Safari 5 extensions start to appear, 1Password updated for compatibility

Just 48 hours after Safari 5's release, the first extensions are appearing; safariextensions.tumblr.com is keeping track and listing new ones as they become available. As of this writing, there are 13 that are either available for download or listed as in progress.

That's not a huge number to choose from, but a couple that caught our attention are Instafari, which replaces the Instapaper bookmarklet with a toolbar button, and Snapper, which converts the current page into a png for super easy screenshots.

Of course, the folks at Panic showed off their super-cool Coda Notes the other day, which lets users add annotations to websites. For now, Coda Notes is still unreleased.

Among the 'big dogs' in the browser extensions arena is Agile's 1Password utility; fans will be happy to know that version 3.2 of the tool is out now with full support for Safari 5. It seems that 1P is not actually using the new extensions mechanism for Safari, as it runs even if extensions are disabled.

The question is whether or not Safari extensions will take off. At the very least, it gives other browsers like Firefox some serious competition.

[Via MacUser]

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Tim

There's an extension that lets you control Grooveshark from anywhere too. bit.ly/aCzwmX

I've also been trying out the reader thing, not sure if I'm a huge fan, but Safari is fun to play around with every once in a while.

June 14 2010 at 2:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Johnny

In video tutorial format: how to enable extensions in safari 5:

http://www.woopid.com/video/2341/Enable-and-Install-Safari-Extensions

June 12 2010 at 7:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

sven.rizzotti

We just made our own Safari extension. It made me switch back from Chrom.
Give it a try and see how you can be a lot more efficient on the web:

http://usekit.com/default/index/safari-extension

June 10 2010 at 2:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gabe

what are the chances scrapbook will make it's way onto safari? i have a huuuge library of saved pages in firefox. it would be great to be able to switch over with them.

June 09 2010 at 1:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

brzy

Wow. This is awesome. Extensibility was the reason I always preferred Firefox to Safari.

Is it too much to hope that TabMixPlus, one of my Firefox faves, will be ported to Safari? Xmarks?

June 09 2010 at 1:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Nazir

How do I add Extensions using Safari on PC?

June 09 2010 at 12:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Erik

The option of adding extensions takes away my one longing missing previously in Safari.

June 09 2010 at 12:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Kyle

How do you remove extensions once you add them?

June 09 2010 at 12:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Timm

In preferences there's an Extensions tab that lets you uninstall them.

Though, for some reason extensions I installed yesterday didn't show up there until I reinstalled them today. In any case where they don't show up, you can go to ~/Library/Safari/Extensions and delete whatever you don't want.

June 09 2010 at 12:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Big Al

I hate extensions.

June 09 2010 at 12:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

starq

I need the 'Add Bookmark Here' extension before I'll ever download Safari 5. Saft had this extension but just closed up shop. When you have dozens of bookmark Folders, cmnd+D is a navigation nightmare. Why does Safari insist of showing you all of the folders expanded. It's a scrolling mess.

Anybody know of a solution?

June 09 2010 at 12:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply