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Which safari extensions you use?
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I use facebook blocker and adblock with two extra lists (to block social media buttons and tracking companies) from Fanboy.
http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/?q=node/806
http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/?q=node/806
LastPass (Premium Version)
ClickWeather
Adblock
LastPass and Adblock are great. Absolute necessitates - especially Adblock.No ads, no pop ups, nothing. Just great!
Edit: Add Awesome Screenshot. Super extension that puts taking screenshots, cropping, editing, blurring, marking with arrows, sending to various sites (e.g. Gmail, Facebook, etc.) all in one place. Very easy to use.
ClickWeather
Adblock
LastPass and Adblock are great. Absolute necessitates - especially Adblock.No ads, no pop ups, nothing. Just great!
Edit: Add Awesome Screenshot. Super extension that puts taking screenshots, cropping, editing, blurring, marking with arrows, sending to various sites (e.g. Gmail, Facebook, etc.) all in one place. Very easy to use.
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Thanks, I deleted safari adblock but have these now and safari is flying. Don't see no ads either on webpages like apple insider etc, Java is disabled. Am i doing it right? . macbook is blazing fast now with my owc sad, i guess safari adblock was slowing me down. Any suggestions, Thanks in advance. I never installed flash either.
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Many have reported performance problems with the Safari AdBlock extension. I use Safari AdBlock (not the extension, but the older version 0.4.0), SafariBlock and GlimmerBlocker, and I rarely see any ads and have no performance problems. I don't know if all those run on Lion (I run Leopard and Snow Leopard), so you may or may not be able to use some of those.
Thanks, you are always very helpful to everyone. I do have lion and glimmer blocker needs java. I read steve's Thought on flash and saw his Macworld 2010 interview with Walt, so don't trust flash and java. But using the Mac with these extensions posted above I don't feel the need for adblocker, do I. Any input, thank you much
I run GlimmerBlocker with Java disabled. It works fine.
You can still use Flash, but keep it on a tight leash:
- Find your Flash version and make sure it's the latest version available.
- Install ClickToFlash (Safari), Flashblock (Firefox) or FlashBlock (Chrome) to control which Flash content plays on websites.
- Use the YouTube HTML5 Video Player to watch YouTube videos, when available
The above method will still make web sites think you have Flash and they will try to serve up Flash content, even though Clicktoflash blocks it. A better method is to remove Flash altogether as described here by John Gruber. Then just use Chrome (has its own Flash built in) if you find a site that really requires Flash (I find this happens less and less). This way when you use Safari sites will see you do not have Flash installed and serve up the non-Flash version of their site.
Also, this way you never have to update Flash again as it gets updated automatically along with Chrome.
Use this extension to make Youtube play the HTML version. If you just use the HTML5 link posted by GJ you will not be able to see embedded Youtube videos on non-Youtube web pages.
I've never had any problems of any kind, using the tools I posted.
That's not an option, considering many sites still require Flash to deliver their content.
There is no need to change browsers to keep Flash under control. Changing to another browser may require giving up some of the functionality that affects daily workflow, as not all plugins, extensions, etc. are fully replicated in all browsers.
Having to switch between two browsers is a highly inefficient approach, when one browser can do the job quite well.
I've never had a problem with that, either.
You can use whatever method you want, but changing browsers and uninstalling Flash is not necessary.
There seems to be a theme with you dismissing ideas you personally do not prefer.
Read the article I linked and give it a try and you will see Safari runs faster and many sites will serve up a non-Flash version if Flash is not detected on your system.
For the once or twice a week I run into a site that requires Flash, I run the below script from Alfred and it opens the current Safari tab in Chrome. Takes about one second.
Maybe give something a try before you write it off.
Code:
tell application "Safari" to set currentURL to URL of current tab of window 1
tell application "Google Chrome"
activate
if not (exists window 1) then make new window
tell window 1
if URL of active tab is "chrome://newtab/" then
set URL of active tab to currentURL
else
make new tab with properties {URL:currentURL}
end if
end tell
end tell----------
Yep.
Never really had a good look at all the extensions available for Safari. I do have AdBlock to get rid of the ads from MacRumors
I didn't dismiss it or say no one should try it. I said it wasn't necessary.
Many, but not all. When you encounter one that doesn't, you're forced to switch browsers, install Flash or not view the site. With ClickToFlash, a click of the mouse selectively allows some Flash to play, while blocking the rest.
Why should I try it if I have efficiency, good performance and no problems with my current set-up? If someone else wants to, that's up to them.
The thread is about what Safari extensions people use, not how to get rid of Safari.
I could not care less if you do this or not. My suggestion was try (test?) something before you declare it "unnecessary." From your inaccurate comments it is clear you did not even read the Gruber article I linked.
Ah... so now you are the thread police. Have a nice day.
So you don't care if I do it, but you care whether I read the article. Curious.
I read that article over a year ago, and please point out which comment I made that was inaccurate.
You really need to work on your reading comprehension.
I read that article over a year ago, and please point out which comment I made that was inaccurate.
This. If you remove Flash from OS X and install Chrome, Flash sites will still work in Chrome using Chrome's built in Flash support, as explained in the article.
Java represents a security vulnerability. Read the last section and last sentence of the Mac Virus/Malware Info