YouTube unsupports SeaMonkey 1.1.18

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Dewbie · #1 Post by **Dewbie** » Fri 26 Aug 2011, 00:09

IE 5.5 was almost 10 years old when YouTube (owner: Google) unsupported it in spring 2010. And they gave several weeks of advance notice.

SM 1.1.18 was unsupported immediately about two days ago.
It's only 2 years old!

I smell a conspiracy!

Are Google and M$ shacking up?

harii4 · #2 Post by **harii4** » Fri 26 Aug 2011, 00:31

Its only time - before they drop Firedog (firefox) 3.6
Which is the newest one that will work in the puppy 3 series.

oh google me

AF Branden · #3 Post by **AF Branden** » Fri 26 Aug 2011, 03:47

Lets all send a letter

:

http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/abletters.html

James C · #4 Post by **James C** » Fri 26 Aug 2011, 07:15

It may be unsupported.....but at least videos still play....

AF Branden · #5 Post by **AF Branden** » Fri 26 Aug 2011, 07:36

Yea, I guess thats whats important. They even still work in SM 1.1.11.

Dewbie · #6 Post by **Dewbie** » Sat 27 Aug 2011, 03:02

AF Branden wrote:

They even still work in SM 1.1.11.

I tried YouTube with SM 1.1.11 (Puppy Linux 4.1.2) last week.
At that time, it was still fully supported.
They may have cut off all SM 1.x series at the same time.
Anyone with SM 1.1.19 could verify this.

Lets all send a letter :

How about a manifesto?

AF Branden · #7 Post by **AF Branden** » Sat 27 Aug 2011, 04:07

I downloaded 1.1.19 and tried it. Looks like your right its no longer supported.

Dewbie · #8 Post by **Dewbie** » Sat 27 Aug 2011, 08:09

Thanks for checking!
(I have dial-up, so larger downloads are a pain in the ass.)

Bruce B · #9 Post by **Bruce B** » Sat 27 Aug 2011, 11:29

It should work if you spoof the user agent. Do you want help with this?

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Dewbie · #10 Post by **Dewbie** » Sat 27 Aug 2011, 23:30

Thanks, Bruce...but I really don't understand your statement.
Are you referring to download speed, or YouTube?

AF Branden · #11 Post by **AF Branden** » Sat 27 Aug 2011, 23:39

Hes referring to youtube, the user agent tells websites what browser you are using. No need to tamper with it though, youtube works fine, just gives a message on visit saying the browser is unsupported.

Dewbie · #12 Post by **Dewbie** » Sun 28 Aug 2011, 00:18

Ahhh...thanks.
Spoofing directions might be helpful, as it's probably just a matter of time before YouTube cuts SM 1.x off completely.

Bruce B · #13 Post by **Bruce B** » Sun 28 Aug 2011, 04:24

The only way a website knows your OS or Browser is by the user agent the browser sends it and it can be modified by the user with software such as the addon below.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamon ... -switcher/

This is the user agent for Puppy / Firefox 3.6 which YouTube accepts
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15

User Agent from JavaScript (the same)
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15

You can customize your user agent and check it at:

http://browserspy.dk/useragent.php

FYI also YouTube doesn't seem to require JavaScript or Cookies for most usage.

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Dewbie · #14 Post by **Dewbie** » Mon 29 Aug 2011, 04:18

All of a sudden, my browser's supported again.

Wow, how did that happen?

(Thanks, Bruce!)

Dewbie · #15 Post by **Dewbie** » Sat 08 Oct 2011, 07:53

harii4 wrote:

Its only time - before they drop Firedog (firefox) 3.6
Which is the newest one that will work in the puppy 3 series.

This just in:
running latest Seamonkey versions in Puppy 3.01 (portable)
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=72354

Dewbie · #16 Post by **Dewbie** » Sat 08 Oct 2011, 09:40

Running IE8 right now.

YT apparently accepts that too.

There's no "save" option for the user-agent-switcher .xpi file.
It only downloads and installs.

But it actually saves to the .tmp directory.
Just drag it out of there--to root, a partition...whatever--and rename it.
Then open your browser, and drag the file to it.
It should prompt you through the installation.

Disco Makberto · #17 Post by **Disco Makberto** » Sat 08 Oct 2011, 12:38

While some (or most) issues appear to be solved as it pertains to YouTube and using Seamonkey 1.1.18 with User Agent Switcher, there are some that don't work as intended, at least on my system (Puppy 4.3.2 based on 4.3.1). For instance, once a member logs in, the arrow button at the right that points downwards (default state) or upwards (to show "My Account" once clicked) doesn't work. By contrast, if I install Firefox 3.6 on this same Puppy, YouTube works as it should, including the issue with the arrow button. Of course, what I am describing is not a big issue, but I think it is worth mentioning.

Carlos Albert
D-Makberto

Dewbie · #18 Post by **Dewbie** » Sat 29 Oct 2011, 22:13

Interesting side note:
The IE 6/7/8 user agent, if used in this forum, disables the buttons for bold, italics, underline, etc.

rjbrewer · #19 Post by **rjbrewer** » Sun 30 Oct 2011, 02:49

I use Wary 5.1.2.( full install)
I strip the 1.1.18 seamonkey files and install Barrys' 2.0.11.

Stops the youtube nonsupport message.
Works fine with Playflash.pet.
Works fine with Video downloadhelper 4.9.5.
Has nice helper apps (like mms)
Isn't as bloated as the latest 2.3.3 in Wary 5.2

Dewbie · #20 Post by **Dewbie** » Sun 30 Oct 2011, 03:14

I strip the 1.1.18 seamonkey files and install Barrys' 2.0.11.

Except for the annoying cursor/scroll lag, 2.0.11 works pretty well.
(It's included with Wary 5.1.1.)
Speed-wise, it's close to 1.1.18.

Do you use this method to strip the 1.1.18 files?

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