Sunday, January 6, 2013

Is there a way to view a IE only website on FF or Chrome with Linux Mint?

Q. I'm trying to complete the FAFSA online form, but the site is only compatible with IE on Windows based systems. Is there an addon or extension I can use for FF or Chrome.

I'm using Linux Mint 9. Thanks.

A. That depends on the extent to which it "requires" Internet Explorer. If the web page is simply checking the web browser version, you could try faking it with User Agent Switcher (I don't know of any extensions offhand for Chrome).

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59/


If the page requires ActiveX, there isn't much you can do, short of using IEs4Linux and Wine to run Internet Explorer.

http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page

why is the UK version of yahoo home page defaulting to mobile in Linux versions of chrome?
Q. I'm using Ubuntu both i386 and 64bit and the latest version of chrome downloaded from Google its happening on several machines I'm using. Is there some kind of global account setting that would do this?

A. Does it happen when you are logged out or only when logged in?

Have you tried clearing your cache?

If it happens only when you login, it is an account setting.

If it goes away after clearing your cache, you may have visited a link to the mobile site and a cookie got set for it.

If it is happening when you are logged out and you have cleared your cache, it is probably related to your user agent.

You could use the following command to change your user agent to that of an IE9 browser:

google-chrome --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)"

If this fixes it, which it should, you would want to check your current user-agent and see if there is anything weird about it. Changing your user agent should only be a temporary solution, it can cause problems long term.

How secure am I using Linux Mint and Chrome to browse the internet?
Q. What are the chances my system will be compromised in any way?

A. You are secure....just update your system regularly




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