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JadenGeller / Helium

A floating browser window for OS X
MIT License
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Allow to change user agent #244

Open garyking opened 6 years ago

garyking commented 6 years ago

Some websites don't allow me to use Helium unless it's one of the "supported browsers". Please allow us to change the user agent.

slashlos commented 6 years ago

Try Helium 3 ?

garyking commented 6 years ago

I'm running Helium 2. Where do I get Helium 3? I looked around for it online but couldn't find it.

slashlos commented 6 years ago

Helium 3 is a fork of this project, too larger for a pull request.

You can fetch a test kit 3 (3.0.2012): at Helium.zip .

garyking commented 6 years ago

Okay thanks. Does Helium 3 support changing the user agent, or are you suggesting it because it uses a different user agent?

slashlos commented 6 years ago

You can alter the user agent in Helium 3.

garyking commented 6 years ago

Thanks I tried it. I was able to change the user agent, and that allowed me to login to my TV provider's website. But I was not able to view videos; a loading icon appeared above the video indefinitely. I'm guessing that Helium is essentially a minimal Safari browser. I'm not sure why it doesn't work though.

Thanks anyway!

slashlos commented 6 years ago

Fell free to enter a simple test case I can experiment with Helium 3 in its issues page.