Safari’s Develop Menu

Notice something different about the above, Safari menu bar? If you look in between Bookmarks and Window, you’ll see a menu that most of you, probably don’t have. It’s called Develop and in my opinion, it’s one of the coolest features that Safari has.

In order to activate this menu, hit command + , to bring up Safari’s preferences. Then click on the Advanced tab and click the checkbox next to “Show Develop menu in menu bar”. This activates the Develop menu and when you click it, you are presented with the menu below.

This little menu is neat for a lot of reasons. First, if you’re stuck on a slow connection, you can choose to browse the web without bandwidth-hogging images. Also, if you’re attempting to read a site which has annoying text styles, you now have the option of disabling them. My favorite part about this menu, however, is the ability to emulate other browsers by clicking User Agent and selecting from a wide variety of browsers ranging from Internet Explorer (shudder) to FIrefox, or Safari for the iPhone (which you can use to take advantage of “free iPhone content”), and everything in between.

Take the following situation into consideration: “We’re sorry but you are using an unsupported browser”. Just a few clicks of your mouse and that problem is solved. In the off chance that this does not work, don’t bother opening up FireFox and pasting the URL; just click Open Page With, and select the required browser.

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Written by Michael Zhao on May 24, 2008 at 5:36 pm - Safari’s Develop Menu has 8 comments - Categorized in Advanced Tips, Safari Tips

8 Responses to “Safari’s Develop Menu”

1. 
   Valdo
   I have the developer box checked in my Safari preferences but I'm still not seeing the menu option. I've tried quitting the browser and re-opening it, but nothing works. What's the deal? May 30th, 2008 at 11:30 am
   
   
2. 
   ameyasb
   Firstly Command+ did not open preferences secondly, Advanced Tab has nothing like you said June 1st, 2008 at 10:59 am
   
   
3. 
   Tristan Kitchin
   I have the developer tab up, but it doesnt work as well as i would have hoped. I still cant access GMX mail through safari.... June 1st, 2008 at 6:38 pm
   
   
4. 
   Michael Zhao
   @ameyasb: Firstly, it's "command+," not "command+"
   Secondly, I don't know how to tell you this besides "yes it does" June 2nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
   
   
5. 
   nidhi
   no actually ameyasb's right...my advanced tab in safari's preferences doesn't have that option either...and i just bought my mac a month ago. anybody got any answers??? June 3rd, 2008 at 3:42 am
   
   
6. 
   Omer Zach
   @ameyasb: You probably need to update Safari, I believe this was only added in this format very recently. June 3rd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
   
   
7. 
   Jim Roche
   "command," does it. July 9th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
   
   
8. 
   Jim Roche
   This is great! My Lotus Notes webmail does not display very well in Safari but when I opt for IE with the User Agent, it's perfect. Thanks man. Nice one. July 9th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
   
   

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