Safari autocomplete
©purefiction.net Safari keyword expansion can be pretty frustrating. I usually have an plugin to fasten search on the web, I type "w Firefox" and the browser expands it to "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox". The use is supposed to be analoguous to the behaviour I described in Firefox autocomplete some time ago, hence the title of this post.
But, these plugins often get out-dated. Either they don't work with the new Safari version, or I update the underlying SIMBL package and break the compatibility, or both of them.
Up to now, I've had 3 plugins:
- AutoCompleter by Catchy Software, which ... "has now closed for business" probably in 2007 already.
- SafariSIA (Search In Address) by Alloc Software, of which the last release dates to ... *surprise* ... 09/18/2006
- Keywurl by purefiction.net, which was released on Mar 21, 2008!
Finally, my search has an end. Now I'm using:
- Mac OS X 10.5.2
- Safari 3.1 (5525.13)
- SIMBL 0.8.2
- Keywurl 1.3.5
And it works! Now I'm not sure if I should dare that Safari to v3.1.1 which is waiting. Never change a running system!
Update 22.05.08: Finally I dared to update to Safari 3.1.1, and I am glad to say, it works, even Pithhelmet!
