Non-Browser Compliance (RE: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?)
On a similar note, the latest version of a 'web-based' application that
my school uses for trouble-ticket tracking (RightNow) will not work with
any non-IE browsers. A few people have complained, and I hope they do
something about it. I hate having to use two machines, VMWare,
rdesktop, or the like to be able to use a 'web-based' application.
Jeremy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeronimo Pellegrini [mailto:pellegrini@mpcnet.com.br]
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 4:12 PM
> To: Walter Reed
> Cc: Bruce; debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?
>
>
> Let me say something here...
>
> > Many sites? Interesting. I have only found one site lately
> that does not work
> > with galeon / mozilla, and it uses flash heavily.
> >
> > Could you elaborate on what you mean by "do not work?" Examples?
>
> Two banks on which I have accounts, for example... One of
> them will only
> allow IE or Netscape 4.*, and the other just won't work with
> Gecko (the
> browser just dies after a certain applet is used).
>
> Besides the banks, there are some government agencies in my
> country that
> will only support Netscape 4 (*when* they don't require
> Explorer at all)
>
> > First, contact the webmaster for these sites. They are
> HORRIBLY broken if they
> > don't support mozilla at this stage.
>
> Hm, ever tried to contact a bank about that? I did.
>
> Bank #1 was quite nice, and they said they know about the problem, but
> that because of the variety of Java VM implementations, they didn't
> manage to solve the problem yet. And they don't know when they will.
>
> Bank #2 just doesn't care.
>
> > It's a w3c compliance thing. I find that
> > when these sites are publicized, the Linux community gets
> active and the sites
> > get fixed pretty quick.
>
> I've seen sites fixed quickly, and sites taht just don't answer (even
> when quite some people complain).
>
> > Second, try altering the useragent in prefs.js. Try
> claiming that you are IE or
> > old Netscape.
>
> My Mozilla crashes anyway in the first bank (which is the one
> I really use)
> :-(. I'll try with the second.
>
> > Sometimes I just remove the OS specific info which they don't
> > need anyway and things work. If it STILL doesn't work, then
> indeed the site is
> > COMPLETELY broken and the webmaster should definitely be
> flamed. Well, a little
> > education helps too.
>
> I agree it's broken, but the problem is that the webmasters
> don't agree
> (because it works for most users -- who use IE).
>
> J.
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