Comments on David Alison's Blog: How to let Safari pretend it's IE

hi, I have a problem in Safari rendering issue of...

2010-06-17T03:59:44.024-04:00

hi,

I have a problem in Safari rendering issue of my web system! While running the system, some images are not loading correctly when in post backs. I have used jquery tabs to this also.
Other browsers don’t have this issue, only Safari [3.1.2(my version)]

I found IE8 emulate as IE7 technique as in below
meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7"

So could i able find same type of technique to this issue also. That means Safari emulate as IE.

Please help me to solve this out!
Your help really appreciated!

cheers,
Karu

I googled and ended up here because HP's Live Supp...

2009-09-21T18:10:26.616-04:00

I googled and ended up here because HP's Live Support doesn't support "the web browser you are using...".
I wasn't surprised as it seems their damn printer also doesn't support the Mac Platform, though it said so on the box.
Printing works fine.
Scanning, nada. Yes I have updated the drivers, etc.
The printer-Photosmart(dumb) C4480 All In One- in case you wondered which one not to buy, also seems to shut itself down every couple of days if not used. Even though the power light is on, no printing, scanning or copying until an unplug and replug.
Funny, I just looked down at it and the window on it says 'scanning' as it has for about an hour. I keep trying, even though after dozens of attempts I have had no luck.
So, from now on, no HP products for me. I am reminded of my sons HP Digital Camera that I got him as a gift. After 3 months, it would appear to be charging the internal battery until it was done and he would take it to his buddies' and it would tell him, "No Battery Power Left, Please Charge"
2 for 2.
Thats all.
larry

Of course, by doing that, you're telling that site...

2008-05-14T14:48:00.000-04:00

Of course, by doing that, you're telling that site that it's okay for them to block you based on your reported browser. And, if you care about open web standards, you might fire off a note to the webmaster or other kindly explaining that their nearsightedness is needlessly affecting their traffic. Some sites will put up a warning about using an unsupported browser at your own risk which is better than outright blocking.

Alas, if a site uses ActiveX (MLS, I'm looking at you) then you're not going to get far. I'm sure David already knows that.

@rasterman, it's true from what I read online.

iCab is a cool browser for spoofing user-agent req...

2008-05-14T07:25:00.000-04:00

iCab is a cool browser for spoofing user-agent requirements. Great download features, too.

Looking forward to the feature list.

@Lonniusmax: I tried to do that to a degree by usi...

2008-05-13T23:29:00.000-04:00

@Lonniusmax: I tried to do that to a degree by using labels in the posts and adding a Labels control at the top left of the blog. I like your idea though - I'll think about putting together a Tips post that summarizes them into areas that make sense for people. Thanks for the suggestion!

I have really enjoyed reading through this blog, m...

2008-05-13T18:12:00.000-04:00

I have really enjoyed reading through this blog, mainly because I switched to a Mac back in January and so am following pretty closely your "switch timeline." When I first got it I was in awe of all the cool features and was showing them off to everyone. Now that I've been at it a while I've forgotten many of the things that make it unique. I thought it might be a good idea to make some kind of "show off" list for people that want to "see what all the fuss is about." Seems like there's different levels for different people...some are wowed by things like Dashboard, while others are more impressed with things like Network Utility. Maybe the list can be broken up for "casual" users and "hardcore" users. Any suggestions?

@WalkerJ: That's usually what I end up doing but I...

2008-05-13T16:24:00.000-04:00

@WalkerJ: That's usually what I end up doing but I've found that since I always have Safari handy and I don't always have the VM running sometimes I can get what I need by changing the user agent.

Naw, advanced is using actual IE on your Parallels...

2008-05-13T16:07:00.000-04:00

Naw, advanced is using actual IE on your Parallels or VMware virtual machine to fool the site into thinking you're using a real Windows machine when in fact it's just another process running in your Real OS. ;)

That's typically what I'll do with my VM. Wake it up long enough to see what the infernal website needs so you can do your thing or see it's content, then suspend it back to its dormant state and move on.

- walkerj

Wow. This is like so advanced.

2008-05-13T15:48:00.000-04:00

Wow. This is like so advanced.

@Raster: Wow! I didn't know that. Would have come ...

2008-05-13T15:45:00.000-04:00

@Raster: Wow! I didn't know that. Would have come in handy had I known!

Using this technique, I think some folks were gain...

2008-05-13T15:25:00.000-04:00

Using this technique, I think some folks were gaining free internet access at Starbucks.

By setting their Mac Safari to "announce" that it was Mobile Safari, laptop users were allowed unlimited(?) browsing capability on the AT&T/Starbucks/Apple sponsored service.

Since this was a service being offered exclusively to iPhone users, anyone that could make themselves "look" like they were an iPhone, were able to take advantage.

Seems like a weak method of certifying access qualifications!

My understanding is that access has now been suspended.

Of course, I don't know the whole story, and never bothered to test it myself, so please forgive the lack or accuracy of any details.

Cheers!

---RASTER