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They detect the browser by reading the user agent string. If you change this the site will not know that you are using an incompatible browser. That doesn't mean that the web site will necessarily work. It just means that they don't know it won't work. D On Sunday 23 December 2007 14:06:55 Keith Abraham wrote: > Dave Berkeley wrote: > > Just another example of inept Government IT projects. > > > > https://www.healthspace.nhs.uk/cbintroduction.aspx > > > > You can't book an NHS appointment online unless you are running IE. > > > > There should be a collection of these sites somewhere. A rogue's gallery. > > > > Dave Berkeley > > I'm using Iceweasel as my main browser and if I follow the instructions > at:- > > http://www.geticeweasel.org/useragent/ > > I can get to the login page. (haven't tried to go any further) > > I don't see any reason why this should not work with Firefox as Iceweasel > is merely the Debian of Firefox. > > Keith -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html