[ubuntu-uk] Firefox, ubuntu and tesco shopping online

[William Anderson]

Harry Rickards wrote:
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> On 06/21/09 12:56, Lucy wrote:
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>> You could try the User Agent Switcher Firefox plugin
>> (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59), to 'pretend' that
>> it's running on Windows. Some websites try to detect what browser/OS
>> you're running and display the page differently. It's the main cause I
>> can think of if you're running the same browser on two different OSs.
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> Or just change general.useragent.extra.firefox in about:config.

User Agent Switcher lets you change browser identity at the flick of a
drop down switch, having to wire into about:config and remember what
you're supposed to type in each time would tire rather quickly, methinks :)

-n