Safari140
For a while there have been Twitter extensions for other browsers out there but none, to my knowledge, for Safari on the Mac. That was until a few days ago when Safari140 was released. This new extension was created by the developer behind the elegant NewsFire and Inquisitor.
Once downloaded and installed, simply go to File > Post to Twitter where you will first be asked to enter your Twitter credentials. With that complete you can post direct to twitter from Safari and it will auto-fill the current site aswell as auto-shorten long URL’s as you can see in the screengrab below.
This could take the pain out of posting long URL’s on Twitter without having to swing by one of the URL shortening websites first.
Another of David Watanabe’s apps, NewsFire 1.6 Beta 1, now boasts direct posting to Twitter aswell as a very nice updated design.
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Hi Sam,
I use a nice app called Hurl to shorten url’s for Twitter. It installs as a services menu option.
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Hi Wayne
Thanks for the comment.
The thing I love about Safari140 is the keyboard shortcut: Control-T.