Roundup: Top X Requested Safari features

By David Chartier

Last week we asked y'all "What would you change about Safari?" and the response was excellent. I'd have to say the two overwhelmingly desired features were better tab management (dragging, session saving, etc), and embracing a more friendly and robust plug-in architecture a la Firefox, especially since PimpMySafari.com is such a runaway hit. But without further adeu, here are the other Top X Requested Features of Safari, in no particular order:

  • bookmark sorting
  • easier to use plug-in system, (a la Firefox) especially since PimpMySafari.com is so big
  • Allow for different search engines in the search bar
  • Windows Media and Real plug-ins pre-installed, so Safari is even more web-friendly
  • Much better tab features, such as dragging/re-ordering and session saving
  • better RSS management
  • Graphical history browsing (great idea!)
  • better support for rich text editing (open a Blogger.com or WordPress post window in Firefox to grasp this one)
  • better image/media handling, such as the ability to stop obnoxious gif and Flash animations
  • search-as-you-type, with a text search bar at the bottom of the window, again like Firefox

For those who can't wait for Apple to roll out all these requests, I'd highly recommend checking out PimpMySafari.com as a lot of these features can be had with a plug-in or three from that site. One very popular plug-in I'll point you towards that can pick up the bill on a lot of these features is Saft, although it'll cost you $12 USD.

In the meantime, let's all hope we've made enough noise to grasp the attention of a developer or two at Apple (Hey, we can dream, right?). If you have any more requests you want to add to the discussion, please do so on the original You're in Charge post.

 

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