[TriLUG] Non-Gecko Linux Browser

[Adam Guthrie]

matt1027 wrote:
> I tried using Firefox to access the interactive GIS Maps for Maricopa 
> County, AZ
> 
> http://www.maricopa.gov/Assessor/GIS/map.html
> 
> and got the following message:
> 
> This site is best viewed when using Internet Explorer.
> Your [sic] using: Gecko1
> 
> The site won't work with any of the available browsers in Mandriva 
> 2006.  Do you think Opera would work if I told it to identify itself as 
> IE?  How about Netscape Navigator? Perish the thought, but is there an 
> rpm for IE?
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt

The user-agent switcher extension is probably the way to go on this one.
The site is probably sniffing for all non-IE browsers.

I think it's pretty sad when government sites do this. I remember that
shortly after Katrina FEMA was blocking all non-IE browsers on their
websites. Seems like our tax dollars could go toward hiring some more
competent web masters...

-Adam