On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > even if you have a legal copy of windows, it is still illegal to > > install IE on linux. Please read the IE EULA. > > > > Just a question, probably flamebait, so hiding behind a firewall ;) > > Why can't Firefox/epiphany/konqueror/<insert your favourite FOS > browser here>, instead of just not working on EI-only sites, work in a > compatibility mode (i.e. support their lameness), while at the same > time informing the user that the web designer is a lazy fool who > doesn't really know his skill at all? BTW, I'm only talking about the > IE way of doing javascript, not activex. > > > -- > Siddhesh Poyarekar > http://siddhesh.in > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > I think I have a solution to this problem. I'd like to call it "Autogreasemonkey" The two parts of the solution 1. Use greasemonkey and a bit of user-agent magic to get around the Website's flaws. 2. Create a Firefox plugin that automatically downloads "fixer" scripts when it detects you're browsing a blacklisted Website and apply that script providing seamless browser experience. I don't know if this is possible, but it would surely hit home with the user. Now someone needs to write Autogreasemonkey and a whole lot of workaround scripts (perhaps a community could write the last bit). What say you? :-) -- Cheers, Yesudeep Mangalapilly | येसुदीप मंगलािपल्ली GnuPG: 0x79E237CB | IRC: jburd Do NOT send me chain forwards. I will ignore you. Do NOT send me Microsoft Word documents. I will bite. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/sylvester-response.html I use free and open source software. http://www.gnu.org/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
