397471 - fox.com - Fox's on demand show wants firefox 1.5 or newer (sniffing user agent)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect)

Description

[u88484]

Fox's on demand show player is sniffing for Firefox in the user agent. Using the trunk it will not play videos until you change the useragent from 'Minefield' to 'Firefox.

Comment 2

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

http://www.fox.com/fod/support/feedback.html

Its still beta so there is time to fix it. The player is from move <http://movenetworks.com/> and shows the same error message for me (linux not supported), so they <http://movenetworks.com/contact.html> and the fox feedback are good places to start. 

Comment 3

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

Kurt, is this really fixed, or did the change from "Minefield" to "Firefox" elsewhere mask the fact that it still exists in all other Gecko browsers?

Comment 4

[u88484]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Kurt, is this really fixed, or did the change from "Minefield" to "Firefox"
> elsewhere mask the fact that it still exists in all other Gecko browsers?
Could have been.

Comment 5

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > Kurt, is this really fixed, or did the change from "Minefield" to "Firefox"
> > elsewhere mask the fact that it still exists in all other Gecko browsers?
> Could have been.

Would you please check using either a Minefield build that predates the change there, or using a different Gecko browser?

Reopening pending an answer to this, though, since I have approximately zero faith in Fox to have actually fixed it.

Comment 6

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

For the URI given, I received
a 300 Multiple Choices
http://www.fox.com/fod/player.htm?show=24
and then a not found
http://www.fox.com/fod/player%3fshow=24

Going to Fox, then Watch sections. The videos are working. The message being I can't watch because I'm in one of the non-authorized locations.