Save for Later is a Safari 5 extension that allows you to add pages to your Read It Later reading list.

Installation

To use Save for Later, you must first enable extensions in Safari 5. To do this, access the Preferences window (?+, or Ctrl+,) and enable the “Show Develop menu in menu bar” option on the Advanced tab. Then, select Develop > Enable Extensions (Windows users will need to either enable the menu bar or press Alt to toggle it).

Once you’ve enabled Safari Extensions, download Save for Later and double-click it. Safari will ask if you want to install the extension. Click “Install” and then bring up Safari’s Preferences again. Select the “Extensions” tab, click on Save for Later’s entry in the extension list, and fill in your Read It Later username and password.

Once the extension is installed, you should see this new toolbar button in Safari: 

If you don’t see this button, right-click the toolbar and select “Customize Toolbar”, then drag the button to where you want it and click “Done”.

Features

I will be expanding the functionality of this extension in the future. Development is on hold until later in August due to other commitments. Current features include:

• Save the current page to Read It Later.
• Right-click a link to add it to Read It Later.

Planned Features

New features will propagate automatically once they’re implemented, since I’m utilizing Apple’s automated extension updating process.

• Allow user to tag the entry after saving it – 1.2
• Allow user to access their Read It Later list through the extension. – 1.2
• Google Reader integration – 1.3

Release Notes

1.11 (June 14)

• Replaced modal JavaScript dialog with floating auto-dismissing notice. This will get some additional love in future releases.
• Added a contextual menu item for adding links to Read It Later. The item is “intelligent”, so it won’t appear unless you right-click a link.
  I’ve tried to accommodate for anchor tags with additional HTML embedded in them (like <i> etc.), but there may be some edge cases where the link detection breaks. If you run into such a situation, please let me know, and include the page and link you’re trying to save.

1.01 (June 10)

• Updated confirmation message for saving link to Read It Later. No more “Data Saved: 200″.
• Added more detailed error messages if saving a link fails for a server-related reason.

1.0 (June 9)

• Initial Release, allows for saving the current page to Read It Later.

Legalese

Legalese: Read It Later is copyright Idea Shower. I’m not affiliated with them in any way, I’m just using their APIs.

Save For Later is copyright 2010 Revision 1 Studios.

If you like this extension, please consider donating to fund future development.

I really like Safari 5’s extension API. Since it’s built on HTML and JavaScript, I was able to roll up my Read It Later extension in about an hour. Right now it just supports adding the current tab to your list. There’s no tagging or list reviewing right now, but this fits what I need it to do about 99% of the time; I’ve actually got a Fluid instance that I use to display my list. I’m also working on a full-featured Delicious extension for Safari 5 since just adding bookmarks isn’t sufficient for me with that service, but that’ll probably be a few weeks out. I’m trying to work out the best way to group bookmarks by tag using HTML controls and a 30-pixel toolbar space. More consideration is needed.

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