Re: [Sheflug] British Gas

[Robin Wood <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4 October 2012 13:47, Bob Mottram <fuzzgun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 04.10.2012 13:22, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
>>
>> Uhhmm... am I imagining things or are British Gas still hanging around
>> back in 1995 ?  Using the home or mobile GNU/Linux desktop I can go
>> anywhere in the world and connect to anything.  Even my own bank works
>> with a GNU/Linux desktop.  Have BG ever heard of the any browser
>> campaign ?  Looks like they haven't.  Hopefully someone will get them
>> out of the 20th century eventually.  Although, knowing what BG are
>> like it's probably unlikely.
>>
>> Okay.  So, install Wine now and internet exploder afterwards. See if
>> that works.

Did you try just changing your user agent string?

Robin

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> What are the odds that this uses some sort of ActiveX control...
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> I assume that British Gas is a big company, so they probably created a
> gigantic specification document which took years to implement and test, by
> which time the technology specified is obsolete.
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