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CD4liberty 04-05-2011 09:54 AM

Making Firefox 4 look as though it's on a windows machine
 
When I had Firefox 3.6 on both my desktop and laptop, after reading a how-to, I changed the desktop config so it looked, to websites, as though Firefox was running on a windows machine. I needed that because some websites still believe there is only one operating system (for the most part those are government run sites).

Does anybody know how to change the config in Firefox 4 to make it look as though it is running on a windows machine?

MTK358 04-05-2011 11:21 AM

Enter about:config in the URL bar and set the property "general.useragent.override" to whatever you want.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...&aqi=&aql=&oq=

repo 04-05-2011 11:24 AM

You could use the user agent switcher.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...gent-switcher/

Kind regards

CD4liberty 04-05-2011 12:31 PM

repo & MTK358,

A quick thank you, both links helped. Hopefully, the User Agent Switcher will work as stated (even if I've got to switch before each log-on).

tredegar 04-05-2011 01:11 PM

I used to have this problem (years ago) and used konqueror's "report browser as ...." option, but a polite email to the sites involved, gently pointing out the problems (not everybody runs windows, or uses IE) and suggesting that locking out non-windows users might hurt their business prospects in the long term, very quickly fixed things.

Smart businesses know how to operate. Dumb businesses wake up when this is pointed out to them.

I haven't needed "user agent switcher" or other devices for about five years, but I live in Europe, which is not quite so MS-centric as some other places.

Best wishes.

CD4liberty 04-07-2011 09:47 AM

tredegar,

Yes, your approach will work with businesses. Most businesses will adapt in order to survive. But, it's a totally different beast when dealing with the US government websites. User agent switcher did satisfy their demands, though.

Thanks for your input.


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