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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: preacher on 6 June 2002, 13:20

Title: Blocking my Browser
Post by: preacher on 6 June 2002, 13:20

I dont know about you guys, but Ive recently ran into quite a few sites that will not allow you to even browse through their material unless you use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape. Unfortunately I use an alternative browser, usually either konquerer or Opera. Both of these have the ability to view 90% of the content available out there, so why did someone think that only those two browsers were worthy? Give me a break.

Title: Blocking my Browser
Post by: Kintaro on 6 June 2002, 13:59

I use nautillius which is Mozilla.

Title: Blocking my Browser
Post by: Heru on 6 June 2002, 16:14

I use Opera for that very reason.
Whenever I find a site that doesn't let you veiw it or gives you trouble veiwing it unless you use Netscape or Intenet Explorer, I click File -> Quick Preferences -> Identify as MSIE 5.0 and use that for that particular site(like homestead.com, which works fine in Opera you just have to trick the site), when I'm done with that site I go back to identifying my browser as Opera.  I then email the webmaster of said site and hope he/she listens to me, most of the time they don't, but hopefully after enough complaints they will change there evil ways.

Title: Blocking my Browser
Post by: voidmain on 6 June 2002, 19:17

You can change the identity of Konqueror as well.  However, anything that uses a proprietary IE/Win plugin you will be out of luck.  Whenever I run across a site like that I send an email to the webmaster telling them how much their site sucks.