Three-Minute Sorting of Safari Bookmarks

For longer than I can remember, Bookdog has had the capability of sorting Safari bookmarks 3 minutes after the user added or changed a bookmark in Safari.  This nifty feature that was made possible by the cooperative way in which Safari handled its bookmarks file.  It was not possible with other browsers (Camino, Firefox, etc.)

With the release of Safari version 4, however,  a user reported a crash, and I discovered that this was repeatable.  The way to make it crash is:

  • Activate Safari version 4.
  • In the menu click Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks
  • Click a bookmark to select it.
  • Click the name of the bookmark to begin editing the name.  Name becomes editable and focus ring appears.
  • Activate Bookdog
  • Open Safari bookmarks, make some changes and save.
  • Activate Safari version 4. It will crash.

Jerry Krinock

2009 Jan 21 14:53