Daniel wrote:
Ray_Net wrote on 13/09/2020 5:23 AM:
NFN Smith wrote on 12-09-20 18:27:
Danny Kile wrote:
Tried to access the following website
https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_4a
Would not run in SeaMonkey no matter what I used for a User Agent.
Then I tried Pale Moon and it would not run with it. I then tried
Internet Explorer and it was a no go also. Then I tried it with
Google Chrome and it works with it. So what is so different about
Chrome? How do I get it to run in SeaMonkey?
Google has its own way of how they want to do things.
For simple interaction, I've found that even the search bar at
google.com has a display quirk. However, if set the User Agent to
show *only* Firefox, the quirk goes away. Thus, in about:config, I
have added an entry:
general.useragent.override.google.com Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT
10.0; Win64; x64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0
I can't speak for Internet Explorer, but with Mozilla-derived
browsers, it seems that Google doesn't handle things well if the UA
string shows both "Firefox" and the name of the true browser. I've
tested with both Seamonkey and PaleMoon, and I presume the same
applies to Waterfox, as well. If you show *just* Firefox, then that
problem goes away.
You could probably get the same effect if you spoof a Chromium
browser, whether Chrome proper, or a Chromium derivative, such as the
new Edge, Opera, etc.
On the other hand, I've seen developer notes that indicate that where
Google is going with YouTube, there's beginning to appear some things
that work properly only in Chromium browsers, and even some stuff
that may not work as well in Firefox, especially versions older than
78.x ESR.
Although you don't' have to abandon Seamonkey, you may want to get
used to the idea that you don't necessarily use Seamonkey for
everything (remember, there's nothing that requires you to commit to
exclusive use of a single browser), and be prepared to use something
other than Seamonkey to interact with certain sites.
Smith
You said: "If you show *just* Firefox, then that problem goes away. "
I have: user_pref("general.useragent.override.google.com",
"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:67.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/67.0");
And the https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_4a
doesnot work.
Hmm! Ray, I just clicked on your link, with, I believe, my stock
standard SM 2.49.5 UA showing, and basically got a Blank Screen .......
with a scroll-bar down the right hand side. So I scrolled waaayyyy down,
and got an ad for the Pixel 4a "Your Pixel 4a comes with 3 months of
Google One.".
Is this what people are missing?? Or is there supposed to be something
in all that blank screen??
In my 2.53.3 with no extensions I get a page with some Google Store menu
items across the top, a Google Pixel 4a Overview and pricing information
with a "Buy" button in blue.
The rest is blank unless I scroll way down, then I see the same.
In Firefox there is a lot more animated imaging and information between
the two sections. Mostly about how great the phone is for taking pictures.
Something SeaMonkey and the other non working browser must not support.
IMHO they should stop marketing these things as phones and start
marketing them as cameras with phone capabilities. All I ever see in ads
for new phones is how great the camera is.
YMMV
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