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Under Ubuntu 10.04 and I installed firefox 8 from ubuntu update channel. I am now unable to access sites with web pages in files .aspx. An example is www.morningstar.it with a default.aspx page. How can I overcome this?

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This only happens when firefox come to an aspx page. I just get a window pop up with the message "You have chosen to open default.aspx. What should firefox do with this file?"

This only happens when firefox come to an aspx page. I just get a window pop up with the message "You have chosen to open default.aspx. What should firefox do with this file?"

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That can be caused by website servers that do not recognize your Ubuntu branded user agent.

  • Mozilla/5.0 (Ubuntu; X11; Linux i686; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0

You can try to remove that part with the user agent switcher extension.

  • Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0

Remember to update the user agent if Firefox gets updated to reflect the new version.

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That can be caused by website servers that do not recognize your Ubuntu branded user agent.

  • Mozilla/5.0 (Ubuntu; X11; Linux i686; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0

You can try to remove that part with the user agent switcher extension.

  • Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0

Remember to update the user agent if Firefox gets updated to reflect the new version.

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