• Why is Safari so confused?!

    From Kiran@kiran@no.spam to comp.sys.mac.system on Saturday, July 26, 2003 05:26:33
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    I visit a site in Safari. Up pops a window, with Safari logo,
    announcing:

    JavaScript
    You are using Netscape. This site is best experienced in Microsoft
    Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher.

    Now I know I am using Safari, not Netscape (which I don't even have
    installed) or IE (which I do have). What is going on?

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  • From schram@schram@webenet.net (Chris Schram) to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, July 25, 2003 22:54:48
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Kiran <kiran@no.spam> wrote:

    I visit a site in Safari. Up pops a window, with Safari logo,
    announcing:

    JavaScript
    You are using Netscape. This site is best experienced in Microsoft
    Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher.

    Now I know I am using Safari, not Netscape (which I don't even have installed) or IE (which I do have). What is going on?

    Safari has the ability to 'pretend' it's Mozilla 1.1, Netscape 7.0,
    Netscape 6.2.2, Netscape 4.79, Mac MSIE 5.22, Windows MSIE 6.0, &
    Konqueror 3. If you have the Debug meny enabled you can choose which
    browser you are emulating, or have it 'Automatically Chosen.'

    To enable the Debug menu, you need to know the magic incantation, or
    easier yet, grab a copy of Safari Enhancer, or a similar utility.

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