On 10/12/11 2:57 PM, sean nathan bean wrote: > Gertjan sent me the following:: >> sean nathan bean wrote: >>> Daniel sent me the following:: >>>> sean nathan bean wrote: >>>>> Daniel sent me the following:: >>>>>> Rostyslaw Lewyckyj wrote: >>>>>>> Ant wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> <Snip> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I don't know where the advertise FireFox compatability switch >>>>>>> is. >>>>>> >>>>>> Edit->Preferences->Advanced->HTTP Networking. >>>>>> >>>>>> HTH >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> sorta useless until there's a way to quit advertizing >>>>> "compatibility" of >>>>> Firefox 2.0 >>>>> >>>>> sean >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> To "quit advertizing "compatibility" of Firefox 2.0" simply untick the >>>> spot on the HTTP Networking page. >>>> >>>> QED! >>>> >>> >>> well duh... guess i need to be more specific... why does SM still >>> advertize compatibility of Firefox 2.0 ... when Firefox is now at >>> version 6,7 or 8? >>> >>> to date i haven't found an about:config entry to advertize the latest >>> Firefox versions... as opposed to the ancient versions... >>> >>> iiuc, >>> >>> sean >>> >>> >>> >>> >> your seamonkey advertizes Firefox/7.0 : >> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:7.0) Gecko/20110922 Firefox/7.0 >> SeaMonkey/2.4 >> >> > > sorry all... my old eyes... misreading 7 > > plus confusion as i attempt to install certain addons which have given > me an error which reads "this isn't available for firefox 2.x" > > sean > >
You are a victim of bug #671085. See <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671085>. Effectively, a user agent string in the form of Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0) Gecko/20110923 Firefox/7.0 SeaMonkey/2.4 is parsed by the addons.mozilla.org server as if your browser were Firefox 2.4. As I recall, this problem was forecast when it was decided to add the "advertise Firefox compatibility" feature to SeaMonkey, but that forecast was pooh-poohed. This is why I disabled "advertise Firefox compatibility". I use PrefBar's User Agent capability when I need to spoof a browser other than SeaMonkey. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
