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dude wtf? who writes web apps that don't work w/ firefox anymore? it's not like I'm running lynx.


I guess Microsoft does, since the URL is msresearch.us. Am I the only one that finds it strange that Microsoft still thinks they can succeed by trying to lock out the competition through tricks like this? The idea of a computer on every desk running Microsoft software is a perfectly fine goal, but that doesn't mean that they should run only Microsoft software. I can't believe that they still refuse to acknowledge that anyone else is capable of writing software that someone would want to use instead of their own, such as Firefox.


you need to know the secret handshake, [0] ... but it does not want to work with FOX 2.0.0.3 :(

Reference

[0] Firefox addon, 'The User Agent Switcher - allows you to spoof various browser user-agent strings'

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/59




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