[Linux-users] OT - LOGIN BEEFS

2012-06-27 Thread Barry
Hi all, Normally I use opera as my browser of choice but in the last month or so telstra have started rejecting my logins. Tonight after half an hour waiting for them to answer the phone and then talking to them for ages I found that firefox was recognised without problems. I have also had

Re: [Linux-users] OT - LOGIN BEEFS

2012-06-27 Thread Adrian Mageanu
On Wed, 2012-06-27 at 20:16 +1200, Barry wrote: Hi all, Normally I use opera as my browser of choice but in the last month or so telstra have started rejecting my logins. Tonight after half an hour waiting for them to answer the phone and then talking to them for ages I found that

Re: [Linux-users] OT - LOGIN BEEFS

2012-06-27 Thread Aidan Gauland
On 27/06/12 20:57, Adrian Mageanu wrote: I use Firefox and hit some sites requiring IE only. I installed an add-on called User Switcher Agent to impersonate IE, works great. There are still sites that do this? And they aren't just archives of old sites? Is the date on the site before 2000?

Re: [Linux-users] OT - LOGIN BEEFS

2012-06-27 Thread C. Falconer
Aidan Gauland wrote, On 06/27/2012 10:36 PM: There are still sites that do this? And they aren't just archives of old sites? Is the date on the site before 2000? If anyone's still doing this, I think we need to start a naming and shaming initiative. :P Kogan:

Re: [Linux-users] OT - LOGIN BEEFS

2012-06-27 Thread Adrian Mageanu
On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 08:56 +1200, C. Falconer wrote: Aidan Gauland wrote, On 06/27/2012 10:36 PM: There are still sites that do this? And they aren't just archives of old sites? Is the date on the site before 2000? If anyone's still doing this, I think we need to start a naming and

Re: [Linux-users] OT - LOGIN BEEFS

2012-06-27 Thread Ryan McCoskrie
On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:40:42 Adrian Mageanu wrote: Can be worse. Some sites censor based on the OS you're coming from too, not only the browser. On the national linux list (NZLUG) a poster mentioned POLi (Pay Online) used by Air New Zealand - and probably other sites - that on their site