235521 - Juno gives error message saying IE 3 or better required when I click on a URL link.

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Malcolm McClain]

User-Agent:       
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113

I get many emails that contain links, such as to the author's website, or to a
historical society.  On nearly all occasions, since having put in Mozilla 1.5,
and now 1.6, I get a Juno error message stating that certain features
require...IE 3 or better, or Netscape.

Workaround:  Usually I can copy the URL, then paste it into Mozilla and it
works.      Sometimes the URL will NOT copy.

Exception:  The notices I get from PC Mag let me link to their articles, but
they force invocation of IE.

To recreate, Juno is available free from 
 http://www.juno.com



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Download Juno
2.  Follow instructions to create an account.
2a.  Access Control Panel/Internet Options/Programs tab.  Set HTML editor to
Mozilla.  Set Email preference to Juno.
3.  Send to that account an email containing a full URL (including http:
4.  Invoke Juno.  Under the Options menu, select Web Preferences, and check the
box that says go to the Web when I click on a hyperlink.
5.  When that email received, click on the URL hyperlink.  That is when I get
the message.

Actual Results:  
When I click on a hyperlink, I get the error message described (generally)
above.  I am not allowed to hyperlink directly from the Juno email, which I
could do prior to installing Mozilla 1.5, then 1.6, and making Mozilla my
primary web browser.

Expected Results:  
Juno, under IE, would, when I am connected to ATT Worldnet, invoke IE with the
URL of the website.

I do not know what Theme means, so I assume I am using the default theme.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Sounds like bad browser-sniffing code on the part of the website.... (Most
likely it decides that Mozilla is Netscape 1.6).

Comment 2

[Thorbjørn]

There is an extention called "user agent" - maybe it can be used ?
(However I am not happy about it. People should know that mozilla is used)

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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