[Proto-Scripty] Safari can't pre-select a dropdown menu

[JoJo]

I am trying to pre-select an option in a standard HTML select dropdown
using option.writeAttribute('selected', 'selected'). It worked in IE
and FF, but not in Safari. I had to change the code to
option.selected=true for all 3 browsers to work. I'd prefer to use the
writeAttribute wrapper instead of dealing with low level calls. That
was the whole point of switching to Prototype...

$$('#languageDropdown option').each(
    function(option) {
        console.info(languageId,
parseInt(option.readAttribute('value')));
        if (parseInt(option.readAttribute('value')) === languageId) {
            console.info('match');
            // FAIL IN SAFARI
            option.writeAttribute('selected', 'selected');
            // SUCCESS IN SAFARI
            option.selected=true;
        } else {
            option.writeAttribute('selected', null);
        }
    }
);

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