Many websites refuse Seamonkey as an up-to-date browser, and request use of a "current browser such as safari, chrome, or firefox".
This is puzzling, as Seamonkey is claimed to be built on the latest firefox base.
Is there something I can do, so that the web language does not think it to be obsolete?
Seamonkey reported as "obsolete browser"
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See if the recommendation in this thread is helpful -- http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... #p14915235
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Re: Seamonkey reported as "obsolete browser"
Dan, that is confusing. It says to use something prior to Firefox/78.DanRaisch wrote:See if the recommendation in this thread is helpful -- http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... #p14915235
I thought that Firefox/78.0 is the best approach.
Can you clarify, please?
Thanks.
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Bank of America and ADT have been telling me that FOREVER!!! It's so annoying.roland39 wrote:Many websites refuse Seamonkey as an up-to-date browser, and request use of a "current browser such as safari, chrome, or firefox".
I've contacted BofA numerous times over the years, and ADT at least 2-3 times, but to no avail.
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...I don't want a site-specific solution. There is a flaw in what Seamonkey tells html engines what it really is.
Here is another example:
Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.
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Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.
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The flaw is with the website that accepts only specific browser IDs when there may be nothing they require that other browsers do not support.
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Re: Seamonkey reported as "obsolete browser"
in terms of security (as in having the recent security fixes from recent Firefox ESR releases), yesroland39 wrote: This is puzzling, as Seamonkey is claimed to be built on the latest firefox base.
in terms of features & the newest browsing engine from firefox, no
Seamonkey does not use the "quantum browser engine" found in recent/modern Firefox versions
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This might explain why Peacock will only work in Firefox for me. I also have the Chrome-like SRware Iron on this PC, since I don't trust Google. That browser gets rejected as well as SeaMonkey.DanRaisch wrote:The flaw is with the website that accepts only specific browser IDs when there may be nothing they require that other browsers do not support.
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> Seamonkey does not use the "quantum browser engine" found in recent/modern Firefox versions
There is no quantum browser engine. It is marketing. The latest 2.53.12+ versions are now well beyond the so called 57 Quantum level. What is still missing is enabling the new style engine which was enabled in 57 but really only stable in 60. If it were not for rust it would work too but later rust versions broke the code.
What is one of the problems is that large / many sites use bloated javascript frame works which need recent features not even stable and tailored for Google Chrome.
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There is no quantum browser engine. It is marketing. The latest 2.53.12+ versions are now well beyond the so called 57 Quantum level. What is still missing is enabling the new style engine which was enabled in 57 but really only stable in 60. If it were not for rust it would work too but later rust versions broke the code.
What is one of the problems is that large / many sites use bloated javascript frame works which need recent features not even stable and tailored for Google Chrome.
FRG