Publisher's Description
From Hao Li:
Saft for Safari is a plugin to extend Safari's features with sidebar, searchable history and bookmarks, full-screen browsing, type-ahead searching, customized Google Search field, URL shortcuts and kiosk mode. Features include:
- Ad/banner blocking with simple URL pattern matching
- Add bookmark folder here and add bookmark here in every bookmark menus
- Always open browser window in tab
- Auto hide Downloads window
- Auto save and restore opened browser windows at quitting and start
- Block animation
- Block HTML refreshing in front-most browser
- Block images and plugins
- Bookmark search
- Bookmark this group of tabs
- Consolidate browser windows
- Control-1 to 9 to popup bookmark menu or open bookmark
- Control-drag page
- Crash protection
- Customizable HTTP timeout
- Customized Google search field
- Do not allow scripts to bring tab to front
- Drag tab buttons to add the URL string to other applications
- Enter/ctrl-enter to go to next/previous links (like in Google)
- Export Selected Bookmarks
- Extended search from contextual menu
- External text editor support for TextArea
- Focus the last selected tab when closing the current one
- Full-screen browsing
- Growl support
- History search
- Install debug menu
- Kiosk mode
- Max screen for normal browser windows
- One-page PDF export
- Open tab in new window
- Option to use Aqua interface
- Original URLs in Finder comments of downloaded files, exported PDFs and saved pages
- Save and load browser windows
- Separator in bookmark menu
- Sidebar
- Sort bookmarks in every bookmark menus
- Stop download warnings
- Tab rearranging with drag and drop
- Type-ahead searching
- Undo support for closing tab
- Undo support in TextField
- URL shortcuts
- URL traverse with return-key
- Work-around of click-through bug in WebKit
More Popular Web Browsers downloads
- Mozilla Firefox
7,838 downloads
- Google Chrome
2,518 downloads
- Sleipnir
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- Opera
1,325 downloads
- Apple Safari
441 downloads
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"Outdated plugin, but way ahead of the curve"
Version: Saft 12.1.2
Pros
this is a PLUGIN (and an iteration of other forms) which allowed Safari users to save their sessions (windows and tabs) through logouts, restarts, crashes, etc. It was the only thing out there for some time. It also had numerous other features.
Cons
The advent of "reopen all windows from last session" command in Safari, and the inclusion, finally, of Extensions to Safari (at least one of which is Sessions, which does part of SAFT's work) makes this plugin obsolete and, perhaps, a security risk.
Summary
Wait until the author migrates this plugin to an extension (if ever). Safari has included many of the functions of SAFT in its regular features, and adding the Extensions layer has made the plugin (and/or separate control app) much less relevant as there are several extensions that allow managing sessions (including Sessions, which does the job much better, simply allowing for the recovery of multiple sessions).
At this point, there is only one other [whining] comment. I have been able to get SAFT to work consistently (unlike the whiner), but it IS sometimes difficult, as the developer is a sole developer with very little capability to respond to support questions, and his slightly arcane update and authentication are a maze that is a little difficult to navigate.
Bottom line, this isn't the best option and, when or until the developer recreates this as an extension, I'd evaluate it only in that context. -
"WARNING: YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE RIPPED OFF"
Version: Saft 12.1.2
Pros
There are no pros. It does NOT work
Cons
IT DOES NOT WORK
Summary
I've used this app for years and paid for each major upgrade including the recent version for Snow Leopard.
It does not work regardless of the information on the website. Furthermore the developer, Haoli-*****, does not respond to emails. AND YET, he did find the time to dispute the Paypal resolution when I asked for a refund.
In essence, Haoli-*****, knowingly took my money for a product that does not work.
I believe that is called stealing. -
"great product. awful support. website very unclear"
Version: Saft 12.1.1
Pros
love the features
Cons
updating product has been improved but there is no support if you having problems installing
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"Essential plugin to bring Safari to full functionality"
Version: Saft 11.0.3
Pros
Great features, easy and intuitive to use.
Cons
None comes to mind.
Summary
Bought it for the full screen browsing functions but also benefited from various options for pop-up management and crash recovery.
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"Cant agree with this"
Version: Saft 12.1
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I cant agree with the last user reviews. I for my part use Saft for a very long time and am berry content with it. I use not very many features but I like the fact, Saft restores all my tabs and window setting after a Safari restart - even enlarged window sizes are restored. The DL-window hides after the dl is ready and the entries are cleared. Hao answered my inquiries always very speedy - so i cant complain at all.
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"Agree, it's crap and ripoff"
Version: Saft 12.0.2
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I bought it for one purpose and that was to sort bookmarks. I wrote to Li Hao before I purchase and asked that question. He said yes. He is a liar or a con artist. After several emails, one in which he advised me to use the right mouse button (come on it's a Mac), I gave up.
You got my money Li Hao, hopefully others will not make the same mistake. -
"Don't waste your time"
Version: Saft 12.0.0 Public Beta 5
Pros
No pros...
Cons
Once installed, it does NOT launch and keeps crashing before it opens.
Summary
It's not even worth it if it was free. I've downloaded this program before with similar results, but was hoping the newer version would work. Oh well.
And yes, I have updated everything on my computer so there should be no problem on my end.
Updated on Oct 15, 2009 -
"Hope you like it"
Version: Saft 12.0.0 Public Beta 4
Pros
didnt use it long enough to know, it nagged me constantly so i deleted it, for more on that see cons
Cons
A PAIN IN THE @SS TO GET RID OF! have to go in to terminal to change stuff, then delete stuff, then go back to terminal, then go to root library delete more stuff, NO UNINSTALL!
Summary
honestly i dont know what its used for, i thought the full screen browsing would be cool, didnt even get to use that before the nag nag nagging starter, every time you open safari, and then every 30 minutes after that! with enough research you can find out how to get rid of it, but there is no simple uninstall, dont put this terd on your mac.....
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"No longer worth it"
Version: Saft 12.0.0 Public Beta 2
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Saft used to be pretty good - back in 2005 or so. Since then absolutely NO new features have been added and you always had to pay an upgrade price when the Mac OS was upgraded. Now Apple has made it more difficult for developers to plug into Safari and this is one of the main reasons Saft will quickly be a thing of the past. The usage of Saft as a Safari launcher was always a bad idea and now it seems that this is the way chosen by the developer to 'support' 64bit. Unfortunately it is a very convoluted way of handling it and it works poorly - unlike other programs like '1Password', which is an excellent example of how plugging into Safari in SL is still possible.
I would avoid this program - it has no future. It's better to wait for freeware alternatives like 'Glims' to catch up. -
"Dont pay and use .. yet .. it kills Safari"
Version: Saft 12.0.0 Public Beta 2
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Have paid and started to use it , but Safari crashes silently after some minutes . So dont pay and use yet until this is resolved.
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