Re: [OT] We Choose The Moon
Another example of cool content that's only viewable if you're willing to jump through a bunch of irritating proprietary hoops: http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/gates-puts-feynman-lectures-online/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: [OT] We Choose The Moon
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Mark E. Mallett wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:15:42AM -0400, Ben Scott wrote: >> Needs Flash 10. Doesn't seem to like Firefox on this Windoze PC. > > Seems to work here under FF3.5 Yah, weird, it works on my Linux box at home, too, but it didn't with Firefox at work. (But it did work in MSIE 6.) *shrug* -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Way to make Firefox appear to Website as IE6 ?
Take a look at IE4Linux[1]. It's a script to install and configure > multiple versions of IE to run under wine. I used to use this for quick > testing on websites to check compatibility with IE6, but now I use a XP > VM. > > HTH > ~k > > [1] http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > I tried ies4linux. It fools Lotus Domino, just enough to get in. I can see the email again. It is clunky and slowish, but it works well enough. Thanks to everyone who suggested it. As an extra bonus I was treated to a classic "I'm sorry but we need to shutdown Internet Explorer" window already! Back to the old days! What a treat! Great! I can work again ;) -Bruce ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Way to make Firefox appear to Website as IE6 ?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Tom Buskey wrote: > > Have a Windows XP Pro system, connect to it w/ rdesktop and do all your > Windows stuff there (that's what I do for Exchange/Sharepoint/Visio/etc & > it works well). > I used to do that, but I was never satisfied with the performance. More recently I ran across Synergy, and I found that I liked it much better than rdesktop. Now I have a WinXP netbook with a large external monitor next to my Linux desktop at work, and I use synergy to share the keyboard and mouse across the two systems. I do the same at home, between my Linux desktop and my MacOS desktop. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix AIM abreauj / JABBER j...@jabber.blu.org / YAHOO abreauj / SKYPE zusa_it_mgr Email j...@blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Way to make Firefox appear to Website as IE6 ?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:57 AM, wrote: > This is a somewhat desperate request... OK, not desperate, but I would > like to resolve this... > > Most of my work these days is on my linux workstation doing large scale > simulations. In addition to straining my brain molecules, I need, on > occasion, to access my email. Unfortunately the interface is IE centric. > (Lotus Notes - please no groans...) I used to be able to connect to LN > thru a webmail interface. Sometime after June 26th (I was on vacation at > the time) the webmail interface no longer works on FireFox running under > Ubuntu 8.10. If this is an in-house workstation, why not run the Lotus Notes client for Linux on it? At least they make a thick client :) I know that's not a web-based solution, but I figured I'd throw it out there. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Way to make Firefox appear to Website as IE6 ?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Michael ODonnell < michael.odonn...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > YMMV with an agent switcher. If the site uses the agent to > > determine what code to feed (javascript, ActiveX) like it's supposed > > to, it won't work. If it uses the agent to say "we don't work on > > your browser" even though it's generic HTML, it won't work. > > We presume you meant that last one to be, "[...]it might work." > Yes, that's what I meant. There's a tradition of this. There's a web browser for the Newton that was able to render lots of sites by "lying" like this. In fact, there's a browser out there that has been lying since the beginning that it's Mosaic and it has a large market share ;-) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Way to make Firefox appear to Website as IE6 ?
On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 10:57 -0400, bruce.lab...@autoliv.com wrote: > This is a somewhat desperate request... OK, not desperate, but I would > like to resolve this... > > Most of my work these days is on my linux workstation doing large scale > simulations. In addition to straining my brain molecules, I need, on > occasion, to access my email. Unfortunately the interface is IE centric. > (Lotus Notes - please no groans...) I used to be able to connect to LN > thru a webmail interface. Sometime after June 26th (I was on vacation at > the time) the webmail interface no longer works on FireFox running under > Ubuntu 8.10. > > When I enquired, I was told that Webmail only supports IE. My local IT > guy, who is quite sympathetic, but powerless against the IT Overlords, > tested the Firefox interface from Windows and found it "inoperable". (Just > like on the linux side...) > > So does anyone have a solution or suggestion I could try? Is there a > module/plugin/addon or whatever that makes FF behave like IE6 to an IE > centric application or website? Searching on addons.mozilla.org wasn't > fruitful for me. Maybe someone has better search-fu ? > > A different browser is not out of the question, although not preferred. > IIRC didn't Konqueror have an IE mode? > > Bruce Labitt > Autoliv Electronics > 1011B Pawtucket Blvd, PO Box 1858 > Lowell, MA 01853 > > Email: bruce.lab...@autoliv.com. > Tel: (978) 674-6526 > Fax: (978) 674-6581 > > > ** > Neither the footer nor anything else in this E-mail is intended to or > constitutes an electronic signature and/or legally binding agreement in > the absence of an express statement or Autoliv policy and/or procedure to > the contrary.This E-mail and any attachments hereto are Autoliv property > and may contain legally privileged, confidential and/or proprietary > information.The recipient of this E-mail is prohibited from distributing, > copying, forwarding or in any way disseminating any material contained > within this E-mail without prior written permission from the author. If > you receive this E-mail in error, please immediately notify the author > and delete this E-mail. Autoliv disclaims all responsibility and > liability for the consequences of any person who fails to abide by the > terms herein. > ** > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ Take a look at IE4Linux[1]. It's a script to install and configure multiple versions of IE to run under wine. I used to use this for quick testing on websites to check compatibility with IE6, but now I use a XP VM. HTH ~k [1] http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Way to make Firefox appear to Website as IE6 ?
> YMMV with an agent switcher. If the site uses the agent to > determine what code to feed (javascript, ActiveX) like it's supposed > to, it won't work. If it uses the agent to say "we don't work on > your browser" even though it's generic HTML, it won't work. We presume you meant that last one to be, "[...]it might work." ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Way to make Firefox appear to Website as IE6 ?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:38 AM, wrote: > Neil Joseph Schelly wrote on 07/15/2009 11:28:47 AM: > > > Is it enough to tell the server you're using IE? I use User Agent > Switcher > > (Firefox extension), which lets you easily change the User Agent on the > fly > > between several pre-determined ones. I find that most sites that > disallow > > unknown browsers work fine when I tell them it's IE or Firefox on > Windows, > > instead of Iceweasel on Linux. > > > > Or do you mean that you tried working with the application with Firefox > and > > Firefox couldn't run the IE-specific code? If that's the case, I don't > know > > what you could do - sorry. > > -N > > I will find out in a second. I just installed User Agent Switcher. > Doesn't work in > IE6 mode. I'll try IE7 & 8. No joy. > YMMV with an agent switcher. If the site uses the agent to determine what code to feed (javascript, ActiveX) like it's supposed to, it won't work. If it uses the agent to say "we don't work on your browser" even though it's generic HTML, it won't work. > > Is there an IE6 emulator? I don't know if Wine will install & run IE, but that may be an option. Have a Windows XP Pro system, connect to it w/ rdesktop and do all your Windows stuff there (that's what I do for Exchange/Sharepoint/Visio/etc & it works well). Install VirtualBox/VMware/KVM and run Windows inside that. You can run VirtualBox headless and rdesktop to that. I've done that at home successfully. You can have it grab a regular IP from the LAN and IT can admin it just like every other system on the net when it's running. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Way to make Firefox appear to Website as IE6 ?
I use and like the User Agent Switcher extension for Firefox but I don't think it'll help in this case. I say that because I find that Firefox on Linux can talk to my employer's Exchange server if I instruct it to ID itself truthfully, but if I tell it to lie and ID itself as Internet Exploder the server apparently tries to feed it all kinds of crap that require ActiveX and such, so I suspect he'll not find joy using that approach. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Way to make Firefox appear to Website as IE6 ?
Neil Joseph Schelly wrote on 07/15/2009 11:28:47 AM: > Is it enough to tell the server you're using IE? I use User Agent Switcher > (Firefox extension), which lets you easily change the User Agent on the fly > between several pre-determined ones. I find that most sites that disallow > unknown browsers work fine when I tell them it's IE or Firefox on Windows, > instead of Iceweasel on Linux. > > Or do you mean that you tried working with the application with Firefox and > Firefox couldn't run the IE-specific code? If that's the case, I don't know > what you could do - sorry. > -N I will find out in a second. I just installed User Agent Switcher. Doesn't work in IE6 mode. I'll try IE7 & 8. No joy. Is there an IE6 emulator? -Bruce ** Neither the footer nor anything else in this E-mail is intended to or constitutes an electronic signature and/or legally binding agreement in the absence of an express statement or Autoliv policy and/or procedure to the contrary.This E-mail and any attachments hereto are Autoliv property and may contain legally privileged, confidential and/or proprietary information.The recipient of this E-mail is prohibited from distributing, copying, forwarding or in any way disseminating any material contained within this E-mail without prior written permission from the author. If you receive this E-mail in error, please immediately notify the author and delete this E-mail. Autoliv disclaims all responsibility and liability for the consequences of any person who fails to abide by the terms herein. ** ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: [OT] We Choose The Moon
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:15:42AM -0400, Ben Scott wrote: > This year is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 -- the first time a > human being set foot on another world. > > ? The JFK Presidential Library has a website which is providing a > real-time simulation/recreation, complete with CGI models, recorded > audio, video footage, and photos. ?It's still on the pad right now. > Launch is in less than 24 hours (9:32 AM EDT on 16 July). > > http://wechoosethemoon.org/ > > ?Needs Flash 10. ?Doesn't seem to like Firefox on this Windoze PC. > :-( Haven't tried it at home on Linux yet. Seems to work here under FF3.5 But speaking of ff3.5: http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/14/critical-javascript-vulnerability-in-firefox-35/ mm ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Way to make Firefox appear to Website as IE6 ?
Is it enough to tell the server you're using IE? I use User Agent Switcher (Firefox extension), which lets you easily change the User Agent on the fly between several pre-determined ones. I find that most sites that disallow unknown browsers work fine when I tell them it's IE or Firefox on Windows, instead of Iceweasel on Linux. Or do you mean that you tried working with the application with Firefox and Firefox couldn't run the IE-specific code? If that's the case, I don't know what you could do - sorry. -N ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Way to make Firefox appear to Website as IE6 ?
This is a somewhat desperate request... OK, not desperate, but I would like to resolve this... Most of my work these days is on my linux workstation doing large scale simulations. In addition to straining my brain molecules, I need, on occasion, to access my email. Unfortunately the interface is IE centric. (Lotus Notes - please no groans...) I used to be able to connect to LN thru a webmail interface. Sometime after June 26th (I was on vacation at the time) the webmail interface no longer works on FireFox running under Ubuntu 8.10. When I enquired, I was told that Webmail only supports IE. My local IT guy, who is quite sympathetic, but powerless against the IT Overlords, tested the Firefox interface from Windows and found it "inoperable". (Just like on the linux side...) So does anyone have a solution or suggestion I could try? Is there a module/plugin/addon or whatever that makes FF behave like IE6 to an IE centric application or website? Searching on addons.mozilla.org wasn't fruitful for me. Maybe someone has better search-fu ? A different browser is not out of the question, although not preferred. IIRC didn't Konqueror have an IE mode? Bruce Labitt Autoliv Electronics 1011B Pawtucket Blvd, PO Box 1858 Lowell, MA 01853 Email: bruce.lab...@autoliv.com. Tel: (978) 674-6526 Fax: (978) 674-6581 ** Neither the footer nor anything else in this E-mail is intended to or constitutes an electronic signature and/or legally binding agreement in the absence of an express statement or Autoliv policy and/or procedure to the contrary.This E-mail and any attachments hereto are Autoliv property and may contain legally privileged, confidential and/or proprietary information.The recipient of this E-mail is prohibited from distributing, copying, forwarding or in any way disseminating any material contained within this E-mail without prior written permission from the author. If you receive this E-mail in error, please immediately notify the author and delete this E-mail. Autoliv disclaims all responsibility and liability for the consequences of any person who fails to abide by the terms herein. ** ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[OT] We Choose The Moon
This year is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 -- the first time a human being set foot on another world. The JFK Presidential Library has a website which is providing a real-time simulation/recreation, complete with CGI models, recorded audio, video footage, and photos. It's still on the pad right now. Launch is in less than 24 hours (9:32 AM EDT on 16 July). http://wechoosethemoon.org/ Needs Flash 10. Doesn't seem to like Firefox on this Windoze PC. :-( Haven't tried it at home on Linux yet. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
