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Thanks, definitely going to try. Someone shared the user agent string for the google bot once, and I saved it in a capable browser and that works pretty well also.

I find disabling Javascript to be quicker. It's a single click if you install a browser extension, or a menu option in Safari's develop menu.

Hmm...will have a look.

Running NoScript (FF extension) also works as it defaults to no JavaScript until authorised per site.