Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-12 Thread James Knott via talk
On 03/12/2019 07:27 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > As appealing as "Buck a Beer" is I don't that that really carried the > day. I know of one person who voted for Ford, because his killing cap 'n trade would cut the gas tax.  Of course, like Ford, this guy doesn't all the facts. --- Talk Mail

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-12 Thread Jose Dias via talk
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 8:51 AM To: GTALUG Cc: Ivan Avery Frey Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox On Fri, Mar 8, 2019, 21:30 D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk, mailto:talk@gtalug.org> > wrote: Why would that be? It claims to support MS Edge, IE

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-12 Thread Ivan Avery Frey via talk
On Fri, Mar 8, 2019, 21:30 D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk, wrote: > Why would that be? > It claims to support MS Edge, IE 11, Chrome, and Safari. > > I don't have Chrome on my desktop because it is closed source. > I was having trouble with the Rogers website until I started to allow trackers. Iva

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-12 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
As much as I am unhappy with the outcome of the last election your characterization is not really fair. Only 40% of the population in Ontario voted for the PC party. The voting process has part of the blame. Dissatisfaction with the previous government both real and generated take part of the

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-12 Thread Gary via talk
[...as one who has totally given up on getting big business to understand their imminent demise] I disagree. The very fact that Doug Ford can get elected on a platform like "A buck a beer" speaks to the utter stupidity of the masses. This is a testament to the fact that the masses are incredib

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-11 Thread David Collier-Brown via talk
Depends on the company. Some (you can guess who) figure they've got you, and they should minimize their customer support costs by actively pissing people off in order to drive them away. Others, including ones of the size of Sun and above, worry about losing customers. Many need a clue-stick

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-11 Thread Dave Collier-Brown via talk
Depends on the company. Some (you can guess who) figure they've got you, and they should minimize their customer support costs by actively pissing people off in order to drive them away. Others, including ones of the size of Sun and above, worry about losing customers. Many need a clue-stick (;-)

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-11 Thread Stewart C. Russell via talk
On 2019-03-11 12:34 p.m., Giles Orr via talk wrote: > > Netflix can be made to run on Linux if > you're willing to install Chrome - it doesn't work in Firefox Netflix works fine for me on Firefox (65.0.1, Ubuntu 18.10 on x86_64). Your distro may have turned off Widevine: Tools → Add-ons → Plugins,

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-11 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 10:34 AM David Collier-Brown via talk wrote: > > The help-desk is tasked with making you happy with what you have. In > many companies they are forbidden to take bug reports. You often have > to ask for their "escalations manger", and sometimes explain to them > what that

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-11 Thread Giles Orr via talk
On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 at 11:36, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > My guess is that the lack of support for Linux is because of the lack of > built in DRM. > > Years ago we were dealing with several IPTV vendors and a common fear > from the content owners is hackers breaking apart the streams and > post

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-11 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
My guess is that the lack of support for Linux is because of the lack of built in DRM. Years ago we were dealing with several IPTV vendors and a common fear from the content owners is hackers breaking apart the streams and posting them to some torrent site. To get access to the content the IPT

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-11 Thread David Collier-Brown via talk
The help-desk is tasked with making you happy with what you have. In many companies they are forbidden to take bug reports.  You often have to ask for their "escalations manger", and sometimes explain to them what that is (;-)) --dave (who managed escalations all too often) c-b On 2019-03-11

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-11 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
pt On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 10:02 AM Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > > May I make a suggestion? > If any of you are members of the Rogers community boards, or follow them > on twitter, please educate them about Linux. bell has the same problem, > or claims to have as much. > With programs like t

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-11 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
May I make a suggestion? If any of you are members of the Rogers community boards, or follow them on twitter, please educate them about Linux. bell has the same problem, or claims to have as much. With programs like the TPL training one introducing people to Linux vastness, Rogers must know

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-10 Thread William Porquet via talk
What about IE Tab extension to Chrome? W. On Sun, Mar 10, 2019, 8:09 AM James Knott via talk, wrote: > On 03/09/2019 05:15 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > It silently won't allow login from Firefox or Chromium on Linux. > > Since it is silent, I don't know what it is objecting too. >

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-10 Thread James Knott via talk
On 03/09/2019 05:15 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > It silently won't allow login from Firefox or Chromium on Linux. > Since it is silent, I don't know what it is objecting too. IIRC, it also had to Chrome on Windows. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/list

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-09 Thread Kevin Cozens via talk
On 2019-03-09 6:09 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: No, Chromium didn't work either. I installed it and tried it in response to o1bigtenor's query. Do you have the browser set to accept cookies from third-parties? I usually don't allow them in my browser setups but there are times whe

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-09 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
I was apparently too terse. | From: D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk | | From: o1bigtenor via talk | | | What about Chromium? | | No. No, Chromium didn't work either. I installed it and tried it in response to o1bigtenor's query. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/l

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-09 Thread Clive DaSilva via talk
Perhaps you could give Chromium a try, Hugh ? Clive -Original Message- From: talk On Behalf Of D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk Sent: March 8, 2019 9:30 PM To: Toronto Linux Users Group Cc: D. Hugh Redelmeier Subject: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox Why

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-09 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: o1bigtenor via talk | What about Chromium? No. And I tried Crave TV too. It silently won't allow login from Firefox or Chromium on Linux. Since it is silent, I don't know what it is objecting too. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-09 Thread Znoteer via talk
On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 09:30:29PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > Why would that be? I suspect it's because the proprietary browsers protect DRM content from copying. > It claims to support MS Edge, IE 11, Chrome, and Safari. > > I don't have Chrome on my desktop because it is close

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-08 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 8:48 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > | From: o1bigtenor via talk > > | What about Chromium? > > Not listed. I expect that means "no". Might be worth a try - - - ?? --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-08 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: o1bigtenor via talk | What about Chromium? Not listed. I expect that means "no". --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-08 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 8:30 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > Why would that be? > It claims to support MS Edge, IE 11, Chrome, and Safari. > > I don't have Chrome on my desktop because it is closed source. What about Chromium? Dee --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org

[GTALUG] Rogers "Anyplace TV" does not support Firefox

2019-03-08 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
Why would that be? It claims to support MS Edge, IE 11, Chrome, and Safari. I don't have Chrome on my desktop because it is closed source. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk