Google does incorrect browser sniffing. Use a user agent override with a plain
Fx UA and it will work. This goes one for at least a year now and affects
several google "services".
FRG
null wrote:
[email protected] wrote:
Cecil Bankston wrote:
The Tools button on the Google search page opens drop-down lists for
setting time range of search results and verbatim/all results settings.
These tools work as expected in other browsers, but clicking the drop-down
tools in SeaMonkey does nothing.
Try changing the setting at Edit > Preferences > Advanced > HTTP Networking
> Advertise Firefox compatibility. I think it defaults to on, but I've found
that several parts of Google (and a few other sites) only work properly with
it off. Either way, try changing it from whatever it is at the moment and
reload the Google page.
If you have the Lightning extension installed, also ensure that "Advertise
Lightning installation" is off; that seems to interfere with some sites'
browser detection.
This is very intriguing - never noticed the problem before. I checked, and I
get it, too.
I have a number of browsers installed for testing and comparison purposes. I
tested Firefox, Chrome, Vivaldi, and Pale Moon, and the problem does not occur
there - the required drop-downs open as they should.
The problem therefore seems to be SM-specific. I tried turning off Advertise
Firefox Compatibility as you suggest. The result was that the the Tools button
and its three drop-downs disappears completely, and the full contents of the
later are listed down the left side of the top of the citations resulting from
a search. All very strange.
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