Firefox locked out of websites that demand ie

[mthatcher1234]

Certain sites deny me access with Firefox. Does anyone know of an
extension that will identify my Firefox as ie? I believe that Opera has
this facility integrated into the code.
Margaret

 

[Steve H]

Certain sites deny me access with Firefox. Does anyone know of an
extension that will identify my Firefox as ie? I believe that Opera has
this facility integrated into the code.

I'm not sure that there's an extension for it..yet.

I use Proxomitron, which allows me to specify the name of the browser
myself - but it might be a rather over-complex if browser reporting
is all you need.

Meantime, drop the webmasters concerned an email and tell them to get
with it.

Regards,

 

[Anthony Deane]

Certain sites deny me access with Firefox. Does anyone know of an
extension that will identify my Firefox as ie? I believe that Opera has
this facility integrated into the code.
Margaret

What about User Agent Switcher?

http://chrispederick.com/work/firefox/useragentswitcher/

You can change between different "browser names" to make firefox look like
it's a different type of browser.

For example, it's a workaround for Launch Yahoo!

HTH

Anthony

 

[John Corliss]

Certain sites deny me access with Firefox. Does anyone know of an
extension that will identify my Firefox as ie? I believe that Opera has
this facility integrated into the code.

Prefbar:

http://prefbar.mozdev.org/

will do this. Even though it's not approved for Firefox 1.0.6, I have it
installed and it works perfectly. In fact, it even says the following on
that page:

"The current version of the PrefBar is 3.2, build 20050731. It should
work with Mozilla 1.0 to 1.8a6 and Firefox 1.0+."

Don't know why Mozilla.org doesn't list it on the Firefox extensions site.

Note: once you install this extension, you might need to "Customize" the
Prefbar (VERY easily done) so that it has the "User Agent" menulist on
it, but I think that Prefbar comes with it configured that way by default.

--
Regards from John Corliss
My current killfile: aafuss, Chrissy Cruiser, Slowhand Hussein and others.
No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware,
PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware,
viruses or warez please.

 

[burris]

Prefbar:

http://prefbar.mozdev.org/

will do this. Even though it's not approved for Firefox 1.0.6, I have it
installed and it works perfectly. In fact, it even says the following on
that page:

"The current version of the PrefBar is 3.2, build 20050731. It should
work with Mozilla 1.0 to 1.8a6 and Firefox 1.0+."

Don't know why Mozilla.org doesn't list it on the Firefox extensions site.

Note: once you install this extension, you might need to "Customize" the
Prefbar (VERY easily done) so that it has the "User Agent" menulist on
it, but I think that Prefbar comes with it configured that way by default.

It does, but there is even an easier way that I have found.....

Find the Firefox extensions and install the one called "View this page
in IE."

Therefore, anytime you have the browser open, a simple right-click will
offer you the IE view mode and it switches on the fly....


burris

 

[me]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in

Certain sites deny me access with Firefox. Does anyone know
of an extension that will identify my Firefox as ie? I
believe that Opera has this facility integrated into the
code.
Margaret

If you don't want to bother w/ UA switcher, try to add one of
set of these to your user.js (to "be" IE use the 1st set).

user_pref("general.appname.override", "Microsoft Internet
Explorer");
user_pref("general.appversion.override", "4.0 (compatible; MSIE
6.0; Windows NT 5.1)");
user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win32");
user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/4.0
(compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)");

user_pref("general.appname.override", "Netscape");
user_pref("general.appversion.override", "4.8 [en] (Windows NT
5.1; U)");
user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win32");
user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/4.8 [en]
(Windows NT 5.1; U)");

user_pref("general.appname.override", "Opera");
user_pref("general.appversion.override", "7.54 (Windows NT 5.1;
U)");
user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win32");
user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Opera/7.54 (Windows NT
5.1; U) [en]");

J

 

[mthatcher1234]

Thank you chaps,
Lots of ideas there. It doesn't look like it's going to be too much of
a problem.
Margaret

 

[Allan Mikkelsen]

Certain sites deny me access with Firefox. Does anyone know of an
extension that will identify my Firefox as ie?

Why on earth would you want to?

I cannot imagine that any website that does that could be worth looking
at.

Cheers, Allan

 

[Sietse Fliege]

Certain sites deny me access with Firefox. Does anyone know of an
extension that will identify my Firefox as ie? I believe that Opera has
this facility integrated into the code.

Additionally, this might also be of use:

http://www.wannabrowser.com/

 

[george1234]

I cannot imagine that any website that does that could be worth looking
at.

Lunchcast music service from yahoo( comes with verizon dsl) but
fooling around with b rowser names won't help... you need activex

 

[Eric Huebner]

Am Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:57:59 GMT schrieb (e-mail address removed):

...

Wouldn't it be easier just to disable javascript?

 

[J44xm]

[""; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:41:38 GMT]

Certain sites deny me access with Firefox. Does anyone know of an
extension that will identify my Firefox as ie?

The extension Configuration Mania, which I recommend regardless, can do
this. Check it out. Simple as can be.

 

[pixturesk]

There is an extension for Firefox, "IE View" which you activate with a
right click. The web site is http://ieview.mozdev.org/. If a link on a
Firefox page won't open you activate the "IE View" function, your
Firefox page changes to an IE page, then the link that refuses to open
will probably open because you are now in IE. Try it.

[""; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:41:38 GMT]

Certain sites deny me access with Firefox. Does anyone know of an
extension that will identify my Firefox as ie?

The extension Configuration Mania, which I recommend regardless, can do
this. Check it out. Simple as can be.

 

[me]

Am Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:57:59 GMT schrieb (e-mail address removed):

..

Wouldn't it be easier just to disable javascript?

Yes but not sufficient. There's also HTTP header User-Agent.

J

 

[Jack Purvis]

Certain bank sites will work only with IE. Sad but true.

 

[John Corliss]

It does, but there is even an easier way that I have found.....

Find the Firefox extensions and install the one called "View this page
in IE."

Therefore, anytime you have the browser open, a simple right-click will
offer you the IE view mode and it switches on the fly....

Burris,
I also have that extension installed (never use it though). However,
I was reponding to a specific request made by the OP to spoof the user
agent ID in Firefox and as you say, Prefbar will do that. I just
verified it by spoofing IE6 in Firefox, then going to the MS Windows
Update site. Although Update wouldn't work because FF doesn't use
ActiveX, the site did indeed load otherwise and I wasn't directed to
that page which tells me to use IE.

One can only assume that Margaret also has IE installed and is aware
that she can alternatively use it to access IE only sites.

--
Regards from John Corliss
My current killfile: aafuss, Chrissy Cruiser, Slowhand Hussein and others.
No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware,
PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware,
viruses or warez please.

 

[mthatcher1234]

In the end I installed useragentswitcher. It seems to work
exceptionally well.

Your idea of going to the Windows Update Site as a test is very neat. I
shall try it in a minute using Userupdateswitcher. If it works I will
have no further use for ie and I will consider uninstalling it.

Finally what the hell do you think you are doing referring to me as
"she"?
I am a man!!! It is not easy being called Margaret Thatcher!
Regards
Susan

 

[John Corliss]

In the end I installed useragentswitcher. It seems to work
exceptionally well.

Your idea of going to the Windows Update Site as a test is very neat. I
shall try it in a minute using Userupdateswitcher. If it works I will
have no further use for ie and I will consider uninstalling it.

It won't, because you must use ActiveX in order for the site to work.
Firefox doesn't use ActiveX.

Finally what the hell do you think you are doing referring to me as
"she"?
I am a man!!! It is not easy being called Margaret Thatcher!
Regards
Susan

"My daddy left home when I was three
And he didn't leave much to ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me "Sue."

--
Regards from John Corliss
My current killfile: aafuss, Chrissy Cruiser, Slowhand Hussein and others.
No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware,
PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware,
viruses or warez please.

 

[Eric Huebner]

Am Thu, 15 Sep 2005 06:52:13 -0700 schrieb John Corliss:

It won't, because you must use ActiveX in order for the site to work.
Firefox doesn't use ActiveX.

Indeed, but you can manually download the files from ms instead of using
the automatic updater. this works with FF.

 

[David]

Certain bank sites will work only with IE. Sad but true.

Complain and change your bank. Of course you could threaten to charge
them a fee for having to change the browser you use.