Safari 5 extensions start to appear, 1Password updated for compatibility
Just 48 hours after Safari 5's release, the first extensions are appearing; safariextensions.tumblr.com is keeping track and listing new ones as they become available. As of this writing, there are 13 that are either available for download or listed as in progress.
That's not a huge number to choose from, but a couple that caught our attention are Instafari, which replaces the Instapaper bookmarklet with a toolbar button, and Snapper, which converts the current page into a png for super easy screenshots.
Of course, the folks at Panic showed off their super-cool Coda Notes the other day, which lets users add annotations to websites. For now, Coda Notes is still unreleased.
Among the 'big dogs' in the browser extensions arena is Agile's 1Password utility; fans will be happy to know that version 3.2 of the tool is out now with full support for Safari 5. It seems that 1P is not actually using the new extensions mechanism for Safari, as it runs even if extensions are disabled.
The question is whether or not Safari extensions will take off. At the very least, it gives other browsers like Firefox some serious competition.
[Via MacUser]
