There aren’t many plugins or add-ons for Safari, and even less since Leopard’s release. So when a new one comes along, I download it and give it a run-through right away. One that caught my eye this past week is Glims, by MacHangout. Glims adds a myriad of features to Safari, including Tabs, Thumbnails, Full Screen, Search Engines, Search Suggestions, Forms autocomplete on, Dated download folders, Type Ahead, and more. Unlike Saft, perhaps the most popular plugin for Safari, Glims is absolutely free. When I was using Safari as my main browser, I used Saft, and was completely frustrated with the quirky nature of it – as well as the fact that it broke every time Apple made the slightest little change to Safari, including Security Updates. So far Glims has been working perfectly, and has replaced all the features I actually used from Saft.

Adds thumbnails to Google.com search results

Adds thumbnails to Yahoo.com search results

Adds search engines to the default Google search tab

Adds full-screen browsing capability

Adds Favicons to tab labels

Undo “Close Tab” (cmd-z)

Re-opens last session when Safari starts

Auto-Closes download window

Focus last selected tab

Always open links in a new tab

Type-ahead support (auto cmd-f)

Sets the focus on the search field when opening a new window

Adds Amazon’s information banner on Google.com search results

Adds Amazon’s information banner on Yahoo.com search results

Adds a “Max Window Size” menu item to resize the Safari window

Forms autocomplete always on

Dated download folders

Glims works with Safari 3.0.4 (4525.18) or later in Tiger or Leopard. If you’re looking to customize Safari, Glims may be just what the doctor ordered!