So you’ve probably heard that now you can build Safari extensions (simple intro here), and Safari’s got its own Dev Center and certification process and all. Quite the effort they’re putting behind this, isn’t it? Almost as if they have bigger plans to come, or something. In the meantime, here’s a few links that are keeping track of the first attempts at extension building until the official gallery opens:
Safari Extensions (safariextensions.tumblr.com)
Safari Extensions (safariextensions.org)
25 Safari Extensions You Can Install Now
And we’ll start making a list of extensions with officially provided source here too:
Jérôme Gravel-Niquet’s Beautifier
Alexander Chuprin’s Read-in-Google-Reader
Rob Wilkerson’s Add To Google Reader
UPDATE:
Ching-Lan ‘digdog’ Huang’s Emoji
… and of course “.safariextz” files appear to be bog standard .zip so you can pretty much dig around them for anything you want, long as that doesn’t stress your ethics unduly.
If you have any other worthwhile sites or projects to add here, suggest away!
UPDATE:
Great, as usual, Ars Technica article on developing Safari extensions!
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