Can anyone point me at a way of fooling a website that insists on IE and
refuses to load if anything else is used? Supposedly this is because
the site uses some javascript that "doesn't work in Netscape and some
other browsers", but I'd be surprised if Galeon couldn't handle it. Is
there a way o
Some sites are fooled by setting Opera to IE.
This kind of junk sure makes one wonder why there are standards and some
webmasters choose to ignore them in favor of proprietary junk.
If more people complained to these sites then maybe they'd worry about W3C
standards.
On 30 Apr 2002 11:49:20 +10
Opera has a way you can tell it to "imitate" other browsers. It has
worked for me so far. Peace, Dennis in Victoria
Brian Parish wrote:
> Can anyone point me at a way of fooling a website that insists on IE and
> refuses to load if anything else is used? Supposedly this is because
> the site
Brian Parish wrote:
> Can anyone point me at a way of fooling a website that insists on IE and
> refuses to load if anything else is used? Supposedly this is because
> the site uses some javascript that "doesn't work in Netscape and some
> other browsers", but I'd be surprised if Galeon couldn't
Sevatio wrote:
>
> Brian Parish wrote:
> > Can anyone point me at a way of fooling a website that insists on IE and
> > refuses to load if anything else is used? Supposedly this is because
> > the site uses some javascript that "doesn't work in Netscape and some
> > other browsers", but I'd be s
Exactly where in the preferences? - doesnt show on my version (Galeon
1.2.1) or in the help file? At one time I changed the version string
before compiling it which worked as well.
BillK
On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 12:38, FemmeFatale wrote:
> Sevatio wrote:
> >
> > Brian Parish wrote:
> > > Can any
On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 14:38, FemmeFatale wrote:
> Sevatio wrote:
> >
> > Brian Parish wrote:
> > > Can anyone point me at a way of fooling a website that insists on IE and
> > > refuses to load if anything else is used? Supposedly this is because
> > > the site uses some javascript that "doesn't
Thanks Dennis and Brian,
Opera does it just fine. Now if I can just convince Star Office 6 to
open the Word docs they send me without crashing
Brian
On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 13:00, Dennis Myhand wrote:
> Opera has a way you can tell it to "imitate" other browsers. It has
> worked for me so
Brian Parish wrote:
> > User the User Agent Option in the preferences page. It works for me :)
> >
> >
> > --
> > Femme
> >
> Sounds like what I'm after. Is this in Galeon? Can't see it here.
>
> Blind again???
>
> Brian
>
*hands Brian some glasses with New & IMPROVED 3D capability!*
Yes
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 01:21:25 -0600
FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brian Parish wrote:
>
> > > User the User Agent Option in the preferences page. It works for me :)
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Femme
> > >
> > Sounds like what I'm after. Is this in Galeon? Can't see it here.
> >
> >
On 30 Apr 2002 15:07:03 +1000, Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 14:38, FemmeFatale wrote:
> > Sevatio wrote:
> > >
> > > Brian Parish wrote:
> > > > Can anyone point me at a way of fooling a website that insists on IE and
> > > > refuses to load if anything else is
On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 17:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 01:21:25 -0600
> FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Brian Parish wrote:
> >
> > > > User the User Agent Option in the preferences page. It works for me :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Femme
> > > >
> > >
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Brian wrote:
> Some sites are fooled by setting Opera to IE.
>
> This kind of junk sure makes one wonder why there are standards and some
> webmasters choose to ignore them in favor of proprietary junk.
>
> If more people complained to these sites then maybe they'd worry abou
»FemmeFatale« sagte am 2002-04-29 um 22:38:44 -0600 :
> User the User Agent Option in the preferences page. It works for me :)
However, quite some pages are not using simple UA detection.
Alexander Skwar
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On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 07:23:14 -0400 (EDT)
daRcmaTTeR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Brian wrote:
>
> > Some sites are fooled by setting Opera to IE.
> >
> > This kind of junk sure makes one wonder why there are standards and some
> > webmasters choose to ignore them in favor o
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Brian wrote:
>
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 07:23:14 -0400 (EDT)
> daRcmaTTeR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Brian wrote:
> >
> > > Some sites are fooled by setting Opera to IE.
> > >
> > > This kind of junk sure makes one wonder why there are standards and so
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:31:00 +0200
Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> »FemmeFatale« sagte am 2002-04-29 um 22:38:44 -0600 :
> > User the User Agent Option in the preferences page. It works for me :)
>
> However, quite some pages are not using simple UA detection.
>
>
> Alexander Skw
Problem is that more and more websites are being created by people
who say 90% of the public is using IE so I'll save money by not
testing my webpage in other browsers/OS's
James
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 07:29:52 -0700
Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 07:23:14 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 1 May 2002 16:44:48 -0700
James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Problem is that more and more websites are being created by people
> who say 90% of the public is using IE so I'll save money by not
> testing my webpage in other browsers/OS's
>
> James
>
>
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 07:29:52
On Wed, 01 May 2002 18:30:52 -0700
Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 1 May 2002 16:44:48 -0700
> James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Problem is that more and more websites are being created by
> > people who say 90% of the public is using IE so I'll save money
> > by not testing m
> Truer (and sadder) words have rarely been spoken. Part of the
> problem comes from the fact (IMHO) that the Universities teach
> languages and WYSIWYG programs instead of theory and analysis. This
> alone really does make it hard for them because they don't
> understand what they are doing and
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