On 5/6/10 8:55 AM, WLS wrote: > I have the Shockwave Flash plug-in installed. About:Plugins shows it as > enabled. > > http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/2347/screenshotaddons.png > > However when I navigate to this page on USA Today I am told that my > browser does not have the current Flash plug-in. > > http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6564/screenshotusatodaysnaps.png > > The page works fine in Firefox and Chromium. > > I'm using Seamonkey 2.0.4 on an openSUSE 11.2 Linux system. > > Should I report it as a broken website, or is there a fix?
In the future, please put the URI for the problematic page in your message. Individuals attempting to help you should be able to select the link from within your message. Instead, I had to type the URI manually into SeaMonkey, which (of course) could result in typos. The problem has nothing to do with Flash. The Web server is sniffing for Firefox. There is a bug in the sniffing code; when it finds a browser that it does not recognize (i.e., SeaMonkey), it reacts as if you do not have Flash. Furthermore, sniffing for Firefox is invalid. If sniffing can be justified at all, the server should sniff for Gecko. See <http://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Sardisson/Gecko_is_Gecko>. You should report this problem to the Web site's owner. While Internet feedback might be okay, a minimally technical postal letter to the USA Today's CEO might be more effective. I might submit a Mozilla bug report (Tech Evangelism), in which case I will post another reply here. If you delay the letter, you might cite the bug report. In the meantime, install either PrefBar or another extension that allows you to spoof Firefox. These allow you to spoof when necessary but also remove the spoofing on startup. I strongly recommend against setting any preference variable that permanently spoofs because that places misleading information into server logs, hiding the use of SeaMonkey and making Web developers think they can ignore this browser. For an explanation of sniffing, see my <http://www.rossde.com/internet/Webdevelopers.html#sniff>. For an explanation of spoofing, see my <http://www.rossde.com/internet/intr_gloss.html#spoof>. -- 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
