FMurtz wrote: > Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: >> FMurtz wrote: >>> When I try to open hotmail in sea monkey it puts my email list down >>> the left of the page in big letters.The page looks nothing like my >>> old hotmail page that I am used to. The only way to get this old >>> page I am used to is to type www.hotmail.com again in the url space >>> and it sometimes opens up like it used to. (mostly not) >> >> It's Microsoft's new browser sniffer. SeaMonkey is not one of their >> choices, so various parts of the page do not get loaded, including >> the CSS that lays out the pages. >> >>> In case posters can not understand my wafflings, I post two pictures >>> of my screen,the first is the unwanted new one that keeps coming >>> up, the second is the page that I am used to.How can I stop the new >>> one coming up all the time? IE usually opens hotmail as sea monkey >>> used to Sea monkey opens up like the first screen photo and I don't >>> want this. Do I have to use IE for hotmail to get around this? >> >> No, but you can do one of two things. >> 1. Use the PrefBar extension to change your UA string. >> 2. Change your UA string to include the words "NOT Firefox" >> >> I don't have the latest version around, so don't know exactly where that >> is ... > > I posted it in three different places including hotmail itself and got > no sensible answers,this NG is the only one that seem to even > acknowledge that the problem exists.
It is a problem, but not just a Microsoft problem. Way too many sites with clueless authors test only with major browsers, and include code (usually JavaScript) to see which one you are using. Typically, they test for Internet Explorer (possibly by version), Firefox, Safari, maybe Opera. SeaMonkey is not a common browser and is overlooked, so you don't get some or all of the page. With well-written pages, it is only necessary to test for Internet Explorer, and add code to fix up certain problems only that browser has. The PrefBar I mentioned is available here: http://prefbar.mozdev.org/ -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
