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Softonic Rating:
Good:7/10
License:
Evaluation
Added:
February 24, 2006
Updated:
December 17, 2007
Publisher:
Website
File size:
2.5 MB
Downloads:
212
Cyril Roger

“Customize your Safari”

by Cyril Roger

Saft is a plugin to boost the features in your Safari browser.

Considering the amount of things you can actually do with Saft, it's almost difficult not seeing it as a full fledged application rather than a simple plugin. And effectively, Saft is a little bulkier than most plugins, but it really does enhance the performances of your Safari browser.

Saft includes an ad blocker, which you'll be able to customize, setting things like blocking by URL pattern, images, animations or plugins. You can create shortcuts for all the sites you visit most often, associating them with a word or even a simple abbreviation, which you'll be able to type in the URL bar. Saft is also a very powerful tool in terms of tab management. You can bookmark a group of tabs, drag tab buttons, change the tab order and search in tabs. Saft also includes Growl support and one page PDF export.

You'll have to pay $12 for the plugin, which not everybody will be willing to do, since in a browser like Firefox you can find similar plugins for free. Another drawback for users is a confusing developer page. It's not clear what the latest version is or where to download the plugin from.

Despite a confusing developer homepage, Saft is a plugin which will boost your Safari with advanced ad blocking, tab management and shortcut creation.

Languages:

English

Recent changes in Saft:

  • Improvement: Safari 3.0.4 (5523.10.6) support
  • Improvement: Faster ad/banner blocking
  • Improvement: Kiosk mode verified in Leopard
  • Bug fix: Missing history in the restored tabs that were inactive before
  • Bug fix: Missing history in re-opened tab after undoing tab closing
  • Bug fix: Print All missing
  • Known bug: Block Image Animation does not work in Leopard

OS requirements for Saft:

  • OS: Mac OS X

Minimum requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.5.1 or later
Pros
  • Create shortcuts
  • Effective ad blocking
  • Advanced tab management
Cons
  • Developer page is confusing
  • Not free
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From the publisher of Saft

Saft is a Safari plugin to add features like draggable tabs, full-screen browsing, searchable bookmarks and history, URL shortcuts, kiosk mode and more. This will facilitate your workflow and simplify your browsing experience.

Saft options

Saft Options

Reviews for Saft in other languages

  • Saft (Análisis en español)
Softonic Rating:Good
10/10

User Rating

2 ratings
Usability
  • Currently 10/10.
Stability
  • Currently 10/10.
Installation
  • Currently 9/10.
Functionality
  • Currently 10/10.
Appearance
  • Currently 10/10.

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