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**estuapped** · 01-29-2009, 01:03 AM

how completely bizarre.

seems that the parcelforce.com website detects the operating system you use - and disables certain features if you are running linux - firefox or not.

parcelforces reply was "It is not cost effective for us to ensure that the website supports every single operating system and browser available."

thats not really the point. why is the OS being detected?

one of our programmers using linux managed to use the site by spoofing the user agent - and using firebug to edit the source HTML to enable a submit button.

its worth a read, even if just for the retarted comments by parcelforce support.

discussion here > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1044573

parcelfarce > http://www.parcelforce.com

seems odd for them to actually go out of the way to disable functionality by detecting the operating system

**Irrampbroow** · 01-29-2009, 04:16 AM

Surely the OS is completely irrelevant and it's more down to the browser being used to access the site?

**exschke** · 01-29-2009, 05:34 AM

Surely the OS is completely irrelevant and it's more down to the browser being used to access the site?

Yes.....

01-29-2009, 01:03 AM	#1
estuapped Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 403 Senior Member	weird, parcelforce.com detects operating sys - features disabled on linux / OSX how completely bizarre. seems that the parcelforce.com website detects the operating system you use - and disables certain features if you are running linux - firefox or not. parcelforces reply was "It is not cost effective for us to ensure that the website supports every single operating system and browser available." thats not really the point. why is the OS being detected? one of our programmers using linux managed to use the site by spoofing the user agent - and using firebug to edit the source HTML to enable a submit button. its worth a read, even if just for the retarted comments by parcelforce support. discussion here > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1044573 parcelfarce > http://www.parcelforce.com seems odd for them to actually go out of the way to disable functionality by detecting the operating system Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-29-2009, 04:16 AM	#2
Irrampbroow Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 438 Senior Member	Surely the OS is completely irrelevant and it's more down to the browser being used to access the site? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-29-2009, 05:34 AM	#3
exschke Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 546 Senior Member	Surely the OS is completely irrelevant and it's more down to the browser being used to access the site? Yes..... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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