Enabling "developer" options in Safari 2

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

While trying to track down a Firefox issue, I found this really handy page:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030110063041629

It shows you how to enable a hidden "Debug" menu in Safari 1.3+, which has numerous handy features for developers, including a JavaScript console, ability to test pages in othehr browsers you may have installed, and other very handy features I wish Firefox or IE had!

To enable it, quit Safari, open a terminal, and type:

defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1

You can use "0" at the end to turn it off again.

Dan

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[BabyJeffy]

Very very very very cool.

I've just done this with my Safari and it works a treat. There are some nice options there... and it's great to finally see JS errors (rather than switch to FF and hope the error is the same).

Thanks for finding that gem.

Cheers,
Jeff

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[jazz88]

Thanks a lot.

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[dbeez]

I have a javascript console exptension for firefox installed guys. I guess it must do pretty much the same thing.

There are a load of cool developer extensions available for firefox ... you just have to install them

The developer toolbar kicks ass ... but I haven't had the chance to really use it yet as it's been a while since I've done much html/web work ...