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10 Reasons You Should Switch From Chrome to Firefox. (www.howtogeek.com)
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10 Reasons You Should Switch From Chrome to Firefox.::The best browser sync out there.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

How would I change the user agent? Never heard of this before, what is it?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    It's a string that your browser sends to websites with information about the browser itself and your OS. Sometimes that info will be used to block functionality.

    Years ago I tried to use TurboTax from Firefox on Ubuntu. It wouldn't work because only Internet Explorer on Windows was supported. I changed the user agent to make it appear as though I was using a supported setup, and it worked flawlessly.

    I haven't actually needed to use one in a long time, but an extension search for "user agent switcher" should turn up something that can do it.

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