[ale] More on Dell support

[Kevin Krumwiede]

On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 17:07, Eater wrote:
> This is based on the ID string your browser sends.  Most Linux browsers have 
> the option of "impersonating" a different browser, based on which site your 
> are viewing.  Under Konqueror (my browser) this is under the "User Agent" 
> settings in the Configuration dialog box.  I believe there's a similar option 
> in Mozilla.
> 
> Most sites with this silly restriction work just fine using Konqueror, once 
> this impersonation is in effect.

Yes, but some sites (like Suntrust's online banking) use Javascript to
get the name of the browser.  I couldn't find a way to fake this, so I
got an account at a different bank.

Krum


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