On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 17:30 +0100, Jonathan Allen wrote: > Hi there ! > > Is it possible to change the personality of Firefox in FC4 so that it > access one of those *!@$%� sites that insist on MS IE5.5 or later ? > > Jonathan > Short answer. yes follow the instructions at: http://www.shaftek.org/blog/archives/000223.html Now that also begs the question, Why? The only reason you would need IE is to load that wonderfully secure set of components known as ActiveX. In my experience companies that want to force me to use that generally give me no compelling reason to access their content. It's amazing what an email to the effect of "To whom it may concern, I went to your site to purchase $SHINY_THING for $BIG_NUM of dollars. Imagine my concern when you wanted to force me to use an insecure browser that is not standards compliant. I have chosen to purchase it elsewhere and to also recommend to my peers that they refrain from purchasing from your site " Voting with your wallet is a remarkably effective tactic -- Tony Placilla, RHCT anthony_placilla@xxxxxxxx J.O.A.T. GPG-Key-ID: 1024D/C78F8B64 http://pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint = A8D5 7AFF CE88 4179 C792 D9A9 F197 2A15 C78F 8B64
