Apple borrows name from Google, opens Safari Extensions Gallery
Right now, there are about one hundred extensions listed and they're grouped by category. Most of the big-name extensions you'd be looking for are there -- like AdBlock, LastPass, Instapaper, and WOT. The Exposer extension is definitely worth a look -- it provides slick, Expose-style thumbnail previews of your Safari tabs.
But come on, Apple... Really? You had to name your web-based "shop" for Safari Extensions the Gallery? Maybe they're hoping for some SEO win.
The Illusionist's Dream is a simple platformer; you play as a magician who needs to get through each level by transforming into any number of animals that you encounter along the way.
Each animal can do different things; the butterfly can obviously fly, but if it encounters a frog, the frog eats it, and you have to start over again. There's also a fox that runs fast and leaps far, but it eats any rabbits that cross its path. That means that, if you may need to be a rabbit later on, you need to take that into account ...
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216 said 9:21AM on 7-28-2010
Ha, that's "Open Source" ideology at work
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# said 9:27AM on 7-28-2010
Borrows the name from Google, and the idea from Mozilla...
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jasonchmiel said 9:43AM on 7-28-2010
Are my eyes deceiving me, or is the very second item listed a bing extension?
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Josh said 11:43AM on 7-28-2010
Bing is also available as a search in Safari Mobile, you know. And Safari 5, I think.
Dan said 9:59AM on 7-28-2010
Shop? Are Apple charging for these extensions then?
There are only so many words they could have used. Showcase - they're borrowing from Adobe. Library - they're borrowing from Microsoft. Besides, what's wrong with a bit of consistency for consumers?
@216 If it wasn't for Apple's "Open Source Ideology" there wouldn't be a Google Chrome Extensions gallery. Pipe down and enjoy the web, regardless of your browser choice.
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David Levine said 11:09AM on 7-28-2010
I guess there's only so many things you can call this type of thing. They could have called it Extensions for Safari, but I think Safari Extensions Gallery sounds better.
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Josh said 11:46AM on 7-28-2010
Is the name really that big of a deal? I mean... Apple finally brings a good method of doing Extensions to Safari and DLS's post about it talks more about the name than the actual service. I expect more from DLS than that.
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Lee Mathews said 11:50AM on 7-28-2010
To be fair, Josh, I wrote about extension support when they _actually_ brought it in v5 and even posted a tutorial on enabling it when it first arrived.
Also, your avatar is pure win -- but please don't feel the need to change it to Modano when he signs next week. ;)
Josh said 12:16PM on 7-28-2010
That's fair enough. I don't remember that post, to be honest. I've been reading this blog for probably four or five years now. Hard to remember every post. lol
And don't worry, I won't be changing it. It's been Franzen since the 08 Finals and it will remain The Mule (likely) until Zetterberg is named captain next season or the one after.
Dave Johnson said 12:47PM on 7-28-2010
ah crap, it should be iExtensions store. If only FF & Chrome hadn't established a culture of encouraging all these add-ons to be free, Apple could have made big bucks off their store. But no ... those other browsers had to go and ruin everything.
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Ignignokt said 1:45PM on 7-28-2010
App Store?
Marketplace?
Copying and tweaking names is nothing new.
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