Re: fire fox/ie

Andrei Smirnov <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.morlug
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005, JP Fielding wrote:

> i don't know specifically what string it's searching for, but you can
> try a few different strings and see what works, but here's the
> recipe...
> 
> in the address bar type about:confg
> then filter on useragent
> 
> you'll see one that says 'Firefox'
> 
> i use 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)' in one
> setup that i use to fake out a server.  another one i think also was
> looking for the string 'Microsoft Internet Explorer', so i prepended
> that.  this works great under linux for me.

I personally just go to http://bert.wvu.edu and it seems like a back-door
to mix.wvu.edu. However, if they turn that site down - I'm in trouble,
since all my computers run Linux. Yes, I can use that firefox disguise 
feature, but I don't think this is the way it should be.

So, no matter what you'll do, it would be nice if you send them a request
to open up mix.wvu.edu for non-Microsoft users. I did that before, but my
voice was not enough.

Regards,

Andrei

> 
> hope that helps
> 
> On 4/23/05, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > Hey I just went to new student orientation, i got a mix account.  I hear that they will not support firefox (or other web browsers besides ie)  I have heard that there is a plugin that will make the server think firefox is ie.  or there is some place you set a setting.  Could someone tell me how to do this.  My computer runs linux so i have to use firefox (and absolutly do not trust ie).
> > 
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