akweteco01: Benefits of Develop menu on Safari 5

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Benefits of Develop menu on Safari 5

There are a few websites that look ugly in any browser (Lifehacker, Gizmodo, etc). But, they look better on iOS devices.

Safari 5 has the ability to pose as another browser. That way you can get the iOS view on Safari on your Mac.

First, open Safari and go to the Preferences, move to Advanced. At the bottom of the tab there is a check box for 'Show Develop menu in menu bar.'

Once that s activated you'll see the menu. Go there and move to User Agent and select any iOS device. Now you can browse to whichever website you know looks better on iOS format.

[crarko adds: We've talked about the Develop menu before, but it's an interesting tidbit to find site that look better in iOS. I'm guessing it's the lack of Flash.]