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I use a variety of different browsers and the current one right now is Sunrise which makes calls on the engine (Webkit) that Safari uses. I tried punching in the html code for paragraph and it worked.

Now if I could just get the editing toolbar back!

Hi, Glenn,

I was surprised that it didn't work, as it is just JavaScript. Here's how I got it to work (I am writing this using Safari 4 on Mac):

1) In Safari 4 go to Preferences. In last tab (Advanced) check "Show Developer Menu" (last checkbox).

2) A new menu appears between Bookmarks and Window, called "Developer". Choose "Developer > User Agent > Firefox 3.0.10 Mac".

(Make sure that in your Profile on forums.quark.com you have chosen the "Enhanced" Editor (which is under "Site Options", item "Content Editor")

Done. Enjoy!

Matthias 

P.S.: Not sure whether this has side effects, I couldn't find any. 

IS IT WORKING ?

... I think it is

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Thanks Matthias 

Hi, Eric,

that's weird, as it is just JavaScript. Is JS accelerated by Quartz nowadays? Impressed...

Have you checked your profile settings? Do you use the Extended Editor?

Or maybe it is a Leopard/Tiger difference? You are still an old kitten, right? 

Thanks
Matthias

 Yes, I am using th enhanced editor. With flat view if that makes a difference. Haven't been able to check this yet here. I'll let you know...

 Matthias, finally had a chance to test this.My User Agent menu only goes up to v3.0.5 for Firefox (I have FF 3.0.10). Still doesn't work for me. No idea what the issue might be here.

Personally, now though, I'm looking at Opera 10 beta. Much faster!

Hi, Erik,

interesting. Glad Opera works for you. Haven't tried it myself for years.

Best
Matthias

 Well, so far it's fast. The one drawback I have is that I can't click and hold the mouse button on a link and get a contextual menu. I'm usually surfing with one hand on the mouse and some sort of snack in my other hand so FF makes this easy that way.

 In any case, I have to state that I have absolutely zero browser loyalty. Whatever is fastest or works the best for what I need. You can see in the following list what I have just on my home laptop:

Sunrise.app
Shiira.app
Safari.app (4 beta)
Opera.app (Opera 9)
OmniWeb.app
Netscape.app (version 7)
Navigator.app (version 9)
Mozilla.app
Internet Explorer.app
Camino.app
Firefox 3.0 Beta 1.app
Firefox.app (version 2)
Firefox 3.app
Google Chrome.app (I got the beta a few hours after they released it. Alas, it's for Leopard users minimum)
Opera_10 Beta.app

At work I also have iCab and Chimera (Chimera was Camino before they had to change the name), Flock and Seamonkey. Also Netscape v4 for OS9 (usually I use for testing purposes).

Oh, and to answer a previous question of yours. Yes, I am on Tiger. Not as happy with it as I thought I would be, but I like it better than Panther. I know a lot of people rave about Leopard, but I just haven't found anything to motivate me on it yet. Also, to install it on my home Mac, I'm going to need Leopard Assist. Anyway, sticking with Tiger for the time being.

 Matthias, I blindly followed your instructions, and it works for me, But what have I actually done, can you explain to someone who doesn't understand what Develop> User Agent  means.

Eric, my G5 went fubar and needed a OSX10.4.11 System Re-install shortly after I installed Opera10 beta, I'm 99% sure it was just coincidence but I'll be sticking with v9 for connecting to our intranet MIS (which neither Safari3 or Firefox10 work with).[:'(]

Hi, Glenn,

the user agent string is something how a website can detect what browser, platform, langauge etc you are running. Normally this is used to behave differently depending on the browsing environment a customer uses.

By changing the user agent you are pretending to use Firefox, that's all. It's like putting a Mercedes star on the hood of your BMW.

More info here: http://developer.apple.com/safari/library/documentation/AppleApplications/Conceptual/Safari_Developer_Guide/UsingOtherDevelopMenuTools/UsingOtherDevelopMenuTools.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007874-CH6-DontLinkElementID_9

Does that explain it?

Thanks
Matthias

Glenn, it has to be a coincidence. I've been using the Opera 10 beta for about 2 days now and my Powerbook is behaving just fine.