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This one line stuck out: For enhanced security and stability, Safari Extensions are sandboxed, signed with a digital certificate from Apple and run solely in t

• wmf 16y ago
  Yep, now we get to have the App Store censorship discussion all over again. I wonder if ad blocking will be allowed. Edit: After reading the Safari 5 site, it's not clear that Apple will be exercising any control over extensions.
  • ugh 16y ago
    I don’t think we should. Browsers are probably the single most competitive piece of software out there. Microsoft, Google, Apple, Mozilla – there is no reason to fret or even care about what Safari does. Webkit is different but this doesn’t seem to be about Webkit.
  • samps 16y ago
    At least here, there's the alternative of using existing ad-blockers for Safari, which are typically SIMBL plugins or otherwise sidestep the official plugin channels.
  • yan 16y ago
    I'm in the audience. They're demoing the AdBlock port now and it looks really good.
  • SriniK 16y ago
    Oh boy, no apple in browser extensions/apps. Technically, sandboxing is inspired from chrome. And even packaging sounds lot similar to chrome. http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/dev/packaging.html http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/dev/packaging.html Now how apple distributes those 'digital certificates' is important.
    • chris24 16y ago
      It looks like there's no Apple approval process or anything like that, thankfully: http://developer.apple.com/programs/safari/ http://developer.apple.com/programs/safari/
      • skeletonjelly 16y ago
        Still may be one though right? It's not like they would brag about it. There's no 'approval' type words on the iPhone page: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/index.action http://developer.apple.com/iphone/index.action
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