I started using del.icio.us a few months ago to keep bookmarks in sync across several computers at work and home, and it’s been my default home page ever since. Tonight I decided to change the “Home” button in Safari’s toolbar to something a bit more suitable. This might be old hat for some OSX users, but here are the steps you’ll need to take:
- Open a Finder window and right-click on Safari.app, choose Show Package Contents.
- Open the Contents -> Resources folder.
- Find Home.tif, HomePressed.tif and optionally HomeDisabled.tif.
- Make a backup copy of these, and edit the originals in an image editor. That’s it!
Remember to backup your work, since it’ll probably be overwritten the next time Safari is updated. I started with the standard del.icio.us logo, but made a few small changes to make it blend in better. You can download the files by clicking here and here.
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Neat, thanks!
But did you just link it to del.icio.us homepage? I tried to make it run the “add to del.icio.us” javascript, but Safari won’t allow that. Any clues on how to get it working?
It’s just linked to my del.icio.us bookmarks page, which is really all I need anyway. I keep a separate bookmarklet in the Bookmarks menu for posting.
I wrote a plug-in for Safari that lets you do some more stuff with del.icio.us directly from Safari. You can check it out here: http://delicioussafari.com