On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:28:16 -0600, Dale wrote:

> I've seen that before.  I use that user agent plugin to switch to
> something it likes.  Generally, it works.  Basically, you tell the
> browser to lie and tell it is a windoze machine with IE and carry on. 
> So far, that has always worked for me. 

It's better to tell them you're using the Windows version of Firefox or
Chrome. If you send an IE User_agent, some sites will start messing with
ActiveX etc.

> By the way, my bank, credit card company and several other sites don't
> support Linux.  They still work just fine.  It's just that some still
> use flash and flash is sort of sick at the moment. 

There's a difference between unsupported and not working. It works but
you won't get far if you try to use their helpdesk.


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Neil Bothwick

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