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At 3:51 AM -0700 5/9/08, LA Licata wrote:

>... The US Gov't's IRS web site for example that gives you the
>update on your tax refund does not work with Safari, but does with
>firefox. If I emulate firefox using the deveop menu, it still will
>not load.

The difference is in the JavaScript implementation. I have found many
sites that will not work on Safari, but work perfectly with FireFox.
--
Roger
Lovettsville, VA

--On 5/9/08 3:51 AM -0700 LA Licata wrote:

> The US Gov't's IRS web site for example that gives you the
> update on your tax refund does not work with Safari, but does with firefox.
> If I emulate firefox using the deveop menu, it still will not load. Go
> figure.

I think this is a misunderstanding of what the develop menu item does.
Choosing a different user agent does NOT change the way Safari reads/renders
pages or "emulate" another browser--it only changes the way Safari identifies
itself to a server.

If there is a site which changes its behavior based on the identity of the
browser, or which refuses to even show you the content if you're coming from an
"unapproved" browser, then changing the user agent will make it send your
browser the same data it would send to the browser you're impersonating, and
will stop it from keeping you completely out based on your browser.

However, if something in the scripting code is not working with Safari,
changing the user agent will do nothing to resolve the problem.

Dave Scocca