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Dave Berkeley wrote: > 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. I hate people who do that. Natwest do it with their online banking. I have CVS version of firefox so they don't recognise it and don't let me through. They don't recognise konqueror either. I have to use konquerors fake user agent string on it. It works fine then. I rang them and asked them to add a link to "continue at your own risk" to their "your browser is not supported" page, but they haven't done it. Dealing with user agent strings feels so archaic- like the IE vs Netscape days. -- 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