mlauzon76 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 The year is 2007 yet some websites act like we are living in the dark ages of the late 90s. Back in those dark ages, it was common practice to pretend that the only browser in existence was Internet Explorer but here in 2007, developers really no longer have that option and still some websites only work well with Internet Explorer. ToastyTech has a whole list of sites that either actively block Firefox, are not fully compatible with Firefox or cannot be accessed through Firefox and it is a rather extensive list. However, a good number of those links work just fine in Netscape 9.0rc1. That is interesting because Netscape 9.0 is based off the Firefox engine so you would think those same sites would not work in Netscape either but many of them do, some don't but that is to be expected. There is no doubt that those sites do not work in Firefox but it is just interesting that at least some of them work in a browser that is based off the same engine. On a side note, since Netscape 9.0 is based off Firefox and since most Firefox extensions work in Netscape and since Netscape appears to be compatible with a good number more sites than Firefox is, Netscape is (and has been for the past few months) my browser of choice. Source: TECH.BLORGE.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leddy Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Well, there's probably an equally large list of websites that actively block/annoy IE users with "Get Firefox" banners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlauzon76 Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Well, there's probably an equally large list of websites that actively block/annoy IE users with "Get Firefox" banners. I use both browsers, yes there are sites that only work with the MSIE browser -- i.e. Game & Game web sites -- and I'll always use both, been doing that since I started using the 'Net in the fall of '95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electronic Punk Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Back in the dark ages wasn't it all about netscape navigator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Pfft. Amateurs. :pacifier: I remember using Mosaic. That being said, is this really news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ark Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 That being said, is this really news? Yeah, I was about to say... are things like this really classified as "News"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Well, there's probably an equally large list of websites that actively block/annoy IE users with "Get Firefox" banners. Equally or more, even! This is what I get using Linux Zenwalk 4.8 and IceWeasel at the Walmart link there, http://www.walmart.com/swap/SwapEntry.do?d...p;isBuyCD=false We're sorry, your operating system is incompatible. To provide the best download experience, we can no longer support Windows 98, ME or NT. Please visit again after you upgrade to Windows 2000 or XP. Visit our Help section for complete system requirements information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted October 16, 2007 Veteran Share Posted October 16, 2007 Pfft. Amateurs. :pacifier: I remember using Mosaic.That being said, is this really news? Wow thats dated :D :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acnpt Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 That website reminds me of the 90s. Plus some the sites listed are out of date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Well, there's probably an equally large list of websites that actively block/annoy IE users with "Get Firefox" banners. and many of those have good reason to do so. something that can't be said for the IE-only websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova_00 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Most websites that "block" or not compatible with Firefox is because they sniff the useragent for certain Firefox things like "Firefox", "Firefox 2.0.0.6" or the like. Now when firefox updates to lets say 2.0.0.7 the people that run the website continue to block it unintentionally. I use Minefield and there are a lot of sites that block it because it doesn't have MSIE or Firefox in the user agent. The websites need to sniff for the Gecko version. Thats why even camino, seamonkey and firefox have issue with a lot of sites being not compatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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