[LUNI] Newbie needs help

[Samir Faci]

Crossover lets you install IE if you feel you absolutely need it.
Odds are you don't, but it's available.

I think pure wine can handle IE as well.

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Samir

On 2/21/07, Jim Harvey <wb8nbs at prodigy.net> wrote:
> You could try the User Agent Switcher extension for Firefox
> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/59/
> I have not had much luck with it though.
>
> If the site uses Active X you are probably out of luck.
>
> Branko Kotur wrote:
> > You may wish to try Opera (if you don't mind using proprietary software).
> > With older versions, you can hit F12 and a popup menu will list the various
> > browsers that Opera can pretend to be.  In the latest version, you still need
> > to hit F12, but then you need to choose Edit Site Preferences, then go to the
> > Network tab to choose which browser to identify as.  Even doing this, there
> > are still some sites that refuse to work right with a non IE browser.
> >
> > Otherwise, you'll either need to install Crossover Office and then use that to
> > install IE6, or perhaps look at VMWare/Win4Lin/Parallels.
> >
> > On Wednesday 21 February 2007 1:40 pm, Janine Starykowicz wrote:
> >> I have two very non-technical employees using Mandrake 10.2 with
> >> Konqueror 340 (KDE340) on a 9-yr-old Dell.  They need to be able to
> >> enter reports on a private website that just about requires IE 6 or
> >> higher.  They can log on, but are stopped by a "next" button written in
> >> javascript.  The button in question doesn't work in Mozilla/Seamonkey on
> >> Windows either, I believe the site is generated by some WYSIWYG program.
> >>
> >> Is there anything they can use to emulate IE6?  They do have a technical
> >> friend (who installed Linux for them in the first place) who can install
> >> anything needed.
> >>
> >> I realize this is a longshot, but any advice would be appreciated.
> >>
> >> Janine
>
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