14 DAY TRIAL // Instapaper users can now save their favorite pieces of the web to Instapaper via a handy extension with keyboard shortcuts, highlighting, toggle options, and everything else that they need.
On the Instapaper blog, Brian writes, “Saving to Instapaper just got a whole lot better. Last December we rolled out a big update to Instapaper’s Chrome extension, and today we’re happy to announce we’ve brought those same great features to the Safari extension.”
You can now use a Ctrl+S keyboard shortcut to save the article you’re currently looking at, or use the option in the right-click menu to save the current page or any link on the page.
“Save to Instapaper” buttons are now available directly on Twitter, Reddit, and Hacker News when you browse the web in Safari with the extension installed.
“Alongside each Tweet, Reddit story, or Hacker News item, you’ll now find an inline Instapaper button,” says Brian.
Highlighting is now available for article descriptions, meaning you “Simply highlight a chunk of text, right-click it and choose ‘Instapaper’ from the right-click menu, and your selection will be the Instapaper description for the article,” according to the announcement.
Go to Safari → Preferences → Extensions → Instapaper and you’ll also find the keyboard shortcut and inline saving options.
That’s not all. Even more features are coming in a future update. Here’s the lowdown:
"What’s next on the roadmap for extensions?
Close tabs: The option to close a tab automatically after saving to Instapaper. Save directly to folders: The option to save an article directly to an Instapaper folder, using your right-click menu. Custom shortcuts: A customizable keyboard shortcut for saving an article."
Existing users will need to download and install the update manually, even though they have the previous bookmarklet installed.
However, Brian assures everyone that “from now on the Safari extension will update automatically whenever it needs to.”