Support.microsoft.com doesn't work with Konqueror either.  Just change your
user agent string for microsoft.com to say you're using IE 5.5.  It's under
the Konqueror settings panel.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon Hutchinson [mailto:hutchib at cscoe.accenture.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 8:58 AM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: [TCLUG] Need IE to view msn.com?
> 
> 
> Did anyone else notice that Konqueror/Opera/non-IE browsers 
> cannot view 
> http://www.msn.com today?
> 
> A friend of mine mentioned the "new look" of msn.com. When I 
> went to view it, 
> I get:
> 
> Attention: Web Browser Upgrade Required to View MSN.com
> 
> If you are seeing this page, we have detected that the 
> browser that you are 
> using will not render MSN.com correctly. Additionally, you'll 
> see the most 
> advanced functionality of MSN.com only with the latest 
> version of Microsoft 
> Internet Explorer or MSN Explorer. If you wish to visit 
> MSN.com, please 
> select the appropriate download link below.
> 
> Internet Explorer for Windows
> Internet Explorer for Macintosh
> MSN Explorer for Windows
> 
> -----
> 
> IMO this is alarming. I don't think the page will even view 
> in Netscape. This 
> is the first instance I know of where you can't even attempt 
> to view a Web 
> page in a non-IE browser!
> 
> Brandon
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