Auto-adjusting image size
- Customizable shortcut key
- Thumbnail creation on idle time
- Mac OS consistent visual effects
- Lion(10.7) compatible
Category:
Productivity
All tabs from the active window:
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All Safari windows with grouped tabs
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I have already submitted it to Apple, but since they will take some time to publish it, I decided to give it a go here.
I'd appreciate to hear from you.
Cheers,
Mr. Milk
P.S. for those who want the gesture, you can set up a shortcut key in TabSwitchery and use BetterTouchTool to bind a gesture to that key combination. I'm using 4 finger down..