Invisible Status Bar

Overview

Invisible Status Bar is an extension for Apple Safari 5. Save display space or appeal to your own sense of minimalism by hiding Safari's native status bar, and using the Invisible Status Bar instead. Only shows up when you hover over a link, i.e. when you need a status bar.

Installation

1. Click to install the extension, or download it and drag into a Safari window:

   • Invisible Status Bar for Safari

2. Click all ensuing confirmation buttons.

Both browsers provide an automatic extension update service, so there should be continual improvements where needed. Safari will not install updates without permission unless you check "Install Updates Automatically" in Extensions preferences; Chrome updates them automatically.

Sites With Remaining Quirks

• Covers next button in google reader

Future Plans

• theme: light
• useful hotkeys like ⌘C to copy the selected link, and ⌘I to send the link to instapaper

Version History

• 1.16 - Icons!
• 1.15 - Fixed a couple of CSS issues with specific sites (Twitter, for onw). Also now smoother scrolling when not visible.
• 1.14 - Added Dock theme.
• 1.13 - No errors on pages without BODY tags (FRAMESET, etc.).
• 1.11 - Visual indication of relative links works again.
• 1.08 - Now hosted at github.
• 1.07 - Pulled due to JS error. If you updated to 1.07, you'll need to redownload.
• 1.06 - Proper IFRAME support now; shows status bar on main page even when hover is in IFRAME. Added themes support: Classic, Safari, Chrome.
• 1.05 - Now showing special characters in URLs correctly in status bar (no more %20, etc.).
• 1.04 - Fixed width/height/margin issues in case a site's CSS sets those properties globally for every div.
• 1.03 - Fixed issue where status bar would incorrectly show up inside IFRAMEs. For now, ignores links in iframes.
• 1.02 - Fixed issue where user couldn't click links behind where the status bar would show when visible.
• 1.01 - Visual tweaks: changed font to Lucida Grande, added fade-in/-out, removed border, added drop-shadow.
• 1.00 - Initial public release.

License

Invisible Status Bar is licensed under the MIT license. Also, I remain the official publisher, including in Apple's Safari Extensions Gallery and automatic update feed. Feel free to fork, but push changes back to me and I'll incorporate them in the official version as I see fit.

Author

Daniel K. Bergey
http://twitter.com/dbergey