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Subject: Re: Browser for Older OS and Older Users
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 13:55:21 -0500
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Richard Owlett wrote:
> Snuffy McKinney wrote:
>
>> VanguardLH wrote ...
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>>> Snuffy McKinney wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone recommend a browser for Win 2000 more functional than IE6 or
>>>> Firefox 12.
>>>
>>>
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/2.0/system-requirements
>>>
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Maxthon-3.shtml
>>>
http://www.avantbrowser.com/support.aspx#systemreq
>>>
>>> Just because web browsers support Windows 2000 doesn't mean sites will
>>> accept connections from those web browsers. Rather than test a web
>>> browsing client for its capabilities, many sites still use the User
>>> Agent string sent by the web browser to determine if the site will work
>>> with that web browser.
>>
>> This will be a stopgap measure to keep their computer going unitl I
>> can find the simplest way to get them upgraded with only
>> non-technical people around to help.
>
> I'm happily using SeaMonkey 2.26.1 on WinXP Pro SP3 .
> I've never bothered to play with the UA string.
http://www.useragentstring.com/pages/SeaMonkey/
Looks like Seamonkey reveals the OS and version on which it runs.
http://www.useragentstring.com/SeaMonkey2.0.6_id_16087.php
Shows Seamonkey's UA string shows Windows 2000 as the client's OS
version. So a site can still decide whether or not to let connect a
client running on that OS. Personal experience is limited as to
ascertaining if sites will allow the OP's customers to connect or not.
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