On Wednesday 04 July 2007, Rod Haper wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Tuesday 03 July 2007, Rod Haper wrote: >>> After a couple of days of Googling for info, I happened upon a >>> work-around for the problem. >>> >>> Click on Tools->Extensions to pop up the Extensions window. Then click >>> on the "Get More Extensions" link at the bottom of the window to bring >>> up the Firefox Add-ons page. Use the Search function to search for >>> "User Agent Switcher". >>> <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59>. Download the User >>> Agent Switcher and restart Firefox to complete the install. Then >>> right-click on the tool bar at the top and select the "Customize..." >>> option. Drag-n-drop the User Agent icon onto the tool bar. Left click >>> the User Agent icon and select the "Netscape 4.8 (Windows Vista)" >>> option. CNN videos will not play correctly. >>> >>> I haven't played with User Agent Switcher enough to know if the problem >>> is CNN rejecting Firefox, Linux or the combination of the two but >>> spoofing the server as Netscape 4.8 running on Windows Vista works. It >>> will be interesting to see what other spoofing combinations work. >>> >>> -- >>> Rod >> >> I just tried this, set it for Netscape-4.8, and got told I needed the >> Turner Media player with the option to download it now. All other spoofs >> don't get past opening the player window, but don't error either. > >What version of the flash plugin do you have installed? What does >about:plugins report? You need Flash Player version 8 or later. I have 9. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Your/our computer(s) had suffered a memory leak, and we are waiting for them to be topped up.
