On 2 Jan 2002, 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?
On Windows I use Opera 6.0 as my primary browser. When I encounter websites which do not accept Opera, I use the "camouflage mode",ie. change the identification mode to see to what degree the site works with Opera. Then I send a "standard" email to the site manager stating my "finding" and with a spiel about the good reasons there are for their supporting multiple browser. On Linux, Netscape 6.2.1 has become my main browser, but I have rarely had identification problems with it. If I did, I would send an email to the site manager. I am very reluctant to constantly browsing in "camouflage mode" because it will not provide the information to site managers that a browser other than IE is being used. In the end, the situation can only improve by popular demand. My girlfriend left hotmail because of that service's thinly vailed effort to get people to use IE by placing intentional hurdles in the user's way. I think voting with ones feet is at least one way to make ones voice heard. -- Ragnar Steingrimsson | Department of Cognitive Sciences UC-Irvine, SSPA 3151 | Email: ragnar@uci.edu Irvine, CA 92697 | Small Green Men