RSS in Safari
We’re going to be looking at RSS all week, starting with a hint from macosxhints.com. This snippet will focus on Safari, but we’ll be looking at other tools to exploit the power of RSS as the week goes...
View ArticleBom Dia
All your RSS Feeds on One Safari Tab Are there a bunch of sites you go to every morning? Wouldn’t it make more sense to have Safari load them all up instead of you clicking each address? Sure, you...
View ArticleCustom Home Page with iWeb
Lots of people used to use Google for their start page. Now that our browsers have Google built-in the home page is up for grabs. So make your own start page, and spread your favorite sites across it....
View ArticleSend a Page, Not a Link
How do you send links? Command+L to highlight the URL? Command+C to copy the link? Go to Mail, create a message, paste in the link… You don’t have to do all that! If you’re loyal to the natives like...
View ArticleDragging Tabs and URLs
Usually we save Monday for the really easy stuff. Murphy was a little late getting back from vacation, so this week it’s Tuesday.You can drag a URL from one window to another in Safari and Firefox. You...
View ArticleBrowser Wars: Game On
Skip on down to the screencast if you want to see some of the new Safari features. In case you haven’t heard: the browser-builders have been busy. Safari 3 is in beta and it runs on Windows too....
View ArticleMake a Widget in Five Seconds
Murphy’s never tried to make a Widget before, but it sure was easy using Safari. Take a look at the screencast to see just how easy it was. We’re not sure what the limits are, you can make yourself...
View ArticleForget Passwords with 1Password
If you didn’t participate in Macheist you missed out on a great application called 1Password. With 1Password you can store your login credentials from multiple websites and log in with a couple clicks....
View ArticleWebkit
Quick post in case you haven’t seen this: I’ll be the first to admit I knew nothing of Webkit until I saw it mentioned on Digg. I always forget to look at Digg. Murphy does too. Then I read this...
View ArticleAppend .com to URLs in Safari Address Bar
I always thought Safari was adding the .com to addresses I typed in the Address Bar. I think Firefox does. Or did. The other day Road Runner started showing me a search results page with ads if I...
View ArticleSet Safari Window Sizes with Bookmarklets
If you can’t get used to the green button for resizing your Safari windows you might like this. Your bookmarks can do more than just take you to a certain website. Using the capabilities baked into...
View ArticleAccess Web Sites Directly
A quick look at simple ways to open frequently visited web sites directly, without your mouse. Hopefully you don’t click in the address bar and forward-delete and backward-delete to erase what’s there....
View ArticleAirFoil Adds Features
Murphy uses AirFoil to send audio from a web browser to an Airport Express or an Apple TV. It’s great for listening to Pandora throughout the house, with various speakers all in sync. There’s an...
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