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How not WHY I did stuff...
Successfully booked on-line, bought x, registered with
n,
etc., with <Non-IE browser> when site wanted
Internet
Explorer.
Some sites will only work fully if they think that you are
using
Internet Explorer.
Sometimes this may be useful, for instance if you are using a
VERY
old or unusually obscure and insecure browser. Usually there is no
technical reason for this other than a user agent header issue.
Many of these sites will work ok with firefox
with this plugin.
If you are a mac user using safari this should help.
1. Quit Safari.
2. Open the Terminal and type (or copy and paste) this line:
defaults
write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1
3. Restart Safari. There is now a Debug menu item in the
menu
bar.
4. Click Debug and scroll down to User Agent. Select Windows MSIE 6.0.
5. Make yer booking or whatever.
Thanks for help with mac solution to HERE
If you have encountered a site with this problem maybe you could
do them a favour
and e-mail their webmaster and let them know - they may be unaware of
this problem as some on-line payment service providers for example
still have
this issue which may cause their clients to loose customers
for no
reason. Banks and so-forth are changing but a few organisations have
been a bit slow on the uptake. Capital One is a recent one to change
after much complaining by customers.
Another great tool for controlling your browsing experience, whatever
browser you use, is Privoxy. A
very
configurable HTTP proxy.
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