As in Firefox 3, Safari 3 also supports tabbed browsing. But one of the main disadvantages is that there is no option for “Always Show the Tab Bar” as in Firefox 3.

So here is a hack for all those users who miss that tab bar.

For OS X follow the following steps:

1. Open the Safari plist file (~/Library » Preferences » com.apple.Safari.plist) in the Property List Editor.
2. Click the triangle to open the Root list, then click once on Root to highlight it.
3. Click the Add Child button.
4. Change the name (New item) to AlwaysShowTabBar, set the Class to Boolean, and set Value to Yes.
5. Save changes and quit Property List Editor.

For Windows People like me:

Go to C:Documents and Settings$USERNAME$Application DataApple ComputerSafariPreferences.plist (Replace $USERNAME$ with your username)
and add the code below anywhere in the file.

<key>AlwaysShowTabBar</key>

<true/>

and save the file. Restart the safari browser and voila, you will find the status bar there.