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Safari 5 Extensions To Bring SEO Tools To Mac Webmasters
The iPhone 4 announcement overshadowed a HUGE bit of news of great importance to the Mac SEO - SEM community: The release of Safari version 5 which now supports add-on Extensions.
Unlike Plug-Ins for Safari which are difficult to program and interact in rather undocumented low-level ways with Safari's behavior - Apple's Extensions model provides a vastly simplified and more secure framework. It will provide developers with a simpler and safer method to enhance Safari 5's features.
Although we probably won't see the vast library of Extensions that are available in Firefox - I'd speculate we're likely to get Bookmarking and Sharing Extensions from the biggest and most important web 2.0 services first and foremost.
Perhaps this lag behind Firefox and its extensible architecture is a good thing. A second generation of innovative Safari 5 Extensions for a webmaster's SEO and SEM tasks may come from the Mac developer community with its unique perspective that will take functionality and user experience to the next level.
Apple plans to feature a Gallery of Extensions at it's website later this year. In the interim, here's a sneak peek at some experimental extensions in progress: http://safariextensions.tumblr.com
Unlike Plug-Ins for Safari which are difficult to program and interact in rather undocumented low-level ways with Safari's behavior - Apple's Extensions model provides a vastly simplified and more secure framework. It will provide developers with a simpler and safer method to enhance Safari 5's features.
Although we probably won't see the vast library of Extensions that are available in Firefox - I'd speculate we're likely to get Bookmarking and Sharing Extensions from the biggest and most important web 2.0 services first and foremost.
Perhaps this lag behind Firefox and its extensible architecture is a good thing. A second generation of innovative Safari 5 Extensions for a webmaster's SEO and SEM tasks may come from the Mac developer community with its unique perspective that will take functionality and user experience to the next level.
Apple plans to feature a Gallery of Extensions at it's website later this year. In the interim, here's a sneak peek at some experimental extensions in progress: http://safariextensions.tumblr.com
