* zentara (zentara@highstream.net) [020102 08:24]: ->Alexandr Malusek wrote: -> ->> ->>I'd like to change the identification of some of my browsers so that ->>they pretend they run on MS-Windows. Has anybody tried it? ->> ->>The reason (which made me very angry) is the following reply from a ->>bank: ->> ->> ->>>>The "Solo" web pages have been changed and I'm no longer able to ->>>>fill in the "Registrera ny betalning" form. I've tried Netscape ->>>>4.78, Mozilla 0.9.4, Opera 6.0, Konqueror 2.2.2, ... browsers but ->>>>none of them works. Can't it be fixed somehow? ->>>> ->>>We don´t support Linux and that is why you can´t register your ->>>payments. If ->>>you have any further questions about this, please call our ->>>internetsupport ->>>at 020-421516. -> ->I would switch banks. Any bank so dependent on Microsoft is in baaaad ->shape. ->You could write a perl script with the lwp:simple module that will ->mimic any browser, or maybe ->you could get the mozilla source and compile it it with your custom ->string. I don't support doing this..I would switch banks. If you want to trust that your money is safe then you should switch. Any company that closes out other OS/Browesers after all the issues w/ Microsoft software isn't very good in my book. Fact is. I think Linux users should start vocally boycotting businesses like this. If you so choose to do this then you can vi a file called user.js and put it in in ~/.mozilla/<username>/<weird directory>/ This will over rule the default user agent string for Mozilla. And yes it does work. When MS locked out browsers to MSN I used this to prove to my office mate that people are just plain stupid and nothing is fool proof. -- user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)"); -- Put the above in the user.js but leave the -- that are before and after the line. It must be one like with no breaks. Cheers, -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...