-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ,--- H S Rai writes: | On trying to access http://my.yahoo.com/ , I was surprised by message | from Yahoo that your browser (FireFox on Linux) is not supported | officially. See screen shot:
| http://hs.raiandrai.com/bg/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/yahoo.png | They support firefox on Mac and MSwindows. | What could be technical reason for doing so? Are you running Iceweasel (on Debian) or Bon Echo (on Gentoo), hmm... ? If yes, then the website is looking for 'Firefox' in "User-Agent" HTTP header (sent by the browser) to check whether it's Firefox . Due to this problem, one is not able to install "Google Gears" on these browsers. To bypass this, try "User-Agent Switcher" Firefox addon at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59 . | Putting all sites on "Hall of Shame" may not be the solution. | -- | H.S.Rai HTH Ashish Shukla - -- Ashish Shukla "Wah Java !!" आशीष शुक्ल weblog: http://wahjava.wordpress.com/ ,= ,-_-. =. | DRMs are often designed by ambitious, well-funded consortia, | ((_/)o o(\_)) | with top-notch engineers from every corner of the industry. | `-'(. .)`-' | They spend millions. They take years. They are defeated in | \_/ | days, for pennies, by hobbyists. - Cory Doctorow | The best optimizer is between your ears. - Michael Abrash -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHG5X2Hy+EEHYuXnQRAojLAJ9lewZhRVmkelSrCj1su09qTRa2oACeIKlb NO11l9FIBntrQ0W6EQFBUdY= =Asd/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
