Safari is the default Mac OS X browser, based on WebKit.
Resources:
| Date | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sep’11 | ClickToPlugin | An alternative for Safari 5 |
| Jan’09 | ClickToFlash | A plugin to disable Flash content on a page unless it’s clicked upon |
| Older | Glims | a great plugin that adds a full-screen mode, improved search and other niceties. |
| ForgetMeNot | a SIMBL plugin that saves open URLs when you quit Safari and restores them when you re-launch it. | |
| Blocking Ads | Using nothing but CSS. My technique of choice for years now. | |
| Pimp My Safari | plugins and add-ons |
Speeding it up
- Disable Top Sites (and set the home page to
about:blank) - Disable RSS polling (the source of some irritating little pauses)
- Disable “Warn when visiting a fraudulent website” (i.e., no checks for every single URL)
- Disable Flash by using an extension (see above) or removing the plugin in it’s entirety.
Enabling the Debug Menu:
On Mac OS X open a terminal and enter:
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1
On Windows, edit C:\Documents and Settings\<em>username</em>\Application Data\Apple Computer\Safari\Preferences.plist and insert a new preference:
<key>IncludeDebugMenu</key><true/>
…or start Safari.exe with /enableDebugMenu or /disableDebugMenu (it updates the.plist, so you only need to do it once).
Safari 4 Hidden Preferences
Copied from here for future reference:
# http://swedishcampground.com/safari-4-hidden-preferences Having a quick poke through the new Safari binary yields the following strings: $ strings /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari | grep DebugSafari4 DebugSafari4TabBarIsOnTop DebugSafari4IncludeToolbarRedesign DebugSafari4IncludeFancyURLCompletionList DebugSafari4IncludeGoogleSuggest DebugSafari4LoadProgressStyle DebugSafari4IncludeFlowViewInBookmarksView DebugSafari4TopSitesZoomToPageAnimationDimsSnapshot DebugSafari4IncludeTopSites *NB: Need to restart Safari after changing any of these.* ## DebugSafari4TabBarIsOnTop This moves the tab bar back where you expect it to be: $ defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4TabBarIsOnTop -bool NO ## DebugSafari4IncludeToolbarRedesign and DebugSafari4LoadProgressStyle When both set to NO it restores the blue loading bar behind the URL. $ defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeToolbarRedesign -bool NO $ defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4LoadProgressStyle -bool NO ## DebugSafari4IncludeFancyURLCompletionList Switches off the new URL autocomplete menu and goes back to the original one. $ defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeFancyURLCompletionList -bool NO ## DebugSafari4IncludeGoogleSuggest Turns off the new Google suggest menu. $ defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeGoogleSuggest -bool NO ## DebugSafari4IncludeFlowViewInBookmarksView Unknown. ## DebugSafari4TopSitesZoomToPageAnimationDimsSnapshot Unknown. ## DebugSafari4IncludeTopSites Disables Top Sites feature completely. $ defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeTopSites -bool NO ## Undoing changes Just run the defaults command with the `delete` flag for the appropriate key you wish to delete. $ defaults delete com.apple.Safari <key>