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I'm sold on Google Chrome, but it's frustrating that some sites aren't available on Chrome and I'm forced to used Firefox and Safari from time to time. Does tha

I'm sold on Google Chrome, but it's frustrating that some sites aren't available on Chrome and I'm forced to used Firefox and Safari from time to time. Does that qualify me as a user of all three, thereby inflating the statistics?

marknutter 15y ago
What sites aren't available on Google Chrome?
- zwentz 15y ago
  Just the ones that you rarely have to deal with, but you do have to deal with. Like your insurer's site, your bank's, if you're in college and you have to take tests online, that too. Bank sites are just terrible in general. Why is my least secure password always on a bank site? Shouldn't they have the highest requirements as far as security goes?
  - rdtsc 15y ago
    Is is possible to spoof the user agent and fool the server into thinking you user Firefox? Some of those places just hard-code the possible choices of compatible browsers, and that list is 5+ years old. Once in a while I still see sites that advertise their support for Netscape.
- joejohnson 15y ago
  Yeah, occasionally educational software (like taking a test online or something) will render incorrectly in Chrome. I don't know why this is, but some old web apps use hacks that are not standards compliant.
- zheng 15y ago
  FAFSA, which every college student who wants financial aid must fill out. (FWIW, they support Chrome through something like version 9, but nothing newer...)
- tomjen3 15y ago
  My bank didn't use to work properly but even they got around to fix that. And my bank sucks.
- portman 15y ago
  Silicon Valley Bank ADP Payroll
- joelhaus 15y ago
  Time Warner Cable -> Bill Pay will not allow the site to load in Chrome. Then again, infrastructure operator interests are not generally aligned with Google's (an open web and TV over IP). On a related note, it doesn't look as if there is a good user agent switcher in the Chrome Web Store (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search?hl=en-US&q=user+agent https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search?hl=en-US&q=use...). Does anyone know if the extension API can modify Chrome HTTP headers? Firefox has a pretty good add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-sw... UPDATE: Upon further inspection, looks like this experimental API does the trick: http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/dev/experimental.webRequest.html http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/dev/experimental.we...
cletus 15y ago
I occasionally get this, most recently I think with conEdison. The solution is a plugin to pretend to be different browsers.

marknutter 15y ago

What sites aren't available on Google Chrome?

zwentz 15y ago
Just the ones that you rarely have to deal with, but you do have to deal with. Like your insurer's site, your bank's, if you're in college and you have to take tests online, that too. Bank sites are just terrible in general. Why is my least secure password always on a bank site? Shouldn't they have the highest requirements as far as security goes?
- rdtsc 15y ago
  Is is possible to spoof the user agent and fool the server into thinking you user Firefox? Some of those places just hard-code the possible choices of compatible browsers, and that list is 5+ years old. Once in a while I still see sites that advertise their support for Netscape.
joejohnson 15y ago
Yeah, occasionally educational software (like taking a test online or something) will render incorrectly in Chrome. I don't know why this is, but some old web apps use hacks that are not standards compliant.
zheng 15y ago
FAFSA, which every college student who wants financial aid must fill out. (FWIW, they support Chrome through something like version 9, but nothing newer...)
tomjen3 15y ago
My bank didn't use to work properly but even they got around to fix that. And my bank sucks.
portman 15y ago
Silicon Valley Bank ADP Payroll
joelhaus 15y ago
Time Warner Cable -> Bill Pay will not allow the site to load in Chrome. Then again, infrastructure operator interests are not generally aligned with Google's (an open web and TV over IP). On a related note, it doesn't look as if there is a good user agent switcher in the Chrome Web Store (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search?hl=en-US&q=user+agent https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search?hl=en-US&q=use...). Does anyone know if the extension API can modify Chrome HTTP headers? Firefox has a pretty good add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-sw... UPDATE: Upon further inspection, looks like this experimental API does the trick: http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/dev/experimental.webRequest.html http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/dev/experimental.we...

cletus 15y ago

I occasionally get this, most recently I think with conEdison. The solution is a plugin to pretend to be different browsers.