Safari extension

[grahampugh]

Not really an issue, more of a request - are there any plans to offer a Safari version? That would help for Apple devices (computers and mobile devices).

[jankais3r]

1. Install Xcode
2. Download and unzip the Firefox extension
3. Run /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/safari-web-extension-converter ~/Downloads/cookieblock-1.0.0-fx
   

This will create a wrapper app that's required for Safari extensions. You can then compile the app, move it to your Applications folder and enable in Safari. Don't forget to sign the app, Safari refuses unsigned extensions by default.

[grahampugh]

Thanks, that's interesting, but that's not my question. The question was, is this project planning to offer a Safari extension (via the App Store)? Since Safari is the #2 browser in use (behind Chrome, far ahead of Firefox, Edge and Opera), it would be a shame to limit coverage to only a subset of consumer devices.

[Bender250]

We tried this, but the problem is that Safari does not allow any of the two ways how we can collect cookie changes.

• cookies.onChanged
• change event of cookie store API

This is needed here. Without that, CookieBlock on Safari would be just a bit smarter cookie remover when the user triggers the action. But even our features extraction is harmed, so with lower accuracy than other browsers.

If you know some other way to solve this, let us please know!