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.