If you recently switched from Firefox to Safari, you’ve probably noticed the lack of browser addons. While there are thousands of addons / extensions / whatever for Mozilla Firefox, there’s no doubt that Safari is not a very customizable browser. But anyway, there are a few developers who have developed excellent plugins (that’s how they are called in Safari) you should definitely check out.
Today, I would like to talk about Thurly.
Thurly it’s a very simple plugin which lets you shorten and share URLs on Twitter: you can open Thurly by pressing Command-Control-T or assigning a custom keyboard shortcut. That’s it.
What’s great about Thurly is its minimalism: the pop-up window “slides” down from the tab bar in all its Core Animation awesomeness and you can even choose between a classic light gray interface or a sexier, HUDish translucent black layout.
When you launch Thurly the apps display some basic information like Shortened URL, Shorten a Different URL or Twitter Status. This means that you can use thurly both as a twitter plugin for Safari and as a powered-up bookmarklet to short links.
Playin’ out with the plugin’s Preferences, you can add multilple Twitter accounts and create a template which will be used for all your status updates. For example, I use %title% %URL% when I share a page I find interesting.
Both these features are exclusive to the registered version of Thurly. You can purchase a license at $4,95 here.
In conclusion, I found Thurly stable and functional. It’s a very simple plugin, but it works well and has a great UI.
If you’re a Twitter addict and you use Safari, Thurly is a must.
