Any Way Around This MS Junk?

Justin

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Nov 19, 2012, 4:20:11 PM11/19/12

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Trying to run a VIN from Ford's website - requires IE.
Here it is in IE...
http://i45.tinypic.com/17zlp5.jpg

Here it is in Mozilla.
http://i50.tinypic.com/auy5u8.jpg

Is there a Microsoft plugin somewhere?

Ralph Fox

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Nov 20, 2012, 4:01:34 AM11/20/12

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1. Try "User Agent Switcher"
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/

This lets you set Firefox to tell the website that it is IE.

It is good for websites that do user-agent sniffing but otherwise
would work OK with Firefox. I don't have a login to the problem
Ford website so I cannot verify how well "User Agent Switcher"
will work there.

2. If "User Agent Switcher" doesn't work, try one of these

IE Tab + https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ie-tab-plus/
IE Tab v2 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ie-tab-2-ff-36/

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Kind regards
Ralph

Tim W

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Nov 23, 2012, 4:17:10 AM11/23/12

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Incredible There are a very few websites that only work in IE. You have
to wonder why anyone would do such a peverse thing.

The other one I know of is RyanAir's print-your-own boarding-card site.
It just doesn't work and there is no explanation. You ring the helpline
number and some poor person is spending a long shift just telling people
they have to use IE if they want to board their flight. It beggars belief.

Tim w

Madlove

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Nov 27, 2012, 6:37:17 PM11/27/12

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Tim W wrote:
> On 19/11/2012 21:20, Justin wrote:
>> Trying to run a VIN from Ford's website - requires IE.
>> Here it is in IE...
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/17zlp5.jpg
>>
>> Here it is in Mozilla.
>> http://i50.tinypic.com/auy5u8.jpg
>>
>> Is there a Microsoft plugin somewhere?

> Incredible. There are a very few websites that only work in IE. You have
> to wonder why anyone would do such a perverse thing.

Bing Ads only works with msie. Guess who owns it...

Justin

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Nov 27, 2012, 7:16:24 PM11/27/12

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Nope, didn't work.

Justin

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Nov 27, 2012, 7:28:26 PM11/27/12

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On 11/23/2012 4:17 AM, Tim W wrote:
> On 19/11/2012 21:20, Justin wrote:
>> Trying to run a VIN from Ford's website - requires IE.
>> Here it is in IE...
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/17zlp5.jpg
>>
>> Here it is in Mozilla.
>> http://i50.tinypic.com/auy5u8.jpg
>>
>> Is there a Microsoft plugin somewhere?
>
>
> Incredible There are a very few websites that only work in IE. You have
> to wonder why anyone would do such a peverse thing.

This is Ford's backend, accessible only to dealers. Microsoft and Ford
teamed up - Sync.
So the general public isn't affected. However, that second plugin seems
to work. I wish there was something similar for Safari.

>
> The other one I know of is RyanAir's print-your-own boarding-card site.
> It just doesn't work and there is no explanation. You ring the helpline
> number and some poor person is spending a long shift just telling people
> they have to use IE if they want to board their flight. It beggars belief.
>
> Tim w

RyanAir probably used a bootleg version of Sharepoint server to write
their horrible webpage.

Justin

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Nov 28, 2012, 1:51:32 AM11/28/12

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On 11/20/2012 4:01 AM, Ralph Fox wrote:

actually those two pluging run an instance of IF in a Mozilla tab.
Completely useless.

Tim W

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Nov 28, 2012, 4:36:02 AM11/28/12

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I am still using WinXP on my desktop PC. So far I have only found one
program that won't run on it. It is IE 9....

Justin

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Nov 28, 2012, 3:19:57 PM11/28/12

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Eventually I'm going back to Mac. Once my 15'4" MBP sells on eBay, I'm
getting a 17" with the Retina screen, upgrading to at least 8GB of ram
and running VirtualBox. Maybe I'll just use the company's Terminal
Services Server for stuff that must be IE.
I think that Ford backend is ActiveX. I can't give out the account info
for obvious reasons.

Justin

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Nov 28, 2012, 3:34:30 PM11/28/12

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Justin wrote on [Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:19:57 -0500]:
> On 11/28/2012 4:36 AM, Tim W wrote:
>> On 27/11/2012 23:37, Madlove wrote:
>>> Tim W wrote:
>>>> On 19/11/2012 21:20, Justin wrote:
>>>>> Trying to run a VIN from Ford's website - requires IE.
>>>>> Here it is in IE...
>>>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/17zlp5.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> Here it is in Mozilla.
>>>>> http://i50.tinypic.com/auy5u8.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a Microsoft plugin somewhere?
>>>
>>>> Incredible. There are a very few websites that only work in IE. You
>>>> have to wonder why anyone would do such a perverse thing.
>>>
>>> Bing Ads only works with msie. Guess who owns it...
>>
>> I am still using WinXP on my desktop PC. So far I have only found one
>> program that won't run on it. It is IE 9....
>
> Eventually I'm going back to Mac. Once my 15'4" MBP sells on eBay, I'm
> getting a 17" with the Retina screen, upgrading to at least 8GB of ram

They killed the 17" Macbook Pros when they came out with the 15" with
Retina display

Justin

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Nov 28, 2012, 3:53:06 PM11/28/12

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Then I'll probably get a non-retina refurb. I always get refurbs anyway.

Madlove

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Dec 10, 2012, 11:13:53 PM12/10/12

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Justin wrote:

> that second plugin seems to work.

Which one worked? I've been locked out of Bing and would like to get back in
if possible.