Open CSV files

I am unable to have Safari open CSV files in my Excel 2011 (Mac). Safari will download the CSV file and when I try to open it with Excel 2011 I get the message that Excel 2011 can not open the file because the developer is unknown.
This is very annoying.
Firefox does allow Excel 2011 to open CSV files, but for various other reasons I would like to stay on with Safari.
All workarounds are welcome

..."because the developer is unknown"
Could you provide the exact text of the message, please?
Are you really running OS 10.5.8?
In the meantime, two things come to mind from your description.
Maybe Safari has added an extra suffix to the file (beyond so that Excel doesn't recognize the file type.
Make sure the downloaded file has a .csv only at the end.
Maybe security is kicking in. Can you control-click on the file and select "Open"?
charlie

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Dear great master
I haved been consfused by a problem deeply.
Why a csv file if already open can be detected by mannually. can't be detected by program automatically.
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