If you’re like me and check the same sites every day, it gets frustrating to go to them each time. Sure, Google Chrome makes it easy by showing you the top 8 sites you have visited the most recently but still, you have to open a tab and click on the site, for each site you want to view. So I thought – can I create a script to do this for me so I only have one thing to click on whenever I want to check my emails, my facebook, my blog, my google reader and a couple of other sites I regularly check?
How to trick “Windows/Mac only” web apps
Several web apps, such as Virgin Broadband activation, require you to have a “Windows or Mac” computer. Most of them only check the useragent string that your browser sends them so you can do the following to fool them:
1. Open firefox and type about:config in the address bar.
2. Type in general.useragent.extra.firefox in the filter bar.
3. Change the value of string above to Mozilla/4.0 (compatible: MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0).
4. Restart Firefox.
It worked to get Virgin Broadband activation web app going on my Ubuntu netbook and it’s a good trick to try whenever a web app tells you you need a different OS.
Thanks to Gordon’s How to Activate Virgin Media Broadband using Ubuntu.
The HTML5 Test – how well does your browser support HTML5?
The HTML5 test tool was updated yesterday – check out how your browser fares!
Firefox 3.5.9 for Ubuntu scores 126 (out of 300) and 4 bonus points.
Google Chrome 6.0.408.1 Dev for Ubuntu scores 217 and 7 bonus points.
What’s your browser’s score?