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Safari - Send MS IE Identifcation to Web Sites?
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robnbill
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Dec 23, 2003, 08:28 AM
 
One of the sites I use identifies Safari as a Netscape browser and refuses to go any further. Is there any way I can cause Safari to identify itself as a MS IE browser? I searched these forums and can't find a way to do it.

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Dec 23, 2003, 08:43 AM
 
Quit Safari and in the Terminal paste the following:

defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1

In the debug menu you can change the user agent string. To remove the debug menu again type

defaults remove com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu

into the Terminal.
(Last edited by Developer; Dec 23, 2003 at 08:50 AM. )
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Dec 23, 2003, 01:27 PM
 
Download Safari Enhancer.

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Dec 24, 2003, 09:12 AM
 
Originally posted by Developer:
Quit Safari and in the Terminal paste the following:

defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1

In the debug menu you can change the user agent string. To remove the debug menu again type

defaults remove com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu

into the Terminal.
Does this work in Panther? It doesn't work for me. 10.3.2 and Safari 1.1.1
     
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Dec 24, 2003, 09:43 AM
 
Originally posted by RabidClwn:
Does this work in Panther? It doesn't work for me. 10.3.2 and Safari 1.1.1
Yes, this does work for me. Try copy & paste.
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