From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 10 21:20:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 084E216A418 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:20:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF03A43D66 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:20:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.6+UW06.03/8.13.6+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k5ALKNCB013930 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:20:23 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [140.142.167.75] (cs331-74.spmodem.washington.edu [140.142.167.75]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.6+UW06.03/8.13.6+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k5ALKJDe023332 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:20:21 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) In-Reply-To: <200606101654.14556.freebsd01@dgmm.net> References: <200606101654.14556.freebsd01@dgmm.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:23:31 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __STOCK_CRUFT 0' Subject: Re: Long Shot - MSN Group chat room access X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:20:26 -0000 On Jun 10, 2006, at 8:54 AM, dgmm wrote: > I know this is a long shot but my GF want's know if it's possible > to get into > an MSN groups chat room using FreeBSD and Firefox (or any other > browser. > > Currently, she's getting a canned "apology" page saying: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > MSN Chat is not currently compatible with your Internet browser and/or > computer operating system. > > Here's what you need to enjoy MSN Chat: > > > Windows 95 or later > At this time, MSN Chat does not work on Macintosh, Windows 3.1, > Windows NT > 3.1, and Unix Operating systems. > > Internet Explorer 4.0 or later > You can download the latest version for free at: > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie. > > - or - > > Netscape Navigator 4.x > To find out more, go to: http://home.netscape.com. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > Thanks for advice, pointers or other help you might be able to offer. > > -- > Dave It's not possible using Firefox, but you might be able to do it if you install Wine and Internet Explorer. I'd google for "Wine Internet Explorer"; this will yield helpful information on how to get everything setup with IE to work within Wine on Unix. -Garrett