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Dewbie · Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1412

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! Twisted Evil

Are Google and M$ shacking up? Evil or Very Mad

harii4 · Posted: Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:31 Post subject:

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

oh google me

AF Branden · Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Posts: 175 Location: United States, WA

Lets all send a letter Laughing

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

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4740 Location: Kentucky

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

AF Branden · Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Posts: 175 Location: United States, WA

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

Dewbie · Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1412

AF Branden wrote:

AF Branden · Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Posts: 175 Location: United States, WA

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

Dewbie · Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1412

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

Bruce B · Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2011, 07:29 Post subject:

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

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Dewbie · Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1412

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

AF Branden · Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Posts: 175 Location: United States, WA

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 · Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1412

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 · Posted: Sun 28 Aug 2011, 00:24 Post subject:

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/seamonkey/addon/user-agent-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 · Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1412

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

Wow, how did that happen? Wink

(Thanks, Bruce!)

Dewbie · Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1412

harii4 wrote: