IE/ Netscape Navigator Usage

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IE/ Netscape Navigator Usage

I need to watch a lecture for a class and when the page loads, it informs me that it needs Internet Explorer 5.0 or newer, Netscape Navigator 7.0 or newer or Internet Explorer 5.2.2 or newer for Mac. However the newest IE for Mac I can find is a 5.0.2 and Netscape Navigator crashes as soon as it loads (i downloaded version 9). Anyone have any experience with this or know some way around it? I was hoping to be able to finish this course using my new iMac however it's looking like I'll have to revert to my old Sony with Windows 7 unless I find a way around it!

Thanks for the help!

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Mar 4, 2012 3:45 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 4, 2012 3:59 PM in response to NinaInWa

NinaInWa wrote:

however it's looking like I'll have to revert to my old Sony with Windows 7

That is your only and best option. Also, tell them to update the lecture to run on browsers that arent 15+ years old, very outdated, and no longer supported (Netscape Navigator).

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Mar 4, 2012 4:13 PM in response to NinaInWa

Try to change your user agent to make the site think you are using one of the IE versions. At the worst the site won't work or draw a few things incorrectly.

If you are using Safari, open it's Preferences, Advanced. At the bottom is a checkbox for "Show Develop menu in menu bar". Check it and the Develop menu will appear in the menu bar. In the Develop menu you will see a User Agent menu item with a hierarchal menu that allows you to change the user agent to any one of the browser's listed. By doing this the sites you connect to will think you are using the browser you specified.

For Firefox there's add-ons to allow you to do the same thing. User Agent Switcher is one.

I'm pretty sure other browsers have user agent switching to, either built in as in safari or add ons (extensions) as with FF.

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