[NTLUG:Discuss] Faking another Browser.

[kbrannen@gte.net]

Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> My wife has been trying to access a web site that seems to be testing
> to see which browser we are using - and it complains if you are using
> anything *other* then Internet Explorer.  <grrrrr>
> 
> I vaguely recollect that you can tell Mozilla (or maybe it was one of
> the other Linux browsers) to lie to the HTTP server and pretend to be
> some other browser (eg Internet Explorer).

That option exists in Opera.  Try it and see it that's "good enough".

HTH,
Kevin