|
|
#1
04-26-08, 05:59 AM
|
|
|
|
|
(Notice: The Followup-to on this message is for comp.os.linux.misc but one may
always ignore that in a followup if desired) Love them or hate them Fox News is a major USA news outlet. It appears they have decided to seriously disrespect the Linux community. Read this to see what I mean: http://blog.eracc.com/2008/04/25/doe...e-linux-users/ Gene (e-mail: gene \a\t eracc \d\o\t com) |
|
|
|
#2
04-26-08, 06:18 AM
|
|
|
|
|
On 2008-04-26, ERACC <junkmail> wrote:
> (Notice: The Followup-to on this message is for comp.os.linux.misc but one may > always ignore that in a followup if desired) > > Love them or hate them Fox News is a major USA news outlet. It appears they > have decided to seriously disrespect the Linux community. Read this to see what > I mean: > > [..] > Media, can not believe what they say as in, "Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center 2005, Mac OSX 10.3 or Mac OSX 10.4 is required to view this page" I thought a web browser would be required. Anyhow, my view point to this is, I have the money and you Fuxnews have no hope of getting it. It is very bad advertising. Still there is the hope that they know not what they have done. Ms penguin has just come in with all sorts of news, none of it from a fox. |
|
#3
04-26-08, 01:03 PM
|
|
|
|
|
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:18:12 +0000, Gordon wrote:
> On 2008-04-26, ERACC <junkmail> wrote: > Media, can not believe what they say as in, > > "Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center 2005, Mac OSX 10.3 > or Mac > OSX 10.4 is required to view this page" > > I thought a web browser would be required. > > Anyhow, my view point to this is, I have the money and you Fuxnews have > no hope of getting it. It is very bad advertising. They fixed it. I just looked, using Firefox in Mint Linux. Looks like their Web developers were just lazy. Outside Microsoft itself, there aren't many Web pages coded to actually exclude non-M$ browsers. |
|
#4
04-26-08, 01:17 PM
|
|
|
|
|
Gordon wrote:
> On 2008-04-26, ERACC <junkmail> wrote: >> Love them or hate them Fox News is a major USA news outlet. It >> appears they have decided to seriously disrespect the Linux >> community. Read this to see what I mean: >> >> [..] >> > Media, can not believe what they say as in, > > "Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center 2005, Mac OSX 10.3 > or Mac OSX 10.4 is required to view this page" > > I thought a web browser would be required. True, of course. JavaScript must be Enabled at that page. They are using a simple browser sniffer. Setting my favorite spoofed UA string of: Borgzilla/31.0 (Starship Enterprise NCC-1701) ...I was denied access. Changing that (via Firefox PrefBar) to: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) ...which gave me complete access to "all things Flash." |
|
#5
04-26-08, 01:24 PM
|
|
|
|
|
"Stephen J. Rush" <sjrush> wrote in message
news:nz2d > On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:18:12 +0000, Gordon wrote: >> They fixed it. I just looked, using Firefox in Mint Linux. Looks like > their Web developers were just lazy. Outside Microsoft itself, there > aren't many Web pages coded to actually exclude non-M$ browsers. I don't see why anyone smart enough to use Linux would want to stoop so low as to look at FoxNews anyway. Ed |
|
#6
04-26-08, 02:13 PM
|
|
|
|
|
On 2008-04-26, Ed Edelenbos <eded> wrote:
> I don't see why anyone smart enough to use Linux would want to stoop so low > as to look at FoxNews anyway. Faux news does not want intelligent people to read their website (so that their lies go unnoticed). They probably thought that excluding Linux users is a great idea. |
|
#7
04-26-08, 03:13 PM
|
|
|
|
|
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:03:19 -0500, Stephen J. Rush wrote:
> They fixed it. I just looked, using Firefox in Mint Linux. Looks like > their Web developers were just lazy. Outside Microsoft itself, there > aren't many Web pages coded to actually exclude non-M$ browsers. Doesn't work with FF 2.0 on Ubuntu 7.04. |
|
#8
04-26-08, 03:35 PM
|
|
|
|
|
On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:59:08 -0500, ERACC wrote:
> (Notice: The Followup-to on this message is for comp.os.linux.misc but > one may always ignore that in a followup if desired) > > Love them or hate them Fox News is a major USA news outlet. It appears > they have decided to seriously disrespect the Linux community. Read this > to see what I mean: > > [..] > > Gene (e-mail: gene \a\t eracc \d\o\t com) I had the same issue with one of my credit card issuers. There claim was they did it for security reasons. I dropped that card. As to fox, not where I usually get my news and there are so many other sources, I hardly think it's even worth emailing them about it. |
|
#9
04-26-08, 03:44 PM
|
|
|
|
|
In article <BqidnZU9qd0Qt47VnZ2dnUVZWhednZ2d>, Ignoramus3107 wrote:
> Faux news does not want intelligent people to read their website (so > that their lies go unnoticed). They probably thought that excluding > Linux users is a great idea. I am curious, what "lies" are they purveying? (I do not have cable TV so don't watch it myself.) |
|
#10
04-26-08, 06:06 PM
|
|
|
|
|
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:17:13 -0400, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> > True, of course. JavaScript must be Enabled at that page. > > They are using a simple browser sniffer. Setting my favorite spoofed UA > string of: > Borgzilla/31.0 (Starship Enterprise NCC-1701) > > ..I was denied access. Changing that (via Firefox PrefBar) to: > Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) > > ..which gave me complete access to "all things Flash." Same here,user-agent switcher to change to IE7 and it worked.Must be for a cookie or something because I switched back to the default and navigated around to different videos and it kept working. Then got out of there because prolonged exposure to Fox news causes brain capacity drainage. Dave |
|
#11
04-26-08, 06:13 PM
|
|
|
|
|
Ignoramus3107 wrote:
> Faux news does not want intelligent people to read their website (so > that their lies go unnoticed). They probably thought that excluding > Linux users is a great idea. More likely whoever equated usability with O.S. instead of browser choice doesn't know that Linux exists. (And five years ago, did not know that Mac existed.) As for "lies," I prefer to call them "gross inaccuracies," since they are standard on all networks, not just the ones I disagree with. |
|
#12
04-26-08, 06:51 PM
|
|
|
|
|
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:35:03 -0500
Nico <email> wrote: > On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:59:08 -0500, ERACC wrote: > > > Love them or hate them Fox News is a major USA news outlet. It appears > > they have decided to seriously disrespect the Linux community. Read this > > to see what I mean: > > > > [..] > > I had the same issue with one of my credit card issuers. There claim was > they did it for security reasons. I dropped that card. Yeah, that was a lame excuse to be lazy. I would drop that card too. :) > As to fox, not where I usually get my news and there are so many other > sources, I hardly think it's even worth emailing them about it. The point is not whether or not Fox News is worth viewing to you or anyone else. The point is they *are* a major news organization and they *should* be operating system indifferent. I think ignoring these problems at large organizations like Fox News is the wrong approach for us in the Linux community. Gene (e-mail: gene \a\t eracc \d\o\t com) |
|
#13
04-26-08, 06:56 PM
|
|
|
|
|
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:06:46 +0000
Dave <nodlee5spam> wrote: > On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:17:13 -0400, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: > > > > True, of course. JavaScript must be Enabled at that page. They are using a > > simple browser sniffer. Setting my favorite spoofed UA string of: > > Borgzilla/31.0 (Starship Enterprise NCC-1701) > > ..I was denied access. Changing that (via Firefox PrefBar) to: > > Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) > > ..which gave me complete access to "all things Flash." > > Same here,user-agent switcher to change to IE7 and it worked.Must be for > a cookie or something because I switched back to the default and > navigated around to different videos and it kept working. [...] > > Dave Yes, I already know about UAS. I posted two followup comments on my company web log to someone that mentioned it there: http://blog.eracc.com/2008/04/25/doe...rs/#comment-55 Gene (e-mail: gene \a\t eracc \d\o\t com) |
|
#14
04-26-08, 08:15 PM
|
|
|
|
|
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:51:49 -0500, ERACC wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:35:03 -0500 > Nico <email> wrote: >> Yeah, that was a lame excuse to be lazy. I would drop that card too. :) >> The point is not whether or not Fox News is worth viewing to you or > anyone else. The point is they *are* a major news organization and they > *should* be operating system indifferent. I think ignoring these > problems at large organizations like Fox News is the wrong approach for > us in the Linux community. > > Gene (e-mail: gene \a\t eracc \d\o\t com) In time, they will change. Most already have, just that Fox is behind the times. Or perhaps there developers don't know how to do anything else? Me, I just write such sites off. |
|
#15
04-26-08, 10:47 PM
|
|
|
|
|
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:44:33 +0000, Roger Blake wrote:
> In article <BqidnZU9qd0Qt47VnZ2dnUVZWhednZ2d>, > Ignoramus3107 wrote: >> Faux news does not want intelligent people to read their website (so >> that their lies go unnoticed). They probably thought that excluding >> Linux users is a great idea. > > I am curious, what "lies" are they purveying? (I do not have cable TV so > don't watch it myself.) UAS *User Agent Switcher works for me on 7.10). My view is that Fox is at least a tiny bit closer to the center on most stories than CNN. |
|
|
|
|
| Similar Threads | |
| Thread | Thread Starter |
| If I get 'access denied' one more time with Vista I am going to go to Linux : I hate Vista, I despise Vista. I absolutely hate Vista! From a 17 year user of windows. I no longer trust Microsoft and will not buy Windows 7, maybe never. |
U S Army Veteran |
| Article - Does foxnews.com Hate Linux Users? (Notice: The Followup-to on this message is for comp.os.linux.misc but one may always ignore that in a followup if desired) Love them or hate them Fox News is a major USA... |
ERACC |
| Article - Does foxnews.com Hate Linux Users? (Notice: The Followup-to on this message is for comp.os.linux.misc but one may always ignore that in a followup if desired) Love them or hate them Fox News is a major USA... |
ERACC |
| Does IRS hate Linux? (Can't use forms in acroread in Linux) (Note running Mepis 3.3, Firefox 1.0.1, Acroread 5.0.10 [..] Maybe its just my system, but when I go to the above official IRS PDF form for corporate taxes (1120), the form... |
Al. C |
| IE won't redirect (i.e. Foxnews.com > foxnews.com.edgesuite.net) This weekend my browser wouldn't redirect itself to the new Foxnews homepage. I have [..] set as my home page and this weekend they must have made some sort of change... |
Mark |
|
Privacy Policy | All times are GMT. The time now is 06:12 PM.
|
|
Article - Does foxnews.com Hate Linux Users?