a call to a function from a select works fine in Firefox and Chrome, but not in Safari
example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<SELECT onmouseup = "makeplot(this.value)">
<OPTION value="type1">first choice</OPTION>
<OPTION value="type2">2nd choice</OPTION>
<OPTION value="type3">3d choice</OPTION>
<OPTION value="type4">last choice</OPTION>
</SELECT>
<script>
function makeplot(word) {
alert("word is "+word);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>