Websites Unsupported By Linux

[briansvgs]

I think that we should post a list of websites that do not support linux here. Then, everyone should go to these websites and request that they add support for it. I have noticed that there are a few different posts on the forum about how either launchcast or abc do not support linux, and was thinking that it would probably be better if we had a single place where all of these incompatible websites were listed. What does everyone else think about this?

[briansvgs]

abc streaming video:http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing
yahoo launchast:http://music.yahoo.com/launchcast/default.asp

[phalbert]

I just sent a Feedback message requesting Linux support from this web page:
http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing#

[phalbert]

http://www.cnn.com/video/ - I also sent Feedback to this site requesting Linux support and complaining that it is unfair that they discriminate against Linux users.

[UltimaDude]

http://www.cnn.com/video/ - I also sent Feedback to this site requesting Linux support and complaining that it is unfair that they discriminate against Linux users.
The video's work fine for me, well the flash one's atleast.

[smartboyathome]

Same here.

[maniacmusician]

to be honest, it's usually not their fault. they often don't even know that they have a linux demographic out there, and they also often use flash to stream their videos. flash for linux is made by adobe, and is often not up to standards, so...yeah. The biggest thing is though, that most of them don't know you exist. Instead of just sending them emails and complaining about it, you could instead send them emails with a little complaint, and a way they can fix the issue. They'll probably see the emails and think 'WTF? who are these queer folk claiming we're discriminating against them?'

If the above paragraph made no sentence, my apologies. I'm just about to go to bed.

[lepz]

http://www.cnn.com/video/ - I also sent Feedback to this site requesting Linux support and complaining that it is unfair that they discriminate against Linux users.

How about discrimination against anyone who doesn't happen to live in the US? ;)

[reyfer]

http://www.cnn.com/video/ - I also sent Feedback to this site requesting Linux support and complaining that it is unfair that they discriminate against Linux users.

Uhmmmm......I have no problem with this site.....running Kubuntu 7.04, Firefox 2, flash 9 and outside US, and still it works, so....maybe it's your machine?

[M$LOL]

Moar liek anyone who doesn't know what a proxy is ;)

[emrextreme]

As if we play it but again...

http://www.silkroadonline.net/

[godd4242]

http://www.cnn.com/video/ - I also sent Feedback to this site requesting Linux support and complaining that it is unfair that they discriminate against Linux users.

Works fine for me.

All of these do in fact.


Do all of you have VLC plugin for firefox 2.0?

Handy stuff...

[godd4242]

As if we play it but again...

http://www.silkroadonline.net/

BEST ERROR MESSAGE EVER

I played that game for a while, I loved having the directions on how to switch the ingame language from Korean or whatever it was to terribly translated English in Korean.

:popcorn:

[kingof1981]

what wars the problem...
i never had problem's to visit a website... watch video's, listen to music and all the other stuff...
it's maybe your browser or your browser plugin's (add-ons)...
running mozilla or opera you get these plugin's/add-ons automaticly...
i prefer mozilla, mozilla is stable, looks better, opera don't...

[Wiebelhaus]

It's really simple for me , If "IT" doesn't work in linux , I don't use it....whatever "IT" is really makes me no difference.

[briansvgs]

First, I have checked the CNN video page and it does work as long as you have flash installed. I didn't see anything at all on this website saying that internet explorer or windows were required to view the website either.

I agree maniacmusician that if state how the website can be fixed to work with other operating systems, then the websites will be much more likely to fix the problem. In the case of websites such as yahoo launchcast, this probably isn't true, because we are asking them to rewrite their system to work without active X. But in the case of Silkroad Online, where they just have an error page that you are redirected to if you are not running internet explorer from windows, then stating the cause of the problem would go a long way towards fixing it. Basically, I still think that repeted complaints go a long way towards fixing the websites, but, especially if the problem is really easy to fix, stating how it can be fixed is probably a great idea as well.

[briansvgs]

For those of you that say you never have problems visiting a website online. Have any of you used yahoo's launchcast radio on linux? I loved to use it when I used windows, but had to give it up when I switched to linux because Active X is not compatible with firefox. How have you gotten around this?

[phrostbyte]

For those of you that say you never have problems visiting a website online. Have any of you used yahoo's launchcast radio on linux? I loved to use it when I used windows, but had to give it up when I switched to linux because Active X is not compatible with firefox. How have you gotten around this?

http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Installation

Worth a try.

[lisati]

How about discrimination against anyone who doesn't happen to live in the US? ;)

Good point. I've had the occasional situation where I've wanted to visit a website but have been blocked because my computer's IP address was supposedly from the wrong country.

Another niggle of mine, more of an annoyance than a real problem, is being told to ring a 1-800 number for support. Although there are ways around it, the telco I'm connected to uses 0-800 numbers instead, and phone numbers beginning with 1-8 are used by them to set up extra services in your phone lime.

[briansvgs]

ies4linux doesn't work on my system. For some reason, internet explorer refuses to connect to the internet. Also, I hate to use internet explorer because it opens your computer up to a whole bunch of security flaws. I think that it is better to use only one browser such as firefox or opera and get all of the websites to support those web browsers. I have not used launchcast for a year now because it is not supported on linux. These websites lose out on a whole bunch of customers because they don't support the systems of their customers.

[jimrz]

http://www.cnn.com/video/ - I also sent Feedback to this site requesting Linux support and complaining that it is unfair that they discriminate against Linux users.

site works fine for m using feisty/firefox

[jimrz]

It's really simple for me , If "IT" doesn't work in linux , I don't use it....whatever "IT" is really makes me no difference.

+1 ... that's the ticket, vote with your wallet.

[Larkshall]

The trouble with websites that you have problems with is that the webmasters try to be too damned clever. Instead of using straightforward .html or .pdf files they feel that they must use things which are more complicated. I run two domains which are for information only, I do not include video or anything specialist like that.

I maintain the sites with Ubuntu v7.04, Open Office, Firefox and gFTP. One site has photo content and slideshows which work with all systems.

[sp1nter]

www.talkshoe.com

[Hex_Mandos]

http://www.microchip.com

[slimdog360]

http://www.microchip.com

Seems to work for me

[Shannon_VanWagner]

The content on http://www.cnn.com/video/ works for me... it's the "Live Video" link on that page that launches a separate window that says "Unsupported Platform Error".

I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 and many other flash movies and windows media movies work fine. I also performed the steps at:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/WindowsCodecs

I also perused:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=668852&highlight=cnn+live

This page says you have to use the windows media player:
http://www.cnn.com/help/live.html

I complained to them at:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form9d.html

And I submitted a digg story at:
http://digg.com/tech_news/Windows_Media_Player_REQUIRED_to_view_cnn_com_live _video_WTF

This crap needs to stop!!
Shannon VanWagner

[perce]

They all seem problems with multimedia formats, rather than with the page itself. I hope the VLC guys will eventually write a codec for them.

[alwiap]

http://www.tsn.ca/

the broadband videos don't work for me there :S

[imon9]

www.drop.io
file upload doesnt work..try it

[imon9]

drop.io

file upload error of flash
try, it didn';t work for me

[icechen1]

As if we play it but again...

http://www.silkroadonline.net/

Though wine,it is rated platinum

[Flying caveman]

site works fine for m using feisty/firefox

I feel ripped off the ad played no problem, but then __________________________________________________ _____________________________________Nothing

[doorknob60]

The only site I've found that doesn't work is some of the games on www.popcap.com but the older ones work and their deluxe versions work in wine so I'm not complaining.

[rosegarden78]

I figured out how to get ABC.com streaming on Linux! :KS
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=679165

[rosegarden78]

I just sent a Feedback message requesting Linux support from this web page:
http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing#

So did I it's useless I figured out how to get streaming in Linux here! :KS
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=679165

[il-luzhin]

for the canadians in the crowd.

http://broadband.tsn.ca

[braddock]

The content on http://www.cnn.com/video/ works for me... it's the "Live Video" link on that page that launches a separate window that says "Unsupported Platform Error".

I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 and many other flash movies and windows media movies work fine.

I also am unable to play the cnn.com LIVE feed, with the same "Unsupported Platform Error". Can't the HTTP browser ID string be forged to look like Windows?

I am on up-to-date Ubuntu 7.04 with w32codecs etc etc installed.

The CNN _CLIPS_ of individual stories play fine, for the most part, with the exception that sometimes the advertisement plays, but then playback stops. Hitting the clip again then plays.

For what it is worth, I finally played cnn.com LIVE in vmware.

You are NOT missing much. This is NOT a real CNN network feed. It is more of a hosted clip show and cross promotion of other CNN online content. I am hoping they at least cut in with the real CNN live primary election coverage.

[Palmyra]

You are NOT missing much. This is NOT a real CNN network feed. It is more of a hosted clip show and cross promotion of other CNN online content. I am hoping they at least cut in with the real CNN live primary election coverage.

Go to www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ to get live primary coverage (some live content).

Doesn't work for me, but it might for you. Same error here.

[cleverselfreferentialname]

I also am unable to play the cnn.com LIVE feed, with the same "Unsupported Platform Error". Can't the HTTP browser ID string be forged to look like Windows?
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Yup, have a look at any of the extensions listed under:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referrer_spoofing#Tools

Good luck.

[sstusick]

It really irritates me that websites use Windows Media Player to stream their content. Why can't they use Flash? Or Real Player? Something that is universal to all operating systems?

This discrimination nonsense needs to STOP.

It's not their fault?

Ignorance, anyone?

[bruce89]

It really irritates me that websites use Windows Media Player to stream their content. Why can't they use Flash? Or Real Player? Something that is universal to all operating systems?


Flash isn't universal if you like freedom.

Windows Live Mail comes to mind (they give you a lite version).

[dunkgreen]

This link shows you how to run CNN.com Live:

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=126893&sid=b50ac93e416e59d5808dda6f83944275


http://www.cnn.com/video/ - I also sent Feedback to this site requesting Linux support and complaining that it is unfair that they discriminate against Linux users.

[ghandi69_]

Has anyone been able to get MLB.TV to work at mlb.com?

[MaindotC]

I don't know when TSN did this but I visited their site for the first time in a while today (I've been browsing Sportsnet all this time in place of TSN) and I see they now use an embedded what-looks-to-be-like flashplayer. Thank god!

[Wobedraggled]

www.isketch.net

[randcoop]

www.vayama.com
When click on the calendar to the left, the pop up window remains covered by the map on the right. Under Windows, it works perfectly.

www.thewinehub.com
Various parts of this site don't work (Flash or Java?).

[heartburnkid]

help.rr.com -- live support chat requires IE, and I'm not too thrilled about it since they're my ISP.

[bimmerd00d]

www.greenmountain.com (billmatrix) - can't pay my electric bill from FF2 in Linux or Windows, have to use IE.

Dell tech chat - Firefox isn't supported.

[Google Spider]

Websites Unsupported By Linux

Rather, Linux unsupported by websites.

[Vicfred]

this one is unsupported as well

http://silkroadonline.net/

[klange]

Rather, Linux unsupported by websites.

My thoughts exactly...

I'd say virtually anything with Flash and those crappy javascript menus doesn't work because of Flash's annoying habit of rendering over everything.

[Google Spider]

Anyone able to view http://www.neave.com/ properly?

[Flying caveman]

Anyone able to view http://www.neave.com/ properly?

If all it does is show the neave logo and the border distorts as I mouse over it then Yes.

[Google Spider]

If all it does is show the neave logo and the border distorts as I mouse over it then Yes.

Nope, its a wonderful flash artwork and I used to view it properly on Windows. Maybe its not supporting Linux.

[ToySouljah]

I wish the Netflix "Watch Instantly" feature worked..lol.

[agx2123]

http://www.uh.edu/webct/

Try clicking on 'Blackboard Vista' or 'WebCTVista.' It gives me a 'Failed to connect' error in Firefox.

If you click on 'browser tune-up' in the upper right corner it says this: 'You appear to be running a Linux operating system. This is unsupported as a client operating system.'

Using user-agent switcher does nothing to fix the problem, though it does give me this message if I go to tune-up: 'You appear to be running a Windows operating system.'

If I'm doing something stupid here please tell me. I'd rather not waste space on a Windows partition.

[Tristam Green]

http://www.uh.edu/webct/

Try clicking on 'Blackboard Vista' or 'WebCTVista.' It gives me a &quot;Failed to connect&quot; error in Firefox.

If you click on 'browser tune-up' in the upper right corner it says this: &quot;You appear to be running a Linux operating system. This is unsupported as a client operating system.&quot;

Using user-agent switcher does nothing to fix the problem, though it does give me this message if I go to tune-up: &quot;You appear to be running a Windows operating system.&quot;

If I'm doing something stupid here please tell me. I'd rather not waste space on a Windows partition.

If it's what your school requires for use of the WebCT system, you may be SOL though.

[agx2123]

Thanks for the reply... way to save students money, right?

[frenchn00b]

http://www.isketch.net/i2.html

it says:


NOTE!
You need to install the Shockwave plugin to play

flashplayer-mozilla is however installed

[Sef]

Locked. Necromancing.