[Ietab] IE Tab not using correct User Agent header
Dag Wieers
dag at wieers.com
Fri Dec 9 12:12:11 EST 2005
Hi,
I like IE Tab a lot. It's exactly what I needed for beginning computer
users that require IE for certain websites.
My only problem with it is that for i.e. Windows Update, it does not work
as advertized. If I go to the Windows Update website, it switches to
Internet Explorer correctly (as indicated by the IE icon in the
bottom-right corner).
But my Internet Explorer Tab still says:
Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site.
To use this site you must be running Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
or later.
To upgrade to the latest version of the browser, go to the
Internet Explorer Downloads website.
I added both:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
http://update.microsoft.com/
to IETab.
After restarting Firefox a second time, it suddenly worked. Is this a
known issue, rare bug or was I just unlucky ? :-)
Great work though, simple and very useful.
Two requests for enhancements:
+ It would be nice to be able to replace the official 'Windows Update'
icon in the start-menu by Firefox + IETab, by default. Any help or ideas
to make this happen ?
+ It would be convenient to have the Microsoft Windows Update website
(and other known major Windows-only websites) to be pre-defined in IE
Tab so that users do not need to add them themselves.
Kind regards,
-- dag wieers, dag at wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ --
[all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]
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