did anyone ever came across this:
Safari seems to be the Web-browsing choice of a new generation,
leaving the good-for-its-time Internet Explorer far behind and
relegating Mozilla and derivatives to experimental use. But are you
getting the most out of Safari or just using the bare minimum (and
what a bare minimum that is) of its features?
Bits and bobs
You may assume everyone is aware of the same helpful shortcuts and
neat menu items that you are. And you'd often be wrong. In case
you're not in the know about all of these, here are some favorite
Safari tips and tricks.
Activity (a.k.a. Context)
Open Safari's Activity window (Window > Activity or Command+Option
+A), select all (Command+A), and copy (Command+C). You now have the
URLs of all open tabs in the clipboard. Paste them into a sticky
(Applications > Stickies) for safekeeping, in case Safari crashes, as
it sometimes does, taking hours' worth of context with it. Paste them
into iChat to share with a friend or colleague.
Downloads
The same thing is true of Safari's Downloads window (Window >
Downloads or Command+Option+L), where copying and pasting net you the
source URLs for your recent crop of downloads. Save them as a
download_log.txt file somewhere for a record of what you've
downloaded and possibly installed. Copy a single download URL by
Control- or right-clicking any item in the Downloads window and
selecting Copy Address from the contextual menu.
Tabs
At the bottom of each bookmark folder is an option to Open In Tabs.
Click it to open all the bookmarks in that folder in a set of tabs in
a single window. This is useful for setting up your day's context
first thing in the morning or keeping an eye on sites you track on a
regular basis but that don't syndicate their content.
With tabbed browsing enabled in Safari's Preferences pane (Safari >
Preferences > Tabs > Enable Tabbed Browsing), Command+click opens a
link in a new tab, Command+Shift+click opens it in a new tab and
brings that tab to the fore, Command+Option+click opens a link in a
new window behind the current one, and Command+Option+Shift+click
opens a link in a new window and brings it to the fore.
Links
Click, hold, and drag links or images to move them from Safari. You
can place them on the Desktop, in any other folder or drive, or into
the text bar of an iChat window or just about any document. You can
also drag an image from Safari over your icon in the iChat buddy list
to use it as your icon or drag it over the chat area to set it as the
background for your conversation.
Keyboard shortcuts
Safari provides a local file that lists most of its keyboard
shortcuts (file:///Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/
Shortcuts.html); bookmark it in Safari for quick reference. You
should also bookmark Dori Smith's extended list of shortcuts, which
vastly improves upon Apple's default list.
found @
http://help.cnet.com/Desktops/
cheers James
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