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What to do when online job app is Internet Explorer only compatible? >|

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Baya87

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So, I am applying for a job at Staples (low I know, but I'm starting grad school in the fall so hopefully it will get better), but to search their jobs and access their online application you need to you either Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator....

Not even PCs really use those anymore! Since I have a mac, I do not have access to either of these browsers. I feel like I should boycott applying to Staples just for this. :mad:

Is there some sort of free app I can download to make Safari or Firefox be compatible like Explorer? Or do I need to go and borrow a friend's computer?

grrrr.....
 
You can try this... no guarantees

Under Safari Preferences -> Advanced -> Show Develop in Menu
This adds the Develop Menu Item

From the Develop Menu -> User Agent -> select the version of Explorer you want to be

Woof, Woof - Dawg
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I'd recommend trying Firefox. A lot of sites will say that you have to have IE, but they work just fine in Firefox.

IE for OSX may work as well. But it isn't the same as IE for Windows, so it's not guaranteed either.

Edit: Neither my suggestion, nor MacDawg's worked for me. I went to their site and tried it. I'll check some others....
 
MacDawg said:
You can try this... no guarantees

Under Safari Preferences -> Advanced -> Show Develop in Menu
This adds the Develop Menu Item

From the Develop Menu -> User Agent -> select the version of Explorer you want to be

Woof, Woof - Dawg
pawprint.gif
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Wow that works. I didn't know it could do that. Awesome! :)

And yes, I tried Firefox and it didn't work. The ies4osx would probably work as well. I didn't think that they made a version of explorer that was compatible with this os, but that looks like a 3rd party app.
 
I've managed to fool a couple of sites into thinking I was using IE by using the Develop menu in Safari. Some sites wouldn't even let you go any further unless you were using IE, but changing the user agent worked.
 
redwarrior said:
It didn't work for me. What version of IE did you select?
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I am using Safari 4 Beta, I dunno if that makes a difference, and I tried both IE 8.0 and 7.0 and they both worked. You have you be on the page you want changed at the time that you select the User Agent (it seems).
 
Baya87 said:
I am using Safari 4 Beta, I dunno if that makes a difference, and I tried both IE 8.0 and 7.0 and they both worked. You have you be on the page you want changed at the time that you select the User Agent (it seems).
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Yep, that was it. I was changing the User Agent before going to the page. :eek:
 
You could always download Netscape Navigator for Mac.

You could use Safari, enable to Debug menu, and change your user agent to Internet Explorer (assuming ths site doesn't actually require IE because of some technical reason.)
 
Baya87 said:
So, I am applying for a job at Staples ..., but to search their jobs and access their online application you need to you either Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator....

Not even PCs really use those anymore! ....
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The browser formerly known as Netscape Navigator continues development first under the name Mozilla and now under the name SeaMonkey.
 
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