How to make Safari’s Private Browsing feature actually private

If you’ve been using Safari’s Private Browsing feature to keep your web-tracks hidden, it might come as a surprise to you that you are leaving a very visible record of the sites you’ve been visiting. This tutorial will show you how to remove those records. Read more

How to improve Safari with Glims

I’ve been a big fan of Inquisitor over the past few years. It’s a really neat plugin for Safari (and in the more recent months for other web browsers too) which allows you to run smart searches on the web directly using the search box built into your web browser and see the results right there. Glims is another plugin that does a similar task along with a lot of other things. As the Glims website aptly explains, “Glims adds a cocktail of features to Safari” (Tabs, Thumbnails, Full Screen, Search Engines, Search Suggestions, Forms autocomplete on, Dated download folders, Type Ahead) Read more

How to force Safari 4 to open links in a new Tab instead of a new Window

By default, any time a web site uses the target="_blank" attribute on a link (like this one), Safari 4 will open that link in a new window. If you’d prefer it to open in a new Tab, follow the instructions outlined in this brief tutorial. Read more

How to revert to the previous Tab style in Safari 4

One of the changes in Safari 4 is that the Tabs are now located at the very top of the Safari window. Though some folks like this new behavior, quite a few don’t. If you’d prefer to use the Tab location used in Safari 3 (below the Bookmarks Bar), follow the instructions outlined in this brief tutorial. Read more

How to resume a previous browsing session in Safari

If you often restart your Mac, quit the Safari web browser to free up some RAM, or (gasp) Safari crashes, you’ll find the following tip quite useful. Read more

How to get the most out of tabs in Safari

Safari is the default web browser that ships with MacOS. It was also recently ported to Windows. Here are some tips to help you get more productive using the tab feature in Safari. Read more

Keyword search using Safari

One of the many great features of the Firefox web browser is the keyword search which allows you to direct a search to a search engine by using a preset keyword and a query in the url box of your browser. So you can type something like imbd there’s something about mary in the search box and the search query will be directly sent to www.imdb.com. Safari does not yet support this feature out of the box. Keywurl is a free plugin for the Safari web browser that adds this very useful feature. Before we proceed with the installation please note that this is a Mac-only Safari plugin. Read more

How to integrate del.icio.us with Safari

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking web service that allows you to store and share bookmarks online using your browser. By having your bookmarks online, you can always access them when you’re away from home or using another computer. Del.icio.us is a free service that also allows users to search for things that others people have bookmarked. It’s like community bookmarking. I find it quite useful to integrate del.icio.us with my web browser - Safari. Read more

Add instant search to Safari using Inquisitor

Apple’s Safari web browser, like Firefox, comes built-in with a web search box. As useful as that is, it leaves a little to be desired. That’s where Inquisitor comes in. Inquisitor is a free Safari plug-in that enhances this web search box. It adds features such as history, auto-completion, and the coolest of all its features, it displays search results right below the search box. Read more