Problem opening site (NS 7)

Win 98se - NS 7.0 (compact ver)

Having problems opening one particular site (requires password).

The site opens in IE 6.0 correctly but does not work in NS 7. I believe that the problem is in the site, not my set-up. The site may have been setup to work only with IE and they are unwilling to adjust thier end to accomodate NS. I think I read someplace that the "user agent string" may have some bearing on this, and if so can I "fake" it out by adjusting my "user agent" to indicate that I am using IE ?

If this is possible, exacly what do I put in the user.js file to indicate that I am using IE ? (I am not AT ALL familiar with IE)

Thanks to all for any assistance.

regards

 

I have one here that I use from time to time, which you can add to the user.js or prefs.js file. N7 must be closed to add to the prefs.js file.

user_pref( "general.useragent.override ", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) ");

(running IE6.0 on winXP)

You can also try this one

user_pref( "general.useragent.override ", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011022 Netscape6/6.2 ");

(N6.2 on win2000)

However, I do not advocate running around saying you are IE all the time. An alternative might be the following.

http://www.xulplanet.com/downloads/prefbar/

or if that fails...

http://uabar.mozdev.org


tranquilo

 

If you use IE as your user agent and have java installed on your system, when you shutdown the browser, it will not restart. This is a known bug, that is related in how java reports itself to the browser.

If the browser ID's itself as IE, then Java tries to use a set of parameters that Netscape/Mozilla does not understand, causing it to not start properly.

 

Thanks Brooks. I don't use java with Moz/N7 here, so I overlooked that problem.


captjlddavis,

Additionally, you have the annoyance of having to close the browser to change the useragent unless you use one of the addons mentioned...

tranquilo

 

Your welcome Tranquilo.

I use the Useragent toolbar personally, and have found that the 6.2 option works well for most sites.

They also have an option for a 4.7 version also.

 

Brooks & Tranquilo

Many thanks to both. I will will look into your suggestions. The Prefbar looks promising.

Thanks again

regards - captjim