Any Way Around This MS Junk?

Trying to run a VIN from Ford's website - requires IE.
Here it is in IE...
http://i45.tinypic.com/17zlp5.jpg

Here it is in Mozilla.
http://i50.tinypic.com/auy5u8.jpg

Is there a Microsoft plugin somewhere?

 

1. Try "User Agent Switcher"
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/

This lets you set Firefox to tell the website that it is IE.

It is good for websites that do user-agent sniffing but otherwise
would work OK with Firefox. I don't have a login to the problem
Ford website so I cannot verify how well "User Agent Switcher"
will work there.


2. If "User Agent Switcher" doesn't work, try one of these

IE Tab + https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ie-tab-plus/
IE Tab v2 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ie-tab-2-ff-36/

 

Incredible There are a very few websites that only work in IE. You have
to wonder why anyone would do such a peverse thing.

The other one I know of is RyanAir's print-your-own boarding-card site.
It just doesn't work and there is no explanation. You ring the helpline
number and some poor person is spending a long shift just telling people
they have to use IE if they want to board their flight. It beggars belief.

Tim w

 

Bing Ads only works with msie. Guess who owns it...

 

Nope, didn't work.

 

This is Ford's backend, accessible only to dealers. Microsoft and Ford
teamed up - Sync.
So the general public isn't affected. However, that second plugin seems
to work. I wish there was something similar for Safari.

RyanAir probably used a bootleg version of Sharepoint server to write
their horrible webpage.

 

actually those two pluging run an instance of IF in a Mozilla tab.
Completely useless.

 

I am still using WinXP on my desktop PC. So far I have only found one
program that won't run on it. It is IE 9....

 

Eventually I'm going back to Mac. Once my 15'4" MBP sells on eBay, I'm
getting a 17" with the Retina screen, upgrading to at least 8GB of ram
and running VirtualBox. Maybe I'll just use the company's Terminal
Services Server for stuff that must be IE.
I think that Ford backend is ActiveX. I can't give out the account info
for obvious reasons.

 

Justin wrote on [Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:19:57 -0500]:

They killed the 17" Macbook Pros when they came out with the 15" with
Retina display

 

Then I'll probably get a non-retina refurb. I always get refurbs anyway.

 

Which one worked? I've been locked out of Bing and would like to get back in
if possible.