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Most Wanted Safari 5 Extensions

gødspeed

gødspeed

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Jun 11, 2009
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There are a lot of great ideas floating around of what extensions would make Safari 5 more useful. I figured it'd be worthwhile to put up a single thread that compiles a list of ideas ranked by popularity. I'll start it off:

(4 votes) Keyword search
(3 votes) Tabs on top
(3 votes) Unified Search & Address Bar
(2 votes) Alphabetized bookmarks
(2 votes) "DownloadThemAll"
(1 vote) Enhanced GMail notifier (with email preview)
(1 vote) Torbutton
(1 vote) Bookmark search in search bar
(1 vote) StumbleUpon
(1 vote) Tab-specific mute
(1 vote) Tab locking functionality
(1 vote) Center button autoscroll
(1 vote) Ask where to save each download
(1 vote) Download window overlay
(1 vote) Download status bar
(1 vote) FlashBlock / ClickToFlash
(1 vote) Bookmark syncing with FireFox

To get an accurate popularity ranking, please also vote on ideas you like that have already been mentioned.

updated to post #17
 
Safari has always needed bookmark keyword and keyword search support (like in Firefox).
 
I don't think 2 can happen. The API doesn't support altering the search bar. So, no inquisitor. :(
 
No, but you can disable the search and address bars. I would assume that someone could write a completely new search bar? So the default one wouldn't be modified, but be disabled and completely replaced.
 
gødspeed said:
No, but you can disable the search and address bars. I would assume that someone could write a completely new search bar? So the default one wouldn't be modified, but be disabled and completely replaced.
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There are definitely already some task-specific search bars (like this one, for Amazon.com), it's not too hard to imagine one that replaced the built-in address/search bar. But then I reckon there'd be no access to the normal history search?
 
I NEED tabs on top and integrated search+address bar...Chrome has popped my tab/integrated bar cherry and now i can't go back
 
A keyword search extension is what I am looking forward to. I use Chrome (and before that, Firefox's) keyword searching heavily at my job and need it if I were to ever switch to Safari full time. Hopefully it is possible.
 
I want an extension that will allow me to mute the sound of individual tabs. I wonder if it's possible? I hate when I have multiple tabs open and there is a page that has music that I can't mute, and it plays over whatever music I was already listening to. And overriding mute button for separate tabs would help me a lot.
 
Locked Tabs

I would love an extension that would allow you to lock a tab, so that it cannot be closed without <Right-click, unlock tab>.

If your someone like me with bad internet speeds, there have been many times while buffering a video so i can watch it, i have accidently closed it down!! :eek:
 
First:
For the OS X version I want the center button auto scroll feature like Firefox.

Second:
Alphabetize bookmarks.

Third:
Have it default to ask you where you want to save downloads each time if you wish.
 
Iglio said:
I NEED tabs on top and integrated search+address bar...Chrome has popped my tab/integrated bar cherry and now i can't go back
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I totally second that. I'm using Safari 5 now because it's new and looks to be faster but Chrome is a lot more productive.
 
download them all (FF plug) (right click and download chosen media by extension)

download window float on top!
or downloadstatusbar (FF plug)
 
Extensions that might make me consider leaving Firefox for Safari:
- Adblock (already exists as "AdBlock for Safari")
- FlashBlock/ClickToFlash (exists as a plugin, but not as an extension)
- DownThemAll or similar
- Keyword bookmarks (exists as a plugin called Keywurl but not as an extension)
- Some sort of bookmark syncing between it and Firefox on my Linux machine.

But the developer support so far has been amazing! I definitely think Safari will grow a lot now :)
 
My biggest pet peeve (and hopefully someone will make an extension) is that the address autofills include website title's; I'd prefer it didn't, like Safari 4.

For example, if you go to KFC.com its title is "Welcome to KFC." Now every time you go type "W" it brings up the KFC site. I'd rather KFC come up if I was typing the letter "K"
 
Tabs on Top

Gmail/Gvoice Notifier

UNified Search and URL

A quick search of a wikipedia without switching places like wikipedia companion.
 
The ability to search Google through the address bar. I know KeyWurl is available, but I don't want to run SIMBL all the time...I just want a Safari extension.
 
An email notifier that supports multiple account types, much like Webmail Notifier for Firefox.
 
Tabs on top

Better developer tools (something similar to Opera's DragonFly)

Custom Search Engines

Something similar to Opera sync

Something similar to Opera Turbo (this isn't that important, but it is very nice)

Handle Torrents
 
Just give me a port of Firefox's stylish, or something even remotely similar, and I'll be a happy man. That, and maybe a frame hider companion for Adblock so I can fix the empty spaces created by blocked ads.
 
TuffLuffJimmy said:
Tabs on top

Better developer tools (something similar to Opera's DragonFly)

Custom Search Engines

Something similar to Opera sync

Something similar to Opera Turbo (this isn't that important, but it is very nice)

Handle Torrents
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Another one of your typical irrelevant posts trying to portray apple as lacking in features support for safari. Custom search engines are already there with glims, so with the extension api out there, this is all the more so a non issue. Opera sync is there, and it's called mobile me. Opera Turbo is something particular to opera (which I love and admire as a great browser btw) that won't be coming any time soon to safari because it's supposed to be the mobility component of opera which is primarily a mobile browser platform, and safari is not. There are plenty of torrent software, excellent and open source ones for the mac, no reason to incorporate that in the browser, because there is no reason why you should have a browser open to run torrents, these are separate processes and unrelated ones.
 
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