On 4/20/10 12:01 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> On 4/19/10 6:36 AM, Samuel S wrote: >>> Hello all, not sure if this is the place yet here goes... >>> >>> I have SM 2.0.4 using Vista business, I have used the following website, >>> >>> http://dukeandthedoctor.com/category/listen/ >>> >>> and click on the part of the page which shows "On Air Now", I get the >>> pop-up for the feed to start. After opening, the message "Install >>> Missing Plug ins..." appears. >>> >>> This is a recent issue. Any ideas as to what I might have done to incur >>> this and how to repair? After all, I do have all the plug ins etc... or >>> so I thought as WMP works with other radio stations. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> SS >> >> I've seen similar problems regarding Flash. They generally result from >> invalid "sniffing" for "Firefox" instead of "Gecko" (where sniffing can >> be justified at all). For an explanation of "sniffing", see my >> <http://www.rossde.com/internet/Webdevelopers.html#sniff>. >> >> To defeat sniffing, use any of the various extensions that allow you to >> spoof Firefox. For an explanation of "spoofing", see my >> <http://www.rossde.com/internet/intr_gloss.html#spoof>. >> > You can do that, but it's one more thing to track, update, etc. You can also > go > into about:config and select "useragent" in the select box. Right click and > define a new string value called general.useragent.extra.firefox with a > string > value of "NOT Firefox/3.5.3" (or 3.0.11 for 1.1.xx). This will cause sniffinf > for firefox to match and everything to work. And you need no extensions to > maintain. >
This would setup permanent spoofing, which is not a good thing. Software that summarizes Web logs will then report browser visits as if from Firefox even when spoofing is not necessary. Eventually, Web developers will get the impression that no one uses SeaMonkey. The extensions I have seen all revert the UA string back to its default value when the browser is terminated and then relaunched. They also allow the user to revert to the default during a browsing session. Thus, Web logs will see "SeaMonkey" without "Firefox", causing Web developers to realize that SeaMonkey is indeed used. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Go to Mozdev at <http://www.mozdev.org/> for quick access to extensions for Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and other Mozilla-related applications. You can access Mozdev much more quickly than you can Mozilla Add-Ons. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
