I’m not a Windows user, so I’m not an Internet Explorer user.我不是一个Windows用户,所以我不是一个Internet Explorer用户。 I have a Hotmail account just so I can chat with friends who only use MSN Messenger.我有一个Hotmail帐户公正,这样我就可以与朋友聊天谁只能使用MSN Messenger 。 Some of these friends feel the need to send email to my Hotmail account rather than my Gmail account so I do log in to check it now and again.有些朋友觉得有必要发送电子邮件到我的Hotmail帐户,而不是我的Gmail帐户,所以我不登录到现在检查,并再次。 Of course, I’m using Firefox on Linux, so things should work just fine, right?当然,我使用的是Firefox在Linux上,这样的事情应该只是罚款,对不对? Not entirely.不完全。
So, I go to hotmail.com, enter my user name and password, and this is what I see:所以,我去hotmail.com ,输入我的用户名和密码,这是我看到:
What the heck is this?!赫克什么呢? ! I thought I was using Firefox.我认为我是使用Firefox 。 Let’s double check.让我们仔细检查。 Clicking Help -> About shows the following:点击帮助 -> “显示简介如下:

Is this Microsofts way of trying to tell people that Firefox is somehow a sub-standard browser?这是微软的方式试图告诉人们, Firefox是不知低于标准的浏览器吗?
Let’s find out the truth.让我们找出事实真相。 Visit访问 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59网址为: https : / / addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59 and install a copy of User Agent Switcher .并安装了一份用户代理切换 。 Restart Firefox when prompted.重新启动Firefox的提示时。
User Agent Switcher didn’t add an icon to my Navigation Toolbar so these are the steps I took to add it myself.用户代理切换器没有添加一个图标我的导航工具栏,使这些步骤,我将它加入自己。
Click View -> Toolbars -> Customize . 点击查看-> “工具栏- >”自定义。
Now scroll down until you find the User Agent button.现在,向下滚动,直到找到用户代理按钮。
Then drag the User Agent button onto your Navigation Toolbar .然后拖动按钮, 用户代理到您的导航工具栏。
Ok, so let’s see if we can trick Hotmail into working properly.好,所以让我们看看如果我们能够引诱到Hotmail的正常运作。 Click the User Agent button and choose Opera .按一下按钮, 用户代理 ,并选择歌剧院。
Now browse to hotmail.com and try logging in.现在浏览hotmail.com并尝试登录
What do you know?你怎么知道的? It works flawlessly, this time with no warning about needing to upgrade my browser.它完美的作品,这一次没有任何警告,需要升级,我的浏览器。
I do find it humourous that Opera is not actually on the list of supported browsers and choosing Internet Explorer as the user agent failed miserably.我不觉得幽默是Opera实际上不是名单上的支持的浏览器,并选择Internet Explorer作为用户代理失败。
Of course, when you log out of Hotmail, don’t forget to set your User Agent back to the default.当然,当你登出的Hotmail ,不要忘记设置您的用户代理回默认。






























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