Re: [Hampshire] Internet Explorer on Linux

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Author: trotter
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Internet Explorer on Linux
At 22:42 29/06/2008, you wrote:
>jack wrote:
>>On Sunday 29 June 2008 00:05:42 trotter wrote:
>>
>>>At 09:42 27/06/2008, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 5:23 PM, <m.nuttall@???> wrote:


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>>>>A lot of browser detection works on the user agent string - have you
>>>>tried changing this in firefox to replicate a windows IE machine?
>>>>(http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1135/firefox_change_user_agents_access_con
>>>> >>> tent)
>>>>
>>>No i haven't tried that. I am thinking of changing user agents in
>>>Firefox and opera
>>>since reading in pcpro magazine about malware checking the user agent
>>>string then targeting its infection to work on what browser it encounters.
>>>
>>>If you are bored you can poke around with some fake details maybe
>>>http://www.bwfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home/
>>>
>>>Most fans refer to it as the offish webshite since its pretty poor.
>>>
>>>Martin N
>>>
>>
>>
>>where does it fail?
>>
>>i used Konqueror to browse around a bit. and i can get as far as
>>the page to activate a season ticket:
>>
>>         https://eticketing.co.uk/bwfc/activateaccount.aspx

>>
>>...where i need a membership number and can't get any further.
>>
>>
>The main site is java script but is switch to M$ for
>https://eticketing.co.uk/bwfc/default.aspx . Therefore unless you are
>running Windoz for activeX support, then it isn't going to work.
>Another example why open standards are so important to prevent this
>sort of lock in.



Thanks for looking into it.
I guess that means its not going to work until they change from
eticketing or eticketing gets their act together.

Martin N