Re: [Sheflug] INTERNET CONNECTION

["Robert Speed" <nospam [at] Viclabs.co.uk>]

Yeah, but the Linux versions of Netscape and StarOffice don't do it 
either, yet their Windows counterparts work fine...


From:           	Martin P Holland <m.holland [at] noether.freeserve.co.uk>
To:             	"Sheflug" <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz>
Subject:        	Re: [Sheflug] INTERNET CONNECTION
Date sent:      	Fri, 4 Aug 2000 15:53:09 +0100
Send reply to:  	"Sheflug" <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz>

> On Fri, 04 Aug 2000, Robert Speed wrote:
> 
> >i.e.
> >It works fine with Nutscrape, IE (sorry chaps(es), I wanted to test 
> >it) and StarOffice under 'doze, but not Nutty or Stars equivalent 
> >under Linux...
> >
> >They're probably testing for OS, which is not on, but what can you 
> >do ? (rhetorical)
> 
> Possibly but more likely they are testing for the user agent.. Try
> setting the user agent in kfm so it looks like IE and it may work.
> 
> atb
> 
> Martin
> -- 
> http://www.shef.ac.uk/~pm1mph
> 
> 
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