OS / Browser spoof?
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Topic: OS / Browser spoof?
Posted By: MadDog
Subject: OS / Browser spoof?
Date Posted: 04 December 2004 at 1:04am
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Im looking for something that i can use for IE or FireFox that will allow me to make it look like im a different OS/Browser and even a search bot.
I need it so i can test a stats script with different OS/Browser configurations.
Anyone know anything that i could use? ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 04 December 2004 at 2:04am
| Firefox has a plugin that does it, I got it. Look for user agent switcher. |
Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 04 December 2004 at 7:03am
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offical website http://www.chrispederick.com/work/firefox/useragentswitche r/ WWF even supports IE 7  |
Posted By: xeerex
Date Posted: 04 December 2004 at 12:01pm
-borg- is always on top of things isn't he?? As a side note, be careful when using the agent switcher. For instance, I had mine set to IE 6, but the WYSIWYG editor here on the forum didn't like to give me focus in the text area. Setting it back to the default agent (FF 1.x) made everything work just fine again. ------------- http://webspacegeeks.com - Need Hosting, Domains, Dedicated Servers? http://www.smartergeek.com - web design | pc support | training | podcasts | video production |
wrote:Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 04 December 2004 at 1:03pm
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I bet if I browsed the internet using the RIAA bot useragent string I would get blocked from a few sites!
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Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 05 December 2004 at 7:59am
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If you are spoofing your user agent, be prepared to have some web sites screw up on you. You are actually better off to stick with the defaults unless you have a really good reason. ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 05 December 2004 at 9:16am
| It's useful for testing out stats scripts, thats why I got it. |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 05 December 2004 at 10:49am
Ah.... Right - perfect reason  ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 05 December 2004 at 12:42pm
| Also, but infrequently, some sites f***ingly stupidly block people for using FireFox, a personal vendeta against Mozilla, makes my blood boil, only ever come accross one site that does it. |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 05 December 2004 at 4:28pm
I remember a site years ago that would not allow any IE browsers to surf it at all, and it was explicit about that. This is back in 98 or 99 I think. ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 06 December 2004 at 12:15pm
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