Posts tagged with “Apple”

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Posted 1 year ago

Apple's Safari Extension Gallery is Online

Make sure to download Safari 5.0.1 for one-click extension installation. It looks like Apple’s only featuring certain extensions, so SE will be sticking around as a home for all the others.

The best part of the gallery? Apple taking a dig at John Gruber by posting his least favourite extension.

EDIT: Since there seems to be some concern, for the moment my plan is to keep Safari Extensions open and accepting new extension submissions. Apple has posted around 100 extensions out of the well over 300 that exist; it’s possible they’ll get around to posting the rest, but until they do (or I get some clarification on whether they plan to), SE will keep posting new extensions—so send ‘em my way!

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Posted 1 year ago

Whoops.

Alert reader Wolf points out that—presumably due to a typo—Section 5 of the Safari Extension Gallery Submission Agreement currently reads, in part:

You hereby represent and warrant as follows:

[Your] extension does collect, use or disclose to any third party, user data or personal information without prior user consent.

In other words, those developers who have submitted extensions up to this point in time unintentionally promised that their extension(s) collect user information. Conveniently, Section 12 of the Agreement reads:

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Apple concerning the subject matter hereof, and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter.

…so Apple can simply replace this version with an identical-but-for-the-inclusion-of-the-word-‘not’ version and be in the clear. At least, that’s my layman’s reading. Maybe while they’re making that change we can get an Oxford comma in there, too.

(Thanks, Wolf!)

UPDATE: Since 14th July, an updated version with the missing ‘not’ in place is available.

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Posted 1 year ago
Those who signed up for Safari Developer accounts should be receiving this email shortly if they haven’t already. It remains unclear just how choosy Apple’s Safari Extension Gallery will be. From the line about innovative user experiences, it seems like there’s a chance the SEG will be more selective than the App Store has been. If that’s the case, I will likely continue posting submitted extensions here to provide a less curated center for extension distribution. For the curious, the complete text of Apple’s Safari Extensions Gallery Submission Agreement is available for download as a PDF here. Zoom

Those who signed up for Safari Developer accounts should be receiving this email shortly if they haven’t already.

It remains unclear just how choosy Apple’s Safari Extension Gallery will be. From the line about innovative user experiences, it seems like there’s a chance the SEG will be more selective than the App Store has been. If that’s the case, I will likely continue posting submitted extensions here to provide a less curated center for extension distribution.

For the curious, the complete text of Apple’s Safari Extensions Gallery Submission Agreement is available for download as a PDF here.

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Posted 1 year ago

Submissions open for Apple’s Extensions Gallery

If you’re a developer and weren’t already aware, Apple is accepting submissions for their official Extensions Gallery. You’ll need to provide the following details about your extension for your submission to be considered:

  • The name of your extension
  • A URL where users can download your extension
  • Short and long descriptions about the functionality of your extension
  • An extension icon (100x100 pixels)
  • A screenshot of your extension (425x275 pixels)
  • Extension category
For my part, I hope (and assume) that Apple’s Extensions Gallery will include iTunes Store-quality search and show the date of the latest update on each extension’s page.