ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 20, Issue 1

Tue Oct 2 02:52:12 BST 2007

On Tuesday 02 October 2007 08:07:35 Todd wrote:
> If you are locked into a contract and must use IE then I suggest you
> have a look at this page, it will guide you through the process of
> installing IE on Ubuntu. I use it for testing purposes.
>
> http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_internet_explorer
>
> Cheers
> Todd
>
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> >    1. re:    Vodafone Australia - Browser Advice (Anthony J Brow)
> >    2. Re: Vodafone Australia - Browser Advice (Smacky_Wolf)
> >    3. Re: Vodafone Australia - Browser Advice (Daniel Mons)
> >    4. Re: Vodafone Australia - Browser Advice (Karl Goetz)
> >    5. Re: Vodafone Australia - Browser Advice (Smacky_Wolf)
> >    6. Re: Vodafone Australia - Browser Advice (Andre Mangan)
> >    7. Re: Vodafone Australia - Browser Advice (David Whyte)
> >    8. Re: Vodafone Australia - Browser Advice (Daniel Mons)
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> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:15:23 +1000
> > From: Anthony J Brow <tbrow at tpg.com.au>
> > Subject: re:    Vodafone Australia - Browser Advice
> > To: "ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Message-ID: <1191222923.8934.18.camel at joshua-desktop>
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> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > Is this discrimination  against Ubuntu users?  When trying to access my
> > Vodafone account today, I ran into problems where Vodafone would not
> > accept my name (phone number) and password. All I wanted to do is access
> > my account an pay the bill. When one reads the website below it is
> > virtually saying we will only accept your sign in via Microsoft. Have any
> > of you out there struck problems similar problems with Vodafone ? Or any
> > other business for that matter.  I have set the cookies in Firefox so
> > that Vodafone will be  accepted. I have made a report to one of the
> > Vodafone Customer Managers, telling him that I would put this on the net
> > (via the ubuntu-au lists). My system is Dapper Drake.
> >
> > https://www.myvodafone.com.au/knox/browser_advice.html
> >
> > rgds
> > tony
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:38:09 +1000
> > From: Smacky_Wolf <smacky.wolf at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: Vodafone Australia - Browser Advice
> > To: tbrow at tpg.com.au
> > Cc: "ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> > Hey Anthony,
> >
> > I've noted this with VF before. Basically, without emulating and running
> > IE, you aren't getting in. I think there's a few little plugins for
> > Firefox that might do this, but due to lazy web design, they have
> > basically decided that anyone not running Windows is not worth their
> > time.
> >
> > Vodafone are famous for being incompetent and useless. Don't bother
> > trying to call them, they'll just tell you to call your manufacturer.
> >
> > Try using CrossOverOffice or something like that to run IE if you don't
> > have a windows install. Not much else you can do.
> >
> > Smacky. (Resident VF hater.)
> >
> > On 10/1/07, Anthony J Brow <tbrow at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> >> Hi Folks,
> >>
> >> Is this discrimination  against Ubuntu users?  When trying to access my
> >> Vodafone account today, I ran into problems where Vodafone would not
> >> accept my name (phone number) and password. All I wanted to do is access
> >> my account an pay the bill. When one reads the website below it is
> >> virtually saying we will only accept your sign in via Microsoft. Have
> >> any of you out there struck problems similar problems with Vodafone ? Or
> >> any other business for that matter.  I have set the cookies in Firefox
> >> so that Vodafone will be  accepted. I have made a report to one of the
> >> Vodafone Customer Managers, telling him that I would put this on the net
> >> (via the ubuntu-au lists). My system is Dapper Drake.
> >> https://www.myvodafone.com.au/knox/browser_advice.html
> >>
> >> rgds
> >> tony
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> > Message: 3
> > Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:13:02 +1000
> > From: Daniel Mons <daniel.mons at iinet.net.au>
> > Subject: Re: Vodafone Australia - Browser Advice
> > To: "ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Message-ID: <4700AC0E.1080507 at iinet.net.au>
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> >
> > Install the User Agent Switcher addon for Firefox:
> > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59
> >
> > This will add an option within Firefox that allows you to customise how
> > Firefox reports itself to web servers.  I use this very frequently to
> > log on to "IE only" sites and services both on the web and within
> > companies (many businesses used "web-based' ERP and finance systems that
> > are IE-only, but work fine in Firefox).
> >
> > This will get you past the front page of many sites that blatantly
> > reject different browsers by fooling then into thinking you are running
> > IE on Windows.  Best of all, it doesn't require you to use IE or any
> > form of emulation/vm software.
> >
> > If however the site has merely been coded poorly and doesn't work with
> > Firefox, then your choices are limited.
> >
> > Outside of Linux users, Mac users are also discriminated against by
> > sites like these.  Safari is based on KHTML which is the core rendering
> > engine for the KDE/Konqueror web browser.  Anyone who does such silly
> > things is obviously not concerned with their customer's online safety by
> > forcing them to use an inferior web browser plagued with security issues.
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> > Anthony J Brow wrote:
> >> Hi Folks,
> >>
> >> Is this discrimination  against Ubuntu users?  When trying to access my
> >> Vodafone account today, I ran into problems where Vodafone would not
> >> accept my name (phone number) and password. All I wanted to do is access
> >> my account an pay the bill. When one reads the website below it is
> >> virtually saying we will only accept your sign in via Microsoft. Have
> >> any of you out there struck problems similar problems with Vodafone ? Or
> >> any other business for that matter.  I have set the cookies in Firefox
> >> so that Vodafone will be  accepted. I have made a report to one of the
> >> Vodafone Customer Managers, telling him that I would put this on the net
> >> (via the ubuntu-au lists). My system is Dapper Drake.
> >>
> >> https://www.myvodafone.com.au/knox/browser_advice.html
> >>
> >> rgds
> >> tony
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:58:31 +0930
> > From: Karl Goetz <kamping_kaiser at internode.on.net>
> > Subject: Re: Vodafone Australia - Browser Advice
> > To: "ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Message-ID: <1191227311.25837.5.camel at rommel>
> > Content-Type: text/plain
> >
> > On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 17:38 +1000, Smacky_Wolf wrote:
> >> Hey Anthony,
> >>
> >> I've noted this with VF before. Basically, without emulating and
> >> running IE, you aren't getting in. I think there's a few little
> >> plugins for Firefox that might do this, but due to lazy web design,
> >> they have basically decided that anyone not running Windows is not
> >> worth their time.
> >
> > yet another good reason for me to start looking to change carrier...
> >
> >> Vodafone are famous for being incompetent and useless. Don't bother
> >> trying to call them, they'll just tell you to call your manufacturer.
> >>
> >> Try using CrossOverOffice or something like that to run IE if you
> >> don't have a windows install. Not much else you can do.
> >
> > not really a good option imo ;) firefox plugin if absolutely needed...
> > kk
> >
> >> Smacky. (Resident VF hater.)

Hi Todd

Quickest and easiest way is to simply google for ies4linux and install that. 
Installation is pretty much painless

James

-- 
He who subdues {the flesh with its passions} by resistance to it is someone 
still chasing an enemy. But the man who has managed to reduce its hold 
completely, even when he himself is still in this life, is someone who has 
already risen from the dead 

John Climacus