Right, here's my few pence worth (cents for the US chaps):

Ive been using Saft for a number of years now, and it was always just right for me - with regards to features, and what it did, how it worked. It really did and does fit seamlessly into Safari and i could not live without it. So, let me get this straight, from a functionality point of view this is a FANTASTIC application...really nice, no issues, no problems, no crashes, no bad words to say about it.

However, communication with the developer was never easiest, i never have or had any idea what will come next, when, how etc. and this is a major drawback for me - i like to know if the developer is working on an update for 64bit, or if he is going to make it work with such & such a version of safari or if some feature will appear. Now over a few years ive waitied to see how the commnication situation would pan out, and unfortunately it did not improve.

Another thing that got me was paying constantly to upgrade whenever a new version came out, now i dont mind paying, its understandable, but i would like to pay and see new features, improvements, customer service, customer contact...rather than silence and futher messages talking about "you now require vXX.X please pay XXdollars" - that got on my tits after a while.

Now we are in a position where there are maybe Saft alternatives to choose from and try, some nicer, some less, some similar, some not so much - some free :-) but functionality is mostly relatively similar. I have now upgraded to Snow Leopard, and am running Safari in 32 bit mode since thats all saft will run in, i have no idea if the developer is working on it...since there is no contact or news :-) I think i will take this opportunity to shift to Glims.....why? is it better? well, functionally id say its similar, maybe more flakey in some things...BUT..i KNOW the developer is working on it, i can contact him, discuss, suggest, interact..i am informed (all this despite the fact it is not a paid app - ie no paid support). i know the app has some future because of this information. Also, its free...BUT im not saying i wouldnt pay for it, im just saying, when i pay for something which has a certain functionality, then i dont expect to pay for exactly that functionality again just because someone had to spend three seconds changing some IDs in plists. know what i mean?

Love Saft, loathe the approach. Its stable, its great, but its all just got too much.