Speedy Web Browsing with Safari
Safari browser is Apple's own speedy browser that is now available for both Mac and PC users. I use Safari most of the time with my Mac computers and, in addition to its speed, Safari has features not found in other browsers. One thing I love about Safari is its integration with other Apple applications, like Mail and Automator. Another great feature of Safari is its excellent built-in RSS reader that lets you sort feeds, search through feeds and save your searches, and automatically or manually update feeds.
Apple's Page on Safari Browser
Apple's description of Safari features
Apple's Safari Page
Safari Tutorial - Viewing PDF Files
A special feature of Apple's Safari browser is the ability to open PDF files directly in Safari. When you click the link for a PDF file, Safari will open the file in the same window. Note that opening a PDF file may take time, so be patient while Safari opens the file.
Safari 3 for Mac OS X 10.5 adds a new control bar for PDF files but it is only visible when you move your mouse to the bottom of the Safari window. [read more...]
Safari Tutorial - Managing Downloads
Did you know that Safari provides several options for managing downloads? With this tutorial, learn how to set a default location for downloaded files, have downloaded files automatically removed from Safari's memory and manage active downloads. [read more...]
Safari Tutorial - Viewing RSS Feeds
An RSS feed lists articles on a website, usually including a short summary of each listed article plus a link to the full article. Using an RSS reader for RSS feeds provides an easy way to scan the information on a website, and the latest versions of Safari for Leopard and Tiger include a built-in RSS reader.
RSS feeds can save you time while keeping you up-to-date on the latest news in almost any field of interest. And accessing RSS feeds with Mac OS X (Leopard or Tiger) is easy with Safari. [read more...]
Safari Tutorial - Organizing Bookmarks
Do you have hundreds of bookmarks in Safari? Are you wasting time every day trying to find the bookmarks you need? If the answer is yes to either of these questions, this tutorial can help you organize and find your bookmarks in Safari.
The first step in organizing your bookmarks should be the creation of folders for storing the bookmarks in the Bookmarks Bar, Bookmarks Menu or the Bookmarks Library. [read more...]
Safari Tips
tips to make using Safari easier
- Emailing Web Pages with Safari
Did you know that you can email web pages or web page links directly from Apple's Safari browser? Read this tip to find out how to do this.- Larger Safari Fonts
If you find the font sizes in Safari are too small for your aging eyes, here's a quick tip to increase the font size on most web pages.- Safari Bookmark Bar Separators
Here's an easy way to create separators on your Bookmarks Bar in Safari.- Safari One-Click Favorites Folder
Did you know you can open several web pages at once with one click on Safari's Bookmarks Bar? Here's a quick tip to show you how to do it.- Controlling Safari Tabs
Did you know that you can create separate windows from Safari tabs or merge open windows into one tabbed Safari window? Here are a few tips to help you accomplish this.- Controlling Safari Forms
Do you get frustrated with the small text boxes on most Internet forms? If you do, Safari 3 has a nice new feature that lets you expand the size of any text box on a form.
Safari Browser on Wikipedia
Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. First released as a public beta on 7 January 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Apple has also made Safari the native browser for the iPhone OS. A version of Safa...
Special Features of Mac OS X Web Browsers
Copyright 2008, Claire J Rottenberg
If you are like me, you probably have a favorite web browser that you use all or most of the time, but there are many good web browsers for Mac OS X that are worth trying. In preparation for this article, I rediscovered two browsers (Flock and Opera) that are now part of my collection of startup applications. They haven't completely replaced my favorite, Safari, but they offer alternatives for special functions. In this article, I describe some of the unique features of four web browsers for Mac OS X - Safari, Flock, Opera, and SeaMonkey. I'm not including Firefox because the latest version is in beta (version 3.1b1) and some of Firefox's past benefits are lacking in the beta version. Also, unlike the other web browsers included in this article, Firefox does not have any special features that are not available in any of the other browsers.
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Other Web Browsers for Mac OS X
Firefox
Firefox is the popular Mozilla browser that is available for several platforms, including Mac OS X. The current stable version of Firefox is 3.0, but for those of you, like me, who enjoy testing out beta products, there is a 3.1 beta version. [learn more...]Flock
For social networking addicts, Flock is the perfect browser. It lets you easily log in to many social networking sites, add blog posts to most major blogging platforms and upload photos with one click to many album sharing sites. [learn more...]Opera
Opera has many special features and the one I like best is the integrated email application. It lets you access any email account from within Opera and you can add RSS feeds to your email sidebar for easy reading of new feed items. [learn more...]OmniWeb
OmniWeb is a web browser made specifically for the Mac operating system. Unlike most web browsers, however, the full version of OmniWeb is not free. [learn more...]Read a review on OmniWeb from Mac expert Joe Kissell and MacWorld magazine:
OmniWeb Review
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