Other Sites
Indeed, I like SafariStand's implementation of thumbnail tabs better than OmniWeb's because the tab sidebar stays within the main browser window area, rather than in a slide-out drawer - a significant consideraation when you work on a 1024 x 768 display. The sidebar can be positioned either on the left or the right.
SafariStand has actually made me like using Saari, something I've never been able to say before. I always thought the thumbnail tabs feature in OmniWeb was kinda' cool, but I didn't like getting along without conventional tabs. SafariStand gives you a choice.
Installing SafariStand adds a menu to Safari with controls for the program and its added features.
SafariStand Features
- Sidebar with thumbnail tabs.
- 'Stand Bar' (Bookmark, History, Side Bar compatible, Simple RSS Reader)
- 'Quick Search'
- 'Stand Serach' - supports Spotlight
- 'Action Menu'
- 'Arrange Tabs' - by dragging and dropping
- 'Site Alteration' - alter aspects of sites you are viewing
- intelligent Plug-in blocking
- original bookmark property (color label, category, comment, rate)
- syntax colouring of html in viewed source
- open "_blank" Link in New Tab
SafariStand is a versatile application that does more than just provide thumb-nailed tabs. In the SafariStand preference settings there are the following options:
General Tab
Stand Search
Stand Search Shortcut - user definable hot-key to bring up the stand search window.
Window Close Auto Delay - set how long the Stand search window should remain open.
HTML Source Window
Colorise HTML Source, whether HTML is colorised when viewing a sites html source.
Change font - change the source windows default font.
Editable - Select if the source windows content is editable or not.
Tidy by date for downloads - This option will organise Safari downloads into dated folders.
Downloads window auto close delay - set the amount of time the Safari downloads window remains open.
Change Wheel scroll amount - alter the amount scrolled within a Safari window when a scroll wheel is used.
Stand Bar shortcut - user definable hot-key to bring up the Stand Bar.
Kill all favicons - removes websites favicons from address bar.
Kill Draw Status Bar - removes status bar drawing.
Kill Gif Animation - prevents animated gif's being shown.
Load Plug-in Manually
Open blank link in new tab - new links from pages will open in a new tab rather than a new window.
Block Referrer from Local Host - Prevents referral URL being sent.
Switch Tab with wheel - allows tabs to be switched via the use of a mouse wheel.
Remiove Metal Texture (This doesn't appear to be enabled yet)
Include Debug Menu - Enables Safari's Debug menu.
Sidebar Tab
Show Sidebar by default - whether or not the sidebar is shown in Safari upon launching.
Thumbnail Size - default thumbnail image size.
Thumbnail Scale
Quick-search Tab
Allows modification of quick-search shortcuts and links for contextual menu.
Key Action Tab
This feature uses ignored keys to provide functional enhancements.
Bookmark Tab
Allows colorisation of bookmarks.
Site Alteration Tab
Gives users the option to add sites to a list which then can be edited to alter the way these sites are viewed within Safari.
SafariStand Operation
The stand menu itself is added to the right hand side of the Safari Help menu-bar location. This drop down menu enables you to change the text encoding as well as accessing the preference settings for Safari Stand.
The Sidebar
The sidebar is equipped with OmniWeb style thumb-nailed tabs. It can be switched on and off with the 'Toggle Sidebar' option from the menu bar, or you can add a 'button' to the Safari Toolbar via Safari's customise Address bar option.
Each new tab opened will appear in the sidebar with a windowed image of the site. To open a new window just double click in the sidebar, then enter the required URL or click on the appropriate bookmark.
Thumbnails can be re-ordered by dragging and dropping them into the positions you require.
In the Safari Stand settings you can choose either regular or small window sizes. You can also alter their width by dragging the Sidebar separator bar to the left or the right.
The Bookmark Shelf
I couldn't find any documentation on this feature, and frankly, couldn't figure out exactly what its intended function is or how to make it work.
UPDATE: Applelinks reader Winston writes:
Hi Charles
SafariStand's "Bookmark Shelf" is actually similar to Opera's "Save Workspace". After opening the "Bookmark Shelf", select "Create Shelf from Current Workspace" from the Stand menu, and you'll get a new Shelf in the "Bookmark Shelf" window containing the addresses for all your opened tabs. To open the saved Shelf, select it and press "Open in Tab" in the lower left corner.
Thanks for the mini-tutorial Winston!
This is too cool. One of my favorite features in Opera, and I like the way it works in SafariStand even better.
The Stand Bar
The stand bar feature is similar to that of the side bar of Mozilla. With SafariStand this sidebar appears as an independent window. It can be toggled on and off by way of a user definable hot-key (defined in the SafariStand settings).
It gives users four options, Bookmarks, History, Side bar, and a simple RSS Reader.
The Action Menu
This menu is accessed via the action menu button on the Safari toolbar. It provides access to 7 options.
Copy URL - copies the current URL into the clipboard.
Copy Title - This copies the current pages title into the clipboard/
Copy Link HTML Tag - this copies the current URL into an HTML format e.g. Hetima:SafariStand
Show Page Info - Opens a new window with information such as server kind and the option to view the pages sub resources.
Sub Resources - shows links to the current pages sub resources such as its CSS file and associated page images.
Arrange Tabs - This allows the current tabs to be rearranged and viewed at different sizes.
Stand Search
Stand search is an independent window that can be toggled off and on using a user defined hot-key. It provides two search options; first to search bookmarks and a user's browser history for an item, and Second toenable a spotlight search of your web archive and html on your system. You can select for the latter whether or not you wish to include file contents in your search.
English documentation is not available yet. But User Interface is "almost English".
In summary, SafariStand is worth downloading for the thumbnail tabs feature alone, and the other features are icing on the proverbial cake.
New in version 2.0b14:
• Universal Binary
• Action Menu : added "Copy Link as Markdown"
• Context menu : "Go Back" changes "Go Back in New Tab" when press option key
• Fix : take CPU time when "Load Plug-in Manually" is ON
System requirements:
Safari 2.0.3 (Mac OS X 10.4.x)
System support:
PPC/Intel
Free
For more information, visit:
http://hetima.com/safari/stand-e.html
Charles W. Moore
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