[G4] A joke

[Tony Gamble]

Actually, the Debug menu in my Safari (2.0.1 under 10.4.2) also gives  
the option of "Windows MSIE 6.0".  I think I had used "Safari  
Enhancer" to enable the Debug menu, so perhaps that's the reason?

Tony

On 27-Oct-05, at 8:48 AM, Jay E. Krauss, Jr. wrote:

> While Safari does allow the choice to "disguise" as Internet  
> Explorer, at least the User Agent menu option states it is as "Mac  
> MSIE 5.22". If the financial program will only accept IE 5.5, then  
> Safari's option may not work. Not knowing what financial program is  
> being addressed, this may or may not be a problem. Opera does not  
> specify which IE version is in "disguise", so may, or may not, be a  
> better option.
>
>
>
>
>> On 27/10/2005 8:07 AM, "Jay E. Krauss, Jr." <jekrauss at charter.net>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>  You may wish to try Opera 8.5, a (now) free download from
>>>  www.opera.com. In the Menu Bar under the "O" is a Quick Preference
>>>  submenu in which you can chose to have the browser identify  
>>> itself as
>>>  Opera, Mozilla, or Internet Explorer.
>>>
>>
>> Sarari does this too, but its hidden in a developer part of Safari  
>> not
>> usually visible.
>>
>> David Pogues excellent OS X The Missing Manual has the info on  
>> pages 646 and
>> 647.
>>
>> In a nut shell use the Terminal command defaults write  
>> com.apple.Safari
>> IncludeDebugMenu 1
>>
>> Perhaps less intimidating is to download 'Safari Enhancer' which  
>> is a free
>> program available on the 'Missing CD' page at http:// 
>> www.missingmanuals.com
>>  The program has a simple checkbox option for turning Debug on and  
>> off
>>
>> When Debug menu appears in the menu bar select Debug>user  
>> agent>MacMSIE5.22
>> which unfortunately (whether using Opera or Safari) is the latest  
>> possible.
>> That is the price we paid to get Safari in the first place.
>>
>> I solved these dilemmas by buying a $200 old PC and put it on the  
>> LAN, for
>> those odd times when only a PC will do. This has the added  
>> advantage of
>> reminding me each time I use it just how good OS X really is :-)
>>
>> Tony
>> http://tonyjohansen.com
>> A Life Of Art
>>
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