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Re: Disadvantages of Iceweasel instead of Firefox



Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>:
> > As you all know, Debian Etch released with Iceweasel instead of
> > Firefox. This is totally okay, but some applications (like X-Chat or
> > Gaim/Pidgin) still uses "firefox %u" command instead of "iceweasel %u" for
> 
>  Never had this problem.  The only problem I bumped into is all the braindead
>  websites that plainly refuse access if your User-Agent is not among the
>  blessed ones.

ACK, including my own ISP, but "about:config" and changing
"general.extra.useragent.firefox" to "Firefox/2.0.0.4" solves that
foolishness.


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