Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] browser questions again

 


good morning
thank you for help

is ther IE for linux?

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are these the "hot" browsers:
arora maxthon midori rekonq epiphany ff chrome chromium
regards
sophie

Am 05.04.2014 14:10, schrieb Linux Canuck:
> Not likely. Some sites will not work with some browsers or their
> functionality is stripped down. They check for the browser
> identification and OS and will baulk if it is anything but their
> narrowly defined choices. And in some cases they may even tell you to
> update those. It may tell you to install the latest version of Internet
> Explorer, for example. It all depends on the web developer and the browser.
>
> The most likely cause of problems is Flash and Java. Some sites use
> newer versions and some browsers or OSes do not support it. In the case
> of MS it may have to do with ActiveX controllers which is a MS product.
> I have found photo editing sites for example that are made to work only
> with IE. These are rare, but they do exist.
>
> Some browsers will allow you to spoof the identity in the settings. That
> will not resolve the problem if it is in the underlying framework, though.
>
> Stripped down browsers are not likely to work with everything. Most
> sites offer different levels of usage for different browsers. You can
> get a basic version and a fancy version of Yahoo, for example.

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