I have also had this problem. One of my work arounds is to see if the item is nested in a table or is in another frame on the web page. If it is a form control you can also pick it up on the web router. Going through all the automatic web spots has sometimes yielded good results for me.
Sometimes it just takes a lot of time to explore a web site. Sincerely Yours, robert For this I bring up the web item router. On Oct 22, 2011, at 11:10 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi: > Have you tried using DOM VS group mode? Some sites work best in the opposite > setting. IE if you are on DOM, switch to group. I'd also suggest downloading > the latest nightly build of webkit. Sometimes webkit handles sites better > than Safari. > On Oct 22, 2011, at 9:26 PM, Shannon Dyer wrote: > >> Hi, all. >> >> I'm still running Snow Leopard, and I've been having trouble with Safari. >> I've never been as comfortable with it as I was with Internet Explorer, but, >> for most things, I've managed to make it work. >> >> However, I'm having difficulty navigating a large site. I need to find an >> edit box where I can post a comment, and then, the button beneath the box to >> actually post the comment to the site. >> >> It doesn't matter what I set the web router to. No matter what I do, it >> refuses to find the box. I can find the "post comment" button with the item >> chooser, but, once I find it, I just sort of know it exists on the page >> without knowing where. >> >> Does anyone have any suggestions? I've been using Internet Explorer on the >> Windows side of my Mac to do this, because fighting with Safari is proving >> too time-consuming. However, I would like a solution, if there is one. >> >> Thanks so much for any advice anyone can offer. >> >> Shannon >> Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each Thursday from noon until >> three for the Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of Women In Music. Point >> your media player to: >> http://mojoradio.us/listen >> or >> www.mintfm.net >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.