On Wednesday 04 July 2007, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >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. > >This should produce some interesting statistics for Visa usage based >on visitors to the site... > >Mikkel Visa? Vista maybe.. :) -- 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) Kites rise highest against the wind -- not with it. -- Winston Churchill
