How do I substitute browsers?

[Gabriel M Dragffy]

On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 16:01 +0200, Matt Morris wrote:
> Yea, there is a setting in the site options. I'm not on my Linux box
> at the mo, but if I remember you need to goto the website, and then in
> the opera menus you need to find something like 'Quick site options'
> and you can change it in there.
> 
> 
> On 8/25/06, Jeremy J. Swarm <screaminike at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 06:40 -0700, Ted Quick wrote:
> > > A few days ago I was asking here about how to get a Windows program I want to use registered while
> > > using Kubuntu, since it insists on starting Internet Explorer to connect with the company's server
> > > before it will load the program.
> > >
> > > Among other things I as told to use Opera which Linux accepts as being equivent to IE, but
> > > apparently I need to do something else in addition. Another suggestion was to make whatever
> > > prowser I wish to use be accepted as IE.
> > >
> > > How can I get Kubuntu to run a browser as if it was another one?
> > >
> > > Ted Quick
> > > Need a website? Look at: http://www.rqh-webhosting.com/
> > >
> > uhm... yes. but, i think they probably want to use a function of IE that
> > other browsers might not support. as such, it is my suggestion to
> > install internet explorer under wine.
> >
> >
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> >
> >


It's not just opera the default Konqueror also allows you to change the
user agent, and you can change it to anything you like. But whether that
will help with your problem or not remains to be seen. My guess is that
you need IE and nothing less.