Sites not accepting Seamonkey
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Sites not accepting Seamonkey
I am finding more and more sites not accepting Seamonkey.
The latest is Rotten Tomatoes.
I do not understand as Seamonkey is almost identical to Firefox?
The latest is Rotten Tomatoes.
I do not understand as Seamonkey is almost identical to Firefox?
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Re: Sites not accepting Seamonkey
It's likely poorly implemented browser sniffing. If SeaMonkey is not included in the site's code for that it won't accept it as a current, acceptable browser.
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Re: Sites not accepting Seamonkey
Just turn off JS (JavaScript) whilst on that site.fixit7 wrote:The latest is Rotten Tomatoes.
To do this, either use a Toggle Javascript button (an extension) or go to Menu>Edit>Preferences>Advanced>Scripts&Plugins> and uncheck 'Enable Javascript' for Browser at the top of that page.
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Re: Sites not accepting Seamonkey
Frank, should disabling this perhaps be a permanent setting at this time?Frank Lion wrote: go to Menu>Edit>Preferences>Advanced>Scripts&Plugins> and uncheck 'Enable Javascript' for Browser at the top of that page.
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Re: Sites not accepting Seamonkey
Javascript doesn't cause that website's problem. Disabling it there is just to bypass the website's browser sniffing script..Peter Creasey wrote:Frank, should disabling this perhaps be a permanent setting at this time?.
JS is needed for many websites to work at all.
Useful toolbar button link - https://codefisher.org/toolbar_button/button_list/
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Re: Sites not accepting Seamonkey
If I turn off JS, the site will load, but so much functionality is missing that the site is not usable, so that is not a solution.
What I don't understand is if I use a UA override from a working browser (Fx's, Chrome's), the site still won't load. So there is something else at play here, right?
What I don't understand is if I use a UA override from a working browser (Fx's, Chrome's), the site still won't load. So there is something else at play here, right?
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Which is why you toggle JS back on once you get past the 'Unsupported Browser' page.Justinh wrote:If I turn off JS, the site will load, but so much functionality is missing that the site is not usable, so that is not a solution.
...0r...stare at their 'Unsupported Browser' page
...0r...use Beta Edge
...0r....figure out a better solution for yourself.
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Re: Sites not accepting Seamonkey
After you turn JS back on you have to reload the page to get JS active which breaks the site...
This still doesn't answer why a UA override doesn't work.
What is Beta Edge? Do you mean the released Edge based on Chromium?
This still doesn't answer why a UA override doesn't work.
What is Beta Edge? Do you mean the released Edge based on Chromium?
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You don't reload the same damn page! I visited all over the site and played vids and all sorts...before originally posting here.Justinh wrote:After you turn JS back on you have to reload the page to get JS active which breaks the site...
How about you just figure out your own solution?
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Re: Sites not accepting Seamonkey
It's not working because the site isn't UA sniffing, but using what modern web sites are supposed to use, which is feature detection.Justinh wrote:After you turn JS back on you have to reload the page to get JS active which breaks the site...
This still doesn't answer why a UA override doesn't work.
That my answer and I'm sticking with it.
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Re: Sites not accepting Seamonkey
I think you are exactly right. Any way to know what feature it is trying to detect? I can't imagine what that site would need that SM couldn't do that would be so important as to prohibit users from using the site. I tried to stop the home page from rolling over to the error page, but didn't see anything useful in the console. It might be impossible to stop the redirect at the right time.WaltS48 wrote: It's not working because the site isn't UA sniffing, but using what modern web sites are supposed to use, which is feature detection.
That my answer and I'm sticking with it.
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Re: Sites not accepting Seamonkey
Yep, it's not like it's some big secret, the Net is full of information on it.WaltS48 wrote:It's not working because the site isn't UA sniffing, but using what modern web sites are supposed to use, which is feature detection.
It would certainly prevent every thread here starting at ground zero if people did some basic reading on things.
Here's a link from a 100 years back - http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/tutorials/ ... iffer.html but there are many more recent ones.
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Re: Sites not accepting Seamonkey
Does changing part of the user agent from Firefox/60.0 to Firefox/68.0 work? it seems to work in Firefox 68 but not SeaMonkey 2.53.
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Re: Sites not accepting Seamonkey
The UA doesn't affect this site, as previously stated. At least I have not found a UA that makes any difference. See what WaltS48 said.robobox wrote:Does changing part of the user agent from Firefox/60.0 to Firefox/68.0 work? it seems to work in Firefox 68 but not SeaMonkey 2.53.
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Re: Sites not accepting Seamonkey
See also, rottentomatoes.com won't load.
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