Table of contents:
1. Description: What's SafariXtra
2 . New features from the third version
3 . History changes
4 . Donate to this project. How to register your copy
5 . How to contact the author
6 . Supported browsers

DESCRIPTION: WHAT'S SAFARIXTRA

Safari Xtra 4 is new major update to Safari Xtra. Using Safari Xtra you will control your bookmarks from the main toolbar. Additionally you will can manage your cookies, search with the most popular web search engines (Google.com, Alta Vista and many others...), cleaning Safari archives (Downloads History, Cookies, Bookmarks, Cache...). SafariXtra is fully integrated with the recents MacOS X technologies as like AddressBook: you can search for people directly from this software without opening the other progams.

The new 4.0 (alpha1) release was totally rewritted to be modular and fully scalable: the MultiBrowser technology allow the user to show into the menu bar the bookmarks of the other major MacOS X web browser: actually the supported browser are Safari (naturally ;), Omniweb (4.5), Internet Explorer (5.2), Opera (6.0), Chimera/Camino (0.7), Mozilla (1.5) and Firebird.

Using this new release the user will can search for bookmarks inside each installed web browser. The new SafariXtra gui (graphical user interface) was created to be more MacOSX like. From the third alpha release SafariXtra include a new engine that allow the user to search inside the history of Safari, Opera, Omniweb and Internet Explorer.

NEW FEATURES FROM SAFARI XTRA 3
- New graphical user interface, more MacOSX like, more system integrated.
- You can search inside the bookmarks of every installed browser (and inside the History for Safari).
- You can manage (add/delete) your Safari cookies directly from SafariXtra.
- The Multi Browser technology allows you to show inside Safari Xtra menu the bookmarks of all Mac OS X browsers (Chimera,Mozilla,Internet Explorer,Opera, Firebird and OmniWeb).
- Improved Safari Purge feature.
- Improved Search engine.
- New registration scheme.

HISTORY CHANGES

NOTE: At this time you can't add SafariXtra into automatic logins items list directly from the program. I will add this feature into the third RC version of SafariXtra.

- 4.0.8.3 RC4 (August 25, 2003)

• A problem with the Internet Explorer Importer Engine was finally fixed. If you have a customized bookmarks file that contains one or more separators ("-" blank menu items) SafariXtra will crash after one or two seconds from it's launch. Now this problem was fixed but actually SX ignore these particular menu items. I plan to update the engine in one of the next updates.
• A good news! I have found a workaround for a strange problems that show the SX windows in background (under the other windows...). Now all seems to be ok and all SX windows show at the top of the other system windows.
• Since this version (and until the official version) SafariXtra implement it's internal debugger. If you encounter a problem you can active the internal debugger and send the log to me in order to solve the possible bug. To do it open the com.objectivePark.safarixtra pref file (located into the Prefereces folder) and add the key "Debugger" (note that the name is case sensitive) and set it's numeric value to 1. Then launch the program and when it quits send to me the "SafariXtra MEM" folder (located in your home directory).
• Now the preferences window "Apply changes" button function correctly.
• You can add SafariXtra into your Automatic Login Applications! (remove the old copies of SX from your hard disk!)

- 4.0.8.2 RC3 (August 14, 2003)

• A big problem was finally solved: if in your Address Book you have a people (or more) with no name associated (but with an URL) SX crash at startup (after one or two seconds the menu bar icon will be removed). Now SX call these people "Unknown Name"; i'll post a major upgrade for Address Book manager with the fourth release candidate of SafariXtra. This RC3 is patch to continue to use this software until the next RC4 without this strange problem.

- 4.0.8.1 RC2 (August 12, 2003)

• An old bug was fixed. If you have bookmarks that contains '>' characters SafariXtra could crash at startup.
• SafariXtra now supports the new Safari fav icon format (you can use this feature only with Safari 1.0 v85. Thanks to Doug Brown for his SIM - Safari Icon Manager - internal engine)
• With some computers SX crash when loading an empty bookmark title (SX call it "Unknown Title").
• The registration method is now changed (easy to locate using the "About" menu item)
• Fixed (not sure. help me to verify it in your computer) a bug that crash SX at startup. The crashlog file report an exception on menu manager: Invalid parameter not satisfying: aTitle != nil. If the problem persist contact me.

- 4.0.8 RC1 (August 7, 2003)

- 4.0.7a3 (August 6, 2003)

- 4.0.5a2 (August 4, 2003)

- 4.0a1 (July 30, 2003)

REGISTRATION
Safari Xtra will continue to be a donation ware program. If you are a registered user and if you want to support, one time again, this software you can donate (with Kagi site) $3.
If you are a new user and you want to "register" this software you can donate with a minimum price of $7 (to learn more about it see this site).


Want you to support this software? You can visit this page
http://order.kagi.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?storeID:4HYlang=en
and make a donation (the minimum donation is $5).
Thank you in advanced; with your help i will can continue to update this application and make new programs for your MacOS X.

CONTACT THE AUTHOR
You can contact me (the author) to this mail address: malcom.mac@libero.it. If you want to know more about objectivePark you can visit my small home site: www.objectivePark.vze.com.
Don't esitate to contact me for suggestions, ideas or comments about this software.
objectivePark Software Inc.

BROWSERS SUPPORT
SafariXtra 4.0 supports all MacOS X browser. You can use SX with these browsers:

• OmniWeb (all versions)
• Internet Explorer (all versions)
• Opera (release no.6)
• iCab (all versions)
• Safari (only from 1.0v85)
• Mozilla (all versions)
• Firebird
• Camino (0.7)

 

Daniele Margutti

objectivePark Software Technologies,Inc.
Software Development for MacOS X - Win - Embededd Systems
http://www.objectivePark.vze.com/
malcom.mac@libero.it
August 25, 2003