Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

CHAPTER 10 BROWSING THE WEB WITH SAFARI 185
NOTE Chapter 21 covers all sorts of ways to transfer files from one location to another in
more depth.
NOTE Leopard will occasionally warn you, the first time you attempt to launch an application
or open a file that you have downloaded from the Internet, that you should use some caution
when opening unknown items on your computer.
On the General tab of Safari’s preferences, there are a few options that affect how Safari
downloads items:
Save downloaded files to: This option allows you to choose a folder to save all downloads
in. By default, this is the Downloads folder in your home directory.
Remove download list items: This option allows you to choose whether downloaded items
remain listed in the Downloads window until you manually remove them (using the Clear
button), or whether this list should automatically be cleared when the download is
complete or you quit Safari. Private Browsing overrides this option. Additionally, failed or
canceled searches are never cleared automatically.
Open “safe” files after downloading: When this option is selected, items deemed safe will
automatically launch when they have completed downloading. Not only does this include
opening items like images and movies in Safari, but when this option is selected, archives
will be uncompressed and disk images will automatically be mounted. This will not in any
situation cause a newly downloaded application to automatically launch, though (that
would be considered unsafe).
Viewing Image Files and PDFs in Safari
When Safari downloads certain types of files that it can display, it will (depending on the “safe”
file option) open that item in Safari. When that item is a stand-alone image, if the image is larger
than the Safari window it is opening in, then Safari’s behavior is to scale the image so it fits in the
window. If you click the scaled image, it will scale back to its original size, allowing you to scroll
around to view it.
NOTE One nice thing about this feature is that when you click a large image to zoom in on it,
the image will zoom into the region you clicked in.
Besides images, Safari will display PDF files from the Internet for easy viewing (Figure 10-8).
Additionally, Safari provides a nice toolbar overlay (Figure 10-9) that will appear when you
move your mouse toward the bottom center of the PDF view. This toolbar allows you to zoom in
and out of the PDF, open the PDF in the Preview application, and save the PDF file to disk.
NOTE Besides the visible options, there are additional options available for both images and
PDFs from the contextual menu.