On 7/31/11 4:23 PM, JohnW-Mpls wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:46:22 -0700, "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> > wrote: > >> On 7/30/11 4:23 PM, JohnW-Mpls wrote [in part]: >>> >>> Phooey, SM's 2.2 is no better at being fully accepted at some sites - 2.2's >>> new option to "advertise FireFox compatibility" does not help, at least for >>> me. One of my major sites is adding stuff SM just does not see and I >>> cannot afford to miss those things. >> >> There are some Web sites that not only sniff badly but also reject >> "Firefox" in the user agent (UA) string if "SeaMonkey" is also present. >> The bank I use has such a site. >> >> I disabled (unchecked the checkbox) for "Advertise Firefox >> compatibility". For my bank's Web site, I use PrefBar to spoof Firefox >> without any mention of "SeaMonkey". The Web sites for three other >> financial institutions where I have accounts accept "SeaMonkey" and >> don't require any spoofing at all. > > What/where is PrefBar? > > In any case, I'm getting leery that any spoofing will be good enough. One > web host will now not accept my uploads using SM - not horrible but further > indication that sophisticated groups may refuse spoofs - or at least all > I've had so far. > > Upon reflection, I'm more concerned about things on a web site that I don't > see using SM but do see using IE, FF, etc. I don't want that limitation. > > But all is not lost - the graphics pages on one unsophisticated web site > with a weekly update have not been visible to SM since 2.0 - but today the > pages are again visible using SM (2.2). Being cautious, I note that the > graphics look different - did the vendor change web designers? >
Get PrefBar 6.0.1 for SeaMonkey 2.2 at <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/prefbar/versions/>. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> On occasion, I might filter and ignore all newsgroup messages posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent because of spam from that source. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
