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While Firefox is my browser of choice, Safari does have one feature that makes it a great choice on a Mac – the ability to add webclips to the Dashboard.

I posted recently about RTE’s new digital radio stations that are now available on-line. Using Safari it’s now possible to load the radio station in your dashboard and have it available when you want it. Here’s how.

• Open Safari and browse to the page containing the player for your preferred radio station.
• Go to the File menu.
• Open in Dashboard.
• Move your mouse cursor over the player.
• As you move over the player is should be highlighted.
• Click on the area of the page that you want to save to the dashboard.
• You’ll be prompted to adjust the size of the webclip.
• Click the Add button at the top of the page.
• The Dashboard will open with your webclip.
• Position your mouse over the webclip and then click the i that appears in the bottom right hand corner.
• Unclick the tick box that says “Only play audio in Dashboard”.
• Click Done.
• Click out of Dashboard.

Your digital radio station will now play in the background. When your finished listening, just go back into dashboard, and re-tick the “Only play audio in Dashboard” option and click Done. Exit Dashboard and your radio station will shut down.

On a slightly related note, Firefox have confirmed that they have been given the record for the most downloads in a single day by Guinness World Records. If you downloaded Firefox on that day, you can get a certificate with your name from Mozilla.

Tags: audio, dashboard, digital radio, firefox, rte, safari, webclip

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