iPlace: Image download helper for Safari

Considering the graphical nature of the web, I'm surprised more features and plug-ins haven't appeared to solve the problem of downloading images from sites as well as iPlace does. Operating as a SIMBL plug-in for Safari (including the 3.0 beta), iPlace allows you to specify multiple locations on your Mac for downloading images, but that's not all. It then gives you a contextual menu item when right-clicking an image or a web page that will allow you to instantly download any image to one of your specified locations, or - and here's the kicker - bring up an image downloading window that shows you each image on the page, along with your download locations provided as drag and drop wells in a sidebar on the left. Opening this window on I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER, for example, brings up the long list of images you see above, all ripe for efficiently dragging and dropping wherever I want.
In a word: iPlace is awesome. There are of course enhancements I would like to see, such as the ability to scale these images up and down to make it easier to view more from the page at once, but for a spankin' new product straight out the gate, this is a really handy plug-in.
iPlace is provided as donationware from Tekuris.
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#4: I'm always glad to help Leonard.
August 21 2007 at 8:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDownloading porn just got easier.
August 21 2007 at 1:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHi
I don't seem to be able to see any links from the front page of http://www.tekuris.com/
Is it just me?
The http://www.tekuris.com/products/iplace link just takes me to a blank page :(
I guess it would be helpful for persons with limited screen real estate.
August 21 2007 at 9:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGotcha. Thanks for the reply, David.
August 21 2007 at 9:50 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis more or less makes it easier to drop images into folders other than your desktop. For example: I keep two folders in my iDisk, one for images I use on my personal blogs, and another I use for TUAW and Download Squad blogging. Both are buried one or two folders deep in my iDisk to help keep things organized. With iPlace, I don't need to dig in and open up those folders every time I find something interesting; I just use iPlace to drop that stuff in and get to it later, never having to deal with a bunch of Finder windows scattered everywhere.
August 21 2007 at 9:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI don't understand this drag-n-drop app for Safari photos. You can already drag-n-drop photos directly from Safari to your desktop or anyplace else.
If I'm missing something here, please explain.
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