was Re: [expert] IE6 masquerading - How to do it in Galeon?
On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 12:34, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 17:43, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > > > -Type in "about:config" in the address bar. > > -Right click on "Preference Name" and choose New => String > > -Enter "general.useragent.override" as the name. > > -Enter "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)" as the string. > > -Restart Mozilla and you're done. > > > > I hope that's the final revision. :-) > > Thanks, Brant and all the others. > I'll try this final version. > > DougB That appears to be working with Mozilla 1.4. It looks as though I ought to be able to do the same in Galeon - about:config brings up the preferences. There is already a general.useragent.override entry present "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686) Gecko/20030630 Galeon/1.3.5". After 'Modify'ing the String to "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686) Gecko/20030630 Galeon/1.3.5 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)" this works also; but on re-loading Galeon, I find the String back where it was before. How do I get to save the change? TIA, DougB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IE6 masquerading
On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 17:43, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 12:41, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > > >>Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > >> > >>>Hi, > >>>A particular website I want to access insists on IE6 (or just possibly > Revised again: > > -Type in "about:config" in the address bar. > -Right click on "Preference Name" and choose New => String > -Enter "general.useragent.override" as the name. > -Enter "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)" as the string. > -Restart Mozilla and you're done. > > I hope that's the final revision. :-) Thanks, Brant and all the others. I'll try this final version. DougB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IE6 masquerading
James Sparenberg wrote: On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 12:41, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Douglas Bainbridge wrote: Hi, A particular website I want to access insists on IE6 (or just possibly it may be satisfied with Netscape Navigator 6), reckoning this is needed for 128-bit encryption of contributions. I think there's been some discussion about Opera masquerading as IE6, but is it possible to set Galeon (1.3.3) to masquerade, or failing that, Konq? TIA DougB Yes there is. I posted this on the newbie list a couple of weeks ago and it looks like it would apply here also. Here's the trick for Mozilla: -Type in "about:config" in the address bar. -Right click on "Preference Name" and choose New => String -Enter "general.useragent.override" as the name. -Enter "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)" or "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)" as the string. -Restart Mozilla and you're done. Brant, I'm running 1.4 here and ran into a problem. If I used this string, Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) I got an error saying "INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Expected a version > 5! Version = 4" So I switched to Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) and mozilla is able to start just fine. James Noted. Revised again: -Type in "about:config" in the address bar. -Right click on "Preference Name" and choose New => String -Enter "general.useragent.override" as the name. -Enter "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)" as the string. -Restart Mozilla and you're done. I hope that's the final revision. :-) -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake Linux 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk Reiserfs and XFS | KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 12:40:01 up 12 days, 23:55, 1 user, load average: 0.38, 0.51, 0.53 --- "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IE6 masquerading
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 12:41, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > > Hi, > > A particular website I want to access insists on IE6 (or just possibly > > it may be satisfied with Netscape Navigator 6), reckoning this is needed > > for 128-bit encryption of contributions. > > I think there's been some discussion about Opera masquerading as IE6, > > but is it possible to set Galeon (1.3.3) to masquerade, or failing that, > > Konq? > > > > TIA > > DougB > > Yes there is. I posted this on the newbie list a couple of weeks ago > and it looks like it would apply here also. > > Here's the trick for Mozilla: > > -Type in "about:config" in the address bar. > -Right click on "Preference Name" and choose New => String > -Enter "general.useragent.override" as the name. > -Enter "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)" or "Mozilla/4.0 > (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)" as the string. > -Restart Mozilla and you're done. Brant, I'm running 1.4 here and ran into a problem. If I used this string, Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) I got an error saying "INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Expected a version > 5! Version = 4" So I switched to Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) and mozilla is able to start just fine. James > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IE6 masquerading
> > Can't get that to work on Mozilla 1.4 right click does nothing. > > However with 1.4 if I click in the body of the "page" I can get it to > > allow the edit. Now If I can just get Mozilla to start back up I'll > > test it out *grin* > > > > James > > I'll change it to reflect that in the future. It did that to me when I > was testing it out, but it didn't do it every time. I'm not quite sure > what the magic sequence was to get it to work as I explained it, but > what you stated is a more repeatable way to do it. > > Revised: > > -Type in "about:config" in the address bar. > -Right click just below "Preference Name" and choose New => String > -Enter "general.useragent.override" as the name. > -Enter "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)" or "Mozilla/4.0 > (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)" as the string. > -Restart Mozilla and you're done. > > Is that any better? I found the same as James, clicked on preferences - nothing. Went onto do as you both describe and - *no* Mozilla. Paul M Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [expert] IE6 masquerading
Hello Anne, Thursday, September 18, 2003, 4:59:25 AM, you wrote: AW> Philosophically, I hate the idea of masquerading - I don't want to AW> be though to be using IE, but I recognise that it's sometimes AW> necessary. I hate it too, but for another reason. I've had the discussion "why not support other browsers" with a number of sites. They all say that 95% (or some high number) are IE users, and they can't justify working to allow others. Part of the problem is those who are not really using IE at all, but trying to look like IE. Distorts the statistics rather badly. It's getting worse, too. Many sites are now using scripts to ID the browser, and M$ is apparently helping develop some commercial ones too. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IE6 masquerading
James Sparenberg wrote: On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 12:41, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Douglas Bainbridge wrote: Hi, A particular website I want to access insists on IE6 (or just possibly it may be satisfied with Netscape Navigator 6), reckoning this is needed for 128-bit encryption of contributions. I think there's been some discussion about Opera masquerading as IE6, but is it possible to set Galeon (1.3.3) to masquerade, or failing that, Konq? TIA DougB Yes there is. I posted this on the newbie list a couple of weeks ago and it looks like it would apply here also. Here's the trick for Mozilla: -Type in "about:config" in the address bar. -Right click on "Preference Name" and choose New => String -Enter "general.useragent.override" as the name. -Enter "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)" or "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)" as the string. -Restart Mozilla and you're done. Can't get that to work on Mozilla 1.4 right click does nothing. However with 1.4 if I click in the body of the "page" I can get it to allow the edit. Now If I can just get Mozilla to start back up I'll test it out *grin* James I'll change it to reflect that in the future. It did that to me when I was testing it out, but it didn't do it every time. I'm not quite sure what the magic sequence was to get it to work as I explained it, but what you stated is a more repeatable way to do it. Revised: -Type in "about:config" in the address bar. -Right click just below "Preference Name" and choose New => String -Enter "general.useragent.override" as the name. -Enter "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)" or "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)" as the string. -Restart Mozilla and you're done. Is that any better? -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake Linux 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk Resierfs and XFS | KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 19:15:01 up 12 days, 6:30, 1 user, load average: 0.95, 0.96, 0.91 ___ "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IE6 masquerading
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 12:41, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > > Hi, > > A particular website I want to access insists on IE6 (or just possibly > > it may be satisfied with Netscape Navigator 6), reckoning this is needed > > for 128-bit encryption of contributions. > > I think there's been some discussion about Opera masquerading as IE6, > > but is it possible to set Galeon (1.3.3) to masquerade, or failing that, > > Konq? > > > > TIA > > DougB > > Yes there is. I posted this on the newbie list a couple of weeks ago > and it looks like it would apply here also. > > Here's the trick for Mozilla: > > -Type in "about:config" in the address bar. > -Right click on "Preference Name" and choose New => String > -Enter "general.useragent.override" as the name. > -Enter "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)" or "Mozilla/4.0 > (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)" as the string. > -Restart Mozilla and you're done. Can't get that to work on Mozilla 1.4 right click does nothing. However with 1.4 if I click in the body of the "page" I can get it to allow the edit. Now If I can just get Mozilla to start back up I'll test it out *grin* James > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IE6 masquerading
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:59:25 +0100, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [expert] IE6 masquerading: >> Yes, Under Konqueror, Settings, Browser Identification. > >Philosophically, I hate the idea of masquerading - I don't want to be >though to be using IE, but I recognise that it's sometimes necessary. >What would be nice is to be able to set a profile that uses the >masquerading, while all others don't, but I guess that isn't >possible. Still, one could always use one browser when masquerading >is necessary and another for the default browser. Though I usually employ Mozilla for surfing, I find the Konqueror way of masquerading by far the easiest: it can be setup and stored per site and it fools even Microsoft: I haven`t convinced my kids yet to use Linux all the time and I regularly get updates from Microsoft for them. Konqueror is very good for that. (BTW it does not require KDE to be running). But on this list or another one I read recently that some interactive banking programmes are not fooled by masquerading, so YMMV. HTH Regards, =Dick Gevers= - -- Registered Linux user # 309037 from Linux machine # 209379 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/ahDBwC/zk+cxEdMRAhuEAKDTvR2e4ji1tvK3XvyE48EMbCWAbACfbDwk yltQRbTg8EAQsQ4M9izNoJM= =384R -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IE6 masquerading
Douglas Bainbridge wrote: Hi, A particular website I want to access insists on IE6 (or just possibly it may be satisfied with Netscape Navigator 6), reckoning this is needed for 128-bit encryption of contributions. I think there's been some discussion about Opera masquerading as IE6, but is it possible to set Galeon (1.3.3) to masquerade, or failing that, Konq? TIA DougB Yes there is. I posted this on the newbie list a couple of weeks ago and it looks like it would apply here also. Here's the trick for Mozilla: -Type in "about:config" in the address bar. -Right click on "Preference Name" and choose New => String -Enter "general.useragent.override" as the name. -Enter "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)" or "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)" as the string. -Restart Mozilla and you're done. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 15:30:01 up 12 days, 2:46, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.20, 0.14 ___ "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IE6 masquerading
On Thursday 18 Sep 2003 11:47 am, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Thursday 18 September 2003 05:27 am, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > > Hi, > > A particular website I want to access insists on IE6 (or just > > possibly it may be satisfied with Netscape Navigator 6), > > reckoning this is needed for 128-bit encryption of contributions. > > I think there's been some discussion about Opera masquerading as > > IE6, but is it possible to set Galeon (1.3.3) to masquerade, or > > failing that, Konq? > > Yes, Under Konqueror, Settings, Browser Identification. Philosophically, I hate the idea of masquerading - I don't want to be though to be using IE, but I recognise that it's sometimes necessary. What would be nice is to be able to set a profile that uses the masquerading, while all others don't, but I guess that isn't possible. Still, one could always use one browser when masquerading is necessary and another for the default browser. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IE6 masquerading
On Thursday 18 September 2003 05:27 am, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > Hi, > A particular website I want to access insists on IE6 (or just possibly > it may be satisfied with Netscape Navigator 6), reckoning this is needed > for 128-bit encryption of contributions. > I think there's been some discussion about Opera masquerading as IE6, > but is it possible to set Galeon (1.3.3) to masquerade, or failing that, > Konq? Yes, Under Konqueror, Settings, Browser Identification. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] IE6 masquerading
Hi, A particular website I want to access insists on IE6 (or just possibly it may be satisfied with Netscape Navigator 6), reckoning this is needed for 128-bit encryption of contributions. I think there's been some discussion about Opera masquerading as IE6, but is it possible to set Galeon (1.3.3) to masquerade, or failing that, Konq? TIA DougB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
