dman84 wrote:
> jukola wrote:
>
>> Jay Garcia wrote:
>>
>>> Tim Koogle wrote:
>>>
>>>> Gervase Markham wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> For a start, the User Agent is not the UI. Secondly:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://webtools.mozilla.org/web-sniffer/view.cgi?url=www.mozilla.org&verbose=on
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> shows you the user agent doesn't contain Netscape. Or is the
>>>>> appName something different again?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> appName is a Javaschit variable used by websites (banks, mostly) who
>>>> don't trust the HTTP User Agent string, but can't be bothered/don't
>>>> want/are technically unable to support Mozilla.
>>>> Mozilla returns the value "Netscape".
>>>>
>>
>> >>
>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yup
>>>
>>>
>>> User_Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.4+)
>>> Gecko/20010921
>>> Application Name: Netscape
>>> Application Version: 5.0 (Windows; en-US)
>>>
>>
>> So, whenever Nestacpe 6.1 is accepted as a trustworthy browser,
>> Mozilla at least 0.9.x, will automatically be approved for all
>> those sites presently not accepting Mozilla since it is identifying
>> itself as "Netscape"?
>>
>> Good news. I have to rely on NS 4.x to do my bank business at the
>> moment. Using different browsers for different tasks is a little bit
>> tiresome.
>>
>
> you could have switched over quite awhile ago.. NS6.1 is been advertised
> for a while now..
>
> -download it now!
>
> -dman84
>
Unfortunately my bank does not yet approve NS 6.1 to be used with their
SSL services. I prefer Mozilla as I do not need AIM/AOL etc., and
cleaning my computer from these each time I download a new version takes
unnecessary time.
--
jukola
