From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 14/01/2026 2:42 pm, Ant wrote:   
   > Schugo  wrote:   
   >> On 13.01.2026 02:34, Ant wrote:   
   >>> Daniel70  wrote:   
   >>>> On 12/01/2026 4:45 am, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:   
   >>>>> Brian Schrimpp wrote:   
   >>>>>> Paul B. Gallagher wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Brian Schrimpp wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> Paul B. Gallagher wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Either way, the putative purpose of the captcha is to test whether   
   >>>>>>>>> I'm a human being, and even when I prove that I am, they reject me.   
   >>>>>>>>> As soon as I switch to another browser, I pass. So it's not my   
   >>>>>>>>> network, it's my SeaMonkey that they're rejecting.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Your SeaMonkey 2.53.22 is based on a much older version of Firefox   
   >>>>>>>> and does not support newer JavaScript features. When a CAPTCHA uses   
   >>>>>>>> those newer features, the CAPTCHA may respond as if JavaScript is   
   >>>>>>>> not working properly (line 2 of the "reasons may include" above).   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> My theory is they didn't like my user agent string.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> You could try this theory out by changing the user-agent string   
   >>>>>>>> (about:config preference general.useragent.override).   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> OK, I know how to do that and have done so for several sites. But   
   >>>>>>> which site do I lie to for this purpose? cbo.gov (the site I'm trying   
   >>>>>>> to view, which reports the block), or  (the   
   >>>>>>> site that serves the captcha)?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> For your initial test, lie to both sites to cover all bases. If this   
   >>>>>> gives you access [and I predict it will not], you could then test them   
   >>>>>> individually to see which one is the one.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> It is much more likely the CAPTCHA is using coding that SeaMonkey   
   >>>>>> can't handle, as Daniel70's first reply in this thread says.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Confirmed. Lying to both sites didn't help.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Any hope that SM's implementation of javascript will be updated soon?   
   >>>>> I've been unable to pass any captcha or cloudflare challenge for months,   
   >>>>> and upgrading to v. 2.53.23 hasn't helped. M$ Edge passes without   
   >>>>> difficulty, of course.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> M.S. Edge (paid Dev Team) v SeaMonkey (unpaid Dev Team).   
   >>>   
   >>>> I wonder why there's a difference?!   
   >>>   
   >>> Same with Chrome and Firefox that have way bigger teams. SeaMonkey has a   
   very tiny team.  :(   
   >   
   >> Maybe soon there's a real alternative:   
   >   
   >> https://ladybird.org   
   >   
   > Is that a suite software like SeaMonkey?   
   >   
   "Welcome to Ladybird, a truly independent *web browser* ." ... so I'm   
   guessing, NO.   
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   Daniel70   
      
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