I’m trying Safari again as my default browser. I got SAFT installed successfully - I had to download the demo, run the installer, then replace the bundle with the registered bundle. This gives me type-ahead find (though I can’t find an option to find links only) which ironically is broken in the current nightly builds of Camino.
A quick click in Safari Bookmark Exchanger and I’ve got all my bookmarks imported.
Hmm, as I added that link I just remembered that Safari doesn’t support inserting content at the cursor position in textareas like Camino does… this could knock me back to Camino in a hurry. 
Also, it seems that Safari still doesn’t support the <label> tag so clicking on the text for a checkbox/radio button/entry field doesn’t work properly (I should have remembered this, I still have to use a JavaScript function in my apps for this reason). *Sigh* I have no doubt that Safari will surpass Camino, but for now Camino is still the more mature browser.
This trial, like the previous ones, may not last long.
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Randall Wright adds this Comment:
i had not heard of saft before seeing this … i use sogudi (check macupdate) … freeware and it works … just saying.
December 8th, 2003 at 1:00 pm
Anonymous adds this Comment:
ya know, Camino will export all of its bookmarks to a Safari bookmark file . . . no extra program required.
December 8th, 2003 at 1:22 pm
Alex adds this Comment:
Type-ahead find is very different than the shortcuts sogudi provides. SAFT also puts Safari in full screen mode so you can give HTML presentations. I was very happy to find this software and send a couple of bucks to the developer.
Re: the bookmarks, it’s easier for me to use a little utility instead of taking the time to do the manual export/import steps. I like little utilities that do their job well and I already had this one from before Camino had Safari bookmark export capability.
December 8th, 2003 at 4:44 pm
giles adds this Comment:
Does the SAFT-style type-ahead find work just like Mozilla’s? In other words, can I type the text of a link, wait for it to be highlighted, then just hit return to follow it?
February 2nd, 2004 at 6:30 am
Alex adds this Comment:
Yes, I think you have to type a backslash first to engage it.
February 2nd, 2004 at 10:44 am
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Safari 1.2
It may be time to move over to Safari full time now. Version 1.2 adds accesskey support and with SAFT providing the type-ahead find functionality, it is definitely catching up with Camino.
Not everything is perfect just yet though:
SAFT needs …
February 2nd, 2004 at 6:40 pm