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Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox?

From Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox?
Date 2025-09-08 12:27 +0000
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Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> On 2025-09-06, Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>> Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 2025-09-06, Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I later checked FF itself and it has its own permissions within its Privacy
>>>> and Security settings, where it will permit individual websites. But there are
>>>> NO sites listed there: does the website have to be active, in order to receive
>>>> permsission?
>>>> 
>>>> I'm floundering around, so this is just a vague hope that someone has "been
>>>> there".f
>>> 
>>> I tried the Teams test site and it declared Firefox to be an unsupported 
>>> browser. I then tried Safari and it was accepted, so maybe try Safari 
>>> next time. Also on 15.6.1 here. The test site in case you don't know is:
>>> <https://devicetest.teams.microsoft.com/>
>> 
>> On (Ubuntu) Firefox, I ran that test and was told FF wasn't supported.
>> 
>> Then I installed the User Agent Switcher extension:
>> https://webextension.org/listing/useragent-switcher.html?version=0.6.5.1&type=install
>> 
>> and switched my Firefox User-Agent to Edge on Windows.
>> 
>> Suddenly the Teams test site reported my browser passed all the checks and
>> was fully compatible.
> 
> Running FF 142.0.1 (aarch64) on my M1 MBP under macOS 15.6.1 and after 
> installing User Agent Switcher, the Teams tester site states all is well 
> when, as you say, switched to User Agent  = Edge for Windows. Hopefully 
> this would work on John's Mac. Thanks for the info :)

Just did a test call through FF 142.0 and it worked just fine. No user
agent switcher required. 

I typically use Teams daily via the desktop app and works great. 

On a side note it's very disappointing we've regressed 20 years and need to
revert to using user agent switcher again. Sad days. 

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Anyone know anything about Firefox? Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2025-09-06 17:48 +0000
  Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox? Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-09-06 18:13 +0000
    Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-09-06 23:07 +0100
      Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox? Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-09-07 06:54 +0000
        Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-09-08 12:27 +0000
          Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox? Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-09-09 06:53 +0000
            Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox? Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2025-09-09 08:06 +0000
              Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox? Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-09-09 11:27 +0200
              Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-09-09 14:07 +0100
                Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox? Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2025-09-10 11:17 +0000
  Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox? WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2025-09-06 17:26 -0400
  Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-09-07 11:21 +0000
    Re: Anyone know anything about Firefox? Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-09-07 16:58 +0200

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