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61. Trust in tabs
In Safari’s Preferences you can turn on tabbed browsing, which is much easier and quicker than juggling multiple open browser windows. Particularly useful is the option to Command/click on a link; it will open in a new tab behind the current one. A practical application for this is to open several links from a page in tabs, but not view the pages until you have finished with the first page. This saves you going back and forth, reloading the first page.
62. Web Clip Widgets
Safari in Leopard features the new “Web Clip Widget” tool which appears as a small button by the address bar. If you select it, you can draw around an area of a website, any size that you like, and then click “Add.”
OS X will then create a widget that will appear in Dashboard, and draw a live version of whatever part of the web page you selected. This is very handy for sites that update frequently. For example, you could draw around the headline feed on the BBC News website and have it visible as a widget, even without Safari open. Or, if you wanted to keep track of an eBay auction or a chat on a message board, a widget could display it, updating in real time, without you having to see the whole page.
63. Bookmarks are best
By clicking on the bookmarks icon, you can organize and manage all your bookmarks for speedy access.
It makes sense to create folders to store in the Bookmarks Bar, grouped by type. So, for example, name one Entertainment and store non-work related sites there, another Holiday stuff with all the links to do with a holiday, and so on. Folders appear with an arrow next to them in the Bookmarks Bar.
64. Open multiple pages in Safari
With multiple pages stored in a folder within the Bookmarks Bar, if you hold the Command key and click on the folder’s name, Safari will open all those pages in separate tabs for you.
65. Jump to boxes
When viewing a web page in Safari, pressing the “Tab” key will cycle the cursor quickly between all available fields on the page, so you don’t have to click in them with the mouse. This is activated in the “Advanced” section of Preferences. You can hold Option/Tab to only cycle between text fields and drop-down menus.
66. Navigate drop-downs
If you “Tab” to a drop-down menu, hitting the up and down arrow keys will open it and move between its options. Pressing “Enter” will choose an option. In this way, you can easily select and access menus and fields without having to move a mouse to them and click.
67. Zoom in Safari
If you’re having trouble reading text in Safari, press “Command” and the plus key to quickly increase the font size. Repeat with the minus key to return it to normal.
68. Refresh the page
For a quick way to refresh a page in Safari, press Command/R.
69. Block Flash
If you have an old Mac and/or slow connection, it may be worth using a Flash blocker add-on for Safari, or even Firefox or Camino. Flash content in websites tends to reduce old Macs to a crawl.
70. Get news fast
Use NetNewsWire (www.newsgator.com/individuals/netnewswire) to aggregate all your RSS newsfeeds into a single application, saving you from having to visit and load multiple websites.
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