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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:28:16 -0600, Dale wrote: |
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>> I've seen that before. I use that user agent plugin to switch to |
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>> something it likes. Generally, it works. Basically, you tell the |
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>> browser to lie and tell it is a windoze machine with IE and carry on. |
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>> So far, that has always worked for me. |
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> It's better to tell them you're using the Windows version of Firefox or |
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> Chrome. If you send an IE User_agent, some sites will start messing with |
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> ActiveX etc. |
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That is true but in the cases I used that, it required not only M$ but |
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also IE. Having it set to Firefox or something would be safer as you |
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point out, if IE is not also required. |
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>> By the way, my bank, credit card company and several other sites don't |
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>> support Linux. They still work just fine. It's just that some still |
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>> use flash and flash is sort of sick at the moment. |
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> There's a difference between unsupported and not working. It works but |
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> you won't get far if you try to use their helpdesk. |
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True but if it works, I don't need the helpdesk. If it doesn't, then we |
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are really stuck with no options anyway and back where we was at to |
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begin with. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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P. S. I think I need a keyboard cleaning. Some keys are stubborn. :/ |
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