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: [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
