Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 01/28/07 16:26, Floris Bruynooghe wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 09:40:52PM +0100, Norbert Preining wrote:
>> On Sam, 27 Jan 2007, Piotr Dziubinski wrote:
>>> Iceweasel and Firefox are a different products, very similar, but
>>> different.
>> Can YOU please explain me what *important* differences there are?
> [...]
>> Otherwise I would like to see what kind of OPERATIONAL difference you
>> have found:
> 
> There is actually an operational difference.  In the about:config page
> the setting general.useragent.extra.firefox is set to
> "Iceweasel/2.0.0.1".  Looks harmless, but it stopped me from logging
> on to a website.  It would only let me in when I set it to
> "Firefox/2.0.0".
> 
> Note: that website lists only Firefox 1.0 on Windows as supported
> (among a few other proprietary browsers).  But this setting made the
> difference between being able to use it and getting a "browser
> unsported" page.  I can imagine less technical users being at a loss
> in a similar situation.

No, that's a problem with the web site.  Go to Mozilla.org, and
you'll see that the current version in 2.0.0.1.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/

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