From: Paul@Houston.Texas   
      
   Paul in Houston TX wrote:   
   > David E. Ross wrote:   
   >> On 10/12/2025 3:31 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:   
   >>> David E. Ross wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> My testing shows that Google search does not work with SeaMonkey   
   >>>> unless you spoof Firefox.  It works with Firefox itself and with   
   >>>> SeaMonkey pretending to be Firefox by having a Firefox user agent   
   >>>> (UA).  This means that Google looks at the UA, which is an invalid   
   >>>> way to determine whether a browser can work with Google search.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I use PrefBar to spoof various other browsers, including Firefox.   
   >>>> Normally, I have "Advertise Firefox compatibility" disabled.   
   >>>   
   >>> I spoof Firefox too, but it doesn't help. I always "get a challenge   
   >>> saying "Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer   
   >>> network. This page checks to see if it's really you sending the   
   >>> requests, and not a robot. Why did this happen?" and demanding I pass a   
   >>> reCAPTCHA, but when I check the box, it just presents an endless   
   >>> spinner.   
   >>>   
   >>> Could you post a valid UA string that works?   
   >>>   
   >>> In more general terms, SM hasn't worked with reCAPTCHA and CloudFlare   
   >>> for the last few months, so for sites that use them I have to switch to   
   >>> another browser.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> When I use PrefBar to spoof Firefox, the UA is:   
   >>     Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:109.0)   
   >>          Gecko/20100101 Firefox/115.0   
   >   
   > Thank you, David.   
   > That works for me, too (re: Paul B. Gallagher).   
   > Apparently the FF version must be exactly 115.0.   
   > 115 does not work without the zero.   
   > I tried around 10-20 different FF numbers at random and only 115.0 works.   
      
   Just noticed that all Google search returns are now clumped up on the   
   left side of the screen like they are for a cell phone.   
      
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