Re: Iceweasel vs. Firefox in User-Agent (was: Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps not working)

2009-04-29 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On Qua, 29 Abr 2009, "Barclay, Daniel" wrote: >> >> Wait a minute.  Why does the Debian-rebranded Firefox go beyond just >> changing >> the software name (the name used to identify the software to humans, >> relevant >> to the Mozilla

Re: Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps not working

2009-04-29 Thread Felix Miata
On 2009/04/29 10:26 (GMT-0400) Barclay, Daniel composed: > Eric Gerlach wrote: >> The User Agent String strikes again. >> I just had to change my UA string from "Iceweasel" to "Firefox" and all was >> well. > Wait a minute. Why does the Debian-rebranded Firefox go beyond just changing > the so

Re: Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps not working

2009-04-29 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermos
2009/4/29 Barclay, Daniel : > Does the Mozilla license really require Debian to change the user agent > string? It doesn't, but honestly, it doesn't matter. It's the website that is broken because it's readin the UA string wrong, not the browser. I make a point of sending Firesomething UA strings;

Re: Iceweasel vs. Firefox in User-Agent (was: Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps not working)

2009-04-29 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Qua, 29 Abr 2009, "Barclay, Daniel" wrote: Wait a minute. Why does the Debian-rebranded Firefox go beyond just changing the software name (the name used to identify the software to humans, relevant to the Mozilla licensing issue) and also change the _technical_ behavior, reducing compatibilit

Re: Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps not working

2009-04-29 Thread Barclay, Daniel
Eric Gerlach wrote: ... > The User Agent String strikes again. > > I just had to change my UA string from "Iceweasel" to "Firefox" and all was > well. Wait a minute. Why does the Debian-rebranded Firefox go beyond just changing the software name (the name used to identify the software to humans,

Re: Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps not working

2009-04-23 Thread Eric Gerlach
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:24:51PM -0700, Rob Starling wrote: > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:12:24PM -0400, Eric Gerlach wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I'm having some trouble using Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps like: > > > > http://www.realtor.ca/ > > http://192.237.29.245/hastinfoweb/ (my local

Re: Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps not working

2009-04-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
> I'm having some trouble using Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps like: > > http://www.realtor.ca/ > http://192.237.29.245/hastinfoweb/ (my local transit planning site) > Write to the websites and let them know that you are having trouble. They won't fix it, or code for non-IE or non-Windows syst

Re: Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps not working

2009-04-22 Thread Rob Starling
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:12:24PM -0400, Eric Gerlach wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm having some trouble using Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps like: > > http://www.realtor.ca/ > http://192.237.29.245/hastinfoweb/ (my local transit planning site) > > The little flags on the maps don't show up. >

Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps not working

2009-04-22 Thread Eric Gerlach
Hey all, I'm having some trouble using Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps like: http://www.realtor.ca/ http://192.237.29.245/hastinfoweb/ (my local transit planning site) The little flags on the maps don't show up. Is anyone else having this problem? Or is it just me? Cheers, -- Eric Gerlac